Opportunity ID: 349273

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: IGSM-FY24
Funding Opportunity Title: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024)
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts
Humanities
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 60
Assistance Listings: 45.301 — Museums for America
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Aug 15, 2023
Last Updated Date: Aug 15, 2023
Original Closing Date for Applications: Nov 15, 2023
Current Closing Date for Applications: Nov 15, 2023
Archive Date:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,600,000
Award Ceiling: $75,000
Award Floor: $5,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: 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.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Description: 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

Link to Additional Information: https://imls.gov/grants/available/inspire-grants-small-museums
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Lifelong Learning:

Reagan Moore

Senior Museum Program Officer

rmoore@imls.gov

Institutional Capacity:

Reagan Moore

Senior Museum Program Officer

rmoore@imls.gov

Collections Stewardship and Access:

Mark Isaksen

Supervisory Grants Management Specialist

misaksen@imls.gov
imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
Email:imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date

Folder 349273 Full Announcement-IGSM-FY24-NOFO -> fy24-oms-igsm-nofo.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Lifelong Learning:

Reagan Moore
Senior Museum Program Officer
rmoore@imls.gov

Institutional Capacity:

Reagan Moore
Senior Museum Program Officer
rmoore@imls.gov

Collections Stewardship and Access:

Mark Isaksen
Supervisory Grants Management Specialist
misaksen@imls.gov
imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
Email: imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
45.301 IGSM-FY24 Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024) PKG00282868 Aug 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

349273 SF424_Short_3_0-3.0.pdf

349273 IMLS_Museum_3_0-3.0.pdf

349273 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

Optional forms

349273 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

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