Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024)
Funding TypeGrant
Grantor Agency
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Grant Range5K-75K
# of Awards Available60
Programmatic AreaArts & Humanities
Programmatic AreaEducation
Programmatic AreaHistoric Preservation
Deadline November 15, 2024
Match Required?
Match Amount100%
Eligible EntitiesState, local, or tribal government or be a private, nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code
Focus AreaInspire! 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.
ContactInstitutional Capacity: contact Reagan Moore, Senior Museum Program Officer: rmoore@imls.gov. Collections Stewardship and Access: contact Mark Isaksen, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist: misaksen@imls.gov. General contact: imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
Link to Opportunityhttps://www.imls.gov/grants/available/inspire-grants-small-museums
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