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MFA-FY25: Museums for America (2025)

Closed Closed November 15, 2024 Opportunity MFA-FY25 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Museums for America (2027) (MFA-FY27). Status: Closes November 13, 2026 (6 days left). It is in our archive of Institute of Museum and Library Services notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$250,000
• Award floor$5,000
• Total funding$21.7 million
• Expected awards122
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

criteria. IMLS is extending the deadline for Museums for America 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.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Museums for America awards averaged $143,269; this notice allows up to $250,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The Museums for America program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.

Category: Arts, Humanities.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, MFA-FY27, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.