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Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2025)

ID: AAHC-FY25 • Type: Posted
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Description

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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).
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Overview

Agency
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Category of Funding
Arts
Humanities
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
45.309 - Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
Grants.gov
On 8/15/24 the The Institute of Museum and Library Services posted grant opportunity AAHC-FY25 for Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2025) with funding of $6.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 45.309 Museum Grants for African American History and Culture. It is expected that 35 total grants will be made worth between $5,000 and $500,000.

Timing

Posted Date
Closing Date
Past Due
Last Updated
Version
2

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
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.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$500,000
Floor
$5,000
Estimated Program Funding
$6,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
35

Contacts

Contact
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Contact Email
imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
Contact Phone
(202) 653-4634
Additional Information Site
https://imls.gov/grants/available/museum-grants-african-american-history-and-culture

Documents

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