Conservation Project Support

The summary for the Conservation Project Support Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Conservation Project Support
	CFDA Number:	45.303
	CFDA Description:	Conservation Project Support
	Federal Agency Name:	Institute of Museum and Library Services
	Category of Funding Activity:	Arts Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CPS-FY08
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Aug 02, 2007
	Creation Date:	Oct 06, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 01, 2007 IMLS deadlines are the dates by which applications must be either postmarked or submitted online. These deadline dates remain the same from year to year. Should a deadline fall on a Sunday or federal holiday in a given year, the deadline is extended to the next day that is not a Sunday or federal holiday.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Oct 31, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	70
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$1
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: All types of museums, large and small, are eligible for funding. Eligible museums include aquariums, arboretums and botanical gardens, art museums, youth museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks. Federally operated and for-profit museums may not apply for IMLS funds. An eligible applicant must be: . either a unit of state or local government or a private not-for-profit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code; . located in one of the fifty states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated states of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and . a museum that, using a professional staff, (1) is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes; (2) owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; (3) cares for these objects; and (4) exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities which it owns or operates. An organization uses a professional staff if it employs at least one professional staff member, or the fulltime equivalent, whether paid or unpaid primarily engaged in the acquisition, care, or exhibition to the public of objects owned or used by the institution. An organization "exhibits objects to the general public" if such exhibition is a primary purpose of the institution. Further, an organization which exhibits objects to the general public for at least 120 days a year shall be deemed to exhibit objects to the general public on a regular basis. An organization which exhibits objects by appointment may meet the requirement to exhibit objects to the general public on a regular basis, if it can establish, in light of the facts under all the relevant circumstances, that this method of exhibition does not unreasonably restrict the accessibility of the institution's exhibits to the general public. Please note that an organization which does not have as a primary purpose the exhibition of objects to the general public, but which can demonstrate that it exhibits objects to the general public on a regular basis as a significant, separate, distinct, and continuing portion of its activities, and that it otherwise meets the museum eligibility requirements, may be determined to be eligible as a museum under these guidelines. A museum located within a parent organization that is a state or local government or multipurpose non-profit entity, such as a municipality, university, historical society, foundation, or a cultural center, may apply on its own behalf, if the museum: (1) is able to independently fulfill all the eligibility requirements listed above; (2) functions as a discrete unit within the parent organization; (3) has its own fully segregated and itemized operating budget; and (4) has the authority to make the application on its own. When any of the last three conditions cannot be met, a museum may apply through its parent organization. Prospective applicants that cannot fulfill all of these requirements should contact IMLS to discuss their eligibility before applying. IMLS may require additional supporting documentation from the applicant to determine the museums autonomy. Each eligible applicant within a single parent organization should clearly delineate its own programs and operations in the application narrative. A parent organization that controls multiple museums that are not autonomous but which are otherwise eligible may submit only one application per grant program; the application may be submitted by the parent organization on behalf of one or more of the eligible museums.
Grant Description: The purpose of the Conservation Project Support (CPS) program is to help safeguard the collections housed in the nations museums so that current and future generations can learn from and gain access to the rich artistic, cultural, and scientific heritage represented by these collections. To achieve this purpose, IMLS awards matching grants to help museums identify their conservation needs and priorities and to help them ensure the safekeeping of their collections by implementing sound conservation practices.IMLS has awarded 3,251 CPS grants since the programs inception in 1984. All types and sizes of museums have benefited from this program. The CPS program is a partnership between IMLS and each grant recipient, working toward the mutual goal of protecting significant aspects of our cultural and scientific heritage.IMLS has supported a holistic approach to conservation, designing the program to assist museums in developing a logical, institution-wide approach to caring for their living and nonliving collections. The full range of conservation opportunities supported by this program, from comprehensive collection surveys to environmental improvements to conservation training, and treatment, taken together, can provide a roadmap to guide each institutions collections care.CPS awards matching grants to help museums identify conservation needs and priorities and perform activities to ensure the safekeeping of their collections. IMLS funds conservation activities for four types of collections:. Nonliving. Natural History/Anthropology. Living Plants. Living Animals
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Program information and application guidelines on IMLS Web site.
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/conservProject.shtm
Grant Announcement Contact: Christine Henry
Senior Program Officer, Office of Museum Services, IMLS
telephone: 202/653-4674 chenry@imls.gov chenry@imls.gov
Similar Government Grants: • Opportunity CPS-FY11; • American Heritage Preservation Grants; • Opportunity CPS-FY10