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Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2025)
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Service Source Final Application Due Date Funding Available Match Required
Arts, Culture & Humanities Federal
IMLS
11-15-2024 $6.0 M Match Required
  • Service
  • Source
  • Final Application Due Date
  • Funding Available
  • Match Required
Status
  • Past
  • Current
  • Forecasted
  • $5,000
  • $500,000
  • Award Floor
  • Award Ceiling
    • Expected Number of Awards 35
    • Opportunity Type Discretionary
    • CFDA

      45.309 -- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

    Description

    The Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program is designed to build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums. The AAHC program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

    Eligibility
    • IHE
    • Local Government
    • Non-Profit
    • Other
    • State Government
    • Tribal Government
    Additional Eligibility Information

    See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information. IMLS is extending the deadline for Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program from November 15, 2024, to December 13, 2024, for institutions located in Federally declared emergency and/or major disaster areas who have not been able to meet the current November 15, 2024, deadline because they have been adversely impacted by such emergencies and/or disasters. An affected organization must, by December 13 at 11:59pm EST, submit its completed application with a written statement from its Authorizing Official that: • Specifies the applicable Emergency Declaration and/or Major Disaster Declaration for the area in which the applicant organization is located (see FEMA’s listing of Declared Disasters https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations) and • Confirms that the applicant organization was unable to meet the original application deadline of November 15, 2024, due to the emergency or disaster. This statement should be prepared as a Supporting Document and uploaded as part of the application submitted through Grants.gov. For those applicants who have not been adversely affected by such emergencies and/or disasters, the deadline remains November 15, 2024, at 11:59pm EST.

    Key Date(s)
    • August 15, 2024: Posted Date
    • November 09, 2024: Last Updated Date
    • November 15, 2024: Current Closing Date for Applications
    • November 15, 2024: Application Due Date
    Contact Information

    Jessica Ottley

    Senior Program Officer jottley@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

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