Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024)
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Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024): Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Inspire! has three project categories: • Lifelong Learning • Institutional Capacity • Collections Stewardship and Access For the FY2024 grant cycle, the IMLS invites applications that commemorate America's 250th anniversary as part of the agency's IMLS250: All Stories, All People, All Places initiative. IMLS believes that the semiquincentennial is an opportunity to commemorate all lived experiences through civic engagement, public programs, and collections stewardship in preparation for 2026
Federal Grant Title: | Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024) |
Federal Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) |
Grant Categories: | Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | IGSM-FY24 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 45.301 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | November 15th, 2023 |
Original Application Deadline: | November 15th, 2023 |
Posted Date: | August 15th, 2023 |
Creation Date: | August 15th, 2023 |
Archive Date: | December 9th, 2023 |
Total Program Funding: | $2,600,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $75,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $5,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 60 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
Last Updated: | August 15th, 2023 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- https://imls.gov/grants/available/inspire-grants-small-museums
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Lifelong Learning:
Reagan Moore
Senior Museum Program Officer
[email protected]
Institutional Capacity:
Reagan Moore
Senior Museum Program Officer
[email protected]
Collections Stewardship and Access:
Mark Isaksen
Supervisory Grants Management Specialist
[email protected]
[email protected]
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