Museums for America

The summary for the Museums for America grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Museums for America: The goal of the Museums for America (MFA) grant program is to support projects that strengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve its public.
Federal Grant Title: Museums for America
Federal Agency Name: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Grant Categories: Arts Humanities
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: MFA-FY20
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 45.301
CFDA Descriptions: Information not provided
Current Application Deadline: November 15th, 2019
Original Application Deadline: November 15th, 2019
Posted Date: August 15th, 2019
Creation Date: August 15th, 2019
Archive Date: December 15th, 2019
Total Program Funding: $19,900,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $250,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $5,000
Expected Number of Awards: 120
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Last Updated: August 15th, 2019
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility
To be eligible for an award under this MFA Notice of Funding Opportunity, you must be an organization that meets all three of the following criteria:1. You must be either a unit of State, local, or tribal government or be a private, nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;2. You must be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and3. You must qualify as one of the following:(a) A museum that, using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates.1) What types of institutions are included in the term “museum”? If they otherwise meet these requirements, “museums” include, but are not limited to, aquariums, arboretums, art museums, botanical gardens, children's/youth museums, general museums (those having two or more significant disciplines), historic houses/sites, history museums, natural history/anthropology museums, nature centers, planetariums, science/technology centers, specialized museums (limited to a single distinct subject), and zoological parks.2) What does it mean to be “using a professional staff”? An institution uses a professional staff if it employs at least one staff member, or the full-time equivalent, whether paid or unpaid, primarily engaged in the acquisition, care, or exhibition to the public of objects owned or used by the institution.3) What does it mean to “exhibit the objects to the general public”? An institution exhibits objects to the general public if such exhibition is a primary purpose of the institution. An institution that exhibits objects to the general public for at least 120 days a year is deemed to exhibit objects to the general public on a regular basis. An institution which does not have the exhibition of objects as a primary purpose and/or does not exhibit objects to the public for at least 120 days a year may be determined to be eligible as a museum under certain circumstances. For more information, please see 2 C.F.R. § 3187.3.(b) A public or private nonprofit agency that is responsible for the operation of a museum that meets the eligibility criteria in 1, 2, and 3(a), applying on behalf of the museum.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/museums-america
Grant Announcement Contact
Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4791, [email protected]; Connie Bodner, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, 202-653-4636, [email protected]; Steve Shwartzman, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4641, [email protected]; Reagan Moore, Museum Program Officer, 202-653-4637, [email protected]; Mark Feitl, Museum Program Officer, 202-653-4635, [email protected]; Ashley Jones, Museum Program Specialist, 202-653-4782, [email protected]
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