Federal grants to Bishop Museum
Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii received $6.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 25 awards. Its largest program was Biological Sciences, with $1.2 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$28,014.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$6.0 million
- Awards25
- Awarded in FY 2025-$28,014
- Largest award$697,754
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 7 | $880,331 |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $758,034 |
| FY 2023 | 9 | $1.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 10 | $2.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | -$28,014 |
Programs that fund Bishop Museum
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Save America's Treasures | 2 | $750,000 |
| Museums for America | 3 | $741,424 |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program | 1 | $697,754 |
| Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | 1 | $500,000 |
| Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities | 1 | $491,368 |
| Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies | 1 | $400,000 |
| Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program | 1 | $371,483 |
| Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants | 1 | $345,509 |
| Animal Disease and Animal Care | 2 | $233,760 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | 6 | $1.0 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 3 | $931,514 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 3 | $846,877 |
| Department of the Interior | 4 | $817,295 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eliminating critical bottlenecks to conservation in Hawaii. Developing information resources and an island-wide network of native seed producers. | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | September 16, 2024 | $697,754 |
| Biorets: research experiences for advancing curriculum on hawaiian ecosystem sciences (reaches) -this biorets site (called research experiences for advancing curriculum on hawaiian ecosystem sciences or reaches) award to bishop museum in honolulu, Hawaii, will support the training of eight teachers | Biological Sciences | February 20, 2024 | $598,628 |
| Hawai'i alive digital curriculum | Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | August 20, 2024 | $500,000 |
| Save america s treasures grants from the historic preservation fund provide preservation and or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants require a dollar-for-dollar, non-federal match, which can be cash or documented in-kind. The grant program is | Save America's Treasures | April 4, 2023 | $500,000 |
| Mau ka leo: safeguarding hawai'i's genealogy of knowledge and lived experience [through mau ka leo, bishop museum proposes to capture institutional and cultural knowledge held by staff so that the collective voice(s) of bishop museum can endure for future generations. This project supports the salar | Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities | October 28, 2021 | $491,368 |
| Repi challenge | Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies | September 19, 2024 | $400,000 |
| Deep-cres 2019: mesophotic coral ecosystems of American Samoa | Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program | January 19, 2023 | $371,483 |
| H??? Hou ka lamak? - lighting a path to new digital infrastructure for bishop museum cultural collections [ho?a hou ka lamaku - lighting a path to new digital infrastructure for bishop museum cultural collections will provide transformative change for the care and sharing of digitized cultural herit | Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants | May 12, 2022 | $345,509 |
| Collaborative research: joining the global bryophyte and lichen tcn: filling gaps from Hawaii, asia, and oceania -this award will establish a partnership to existing network (PEN), which will join the building a global consortium of bryophytes and lichens: keystones of cryptobiotic communities thema | Biological Sciences | August 7, 2023 | $256,501 |
| Congressionally directed spending - save americas treasures grants awarded via congressionally directed spending provide preservation and or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants require a dollar-for-dollar, non-federal match, which can be cash | Save America's Treasures | January 23, 2024 | $250,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Bishop Museum get?
$6.0 million in 25 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Bishop Museum the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $1.2 million in 4 awards. The Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is Bishop Museum's largest federal grant?
$697,754 under Environmental Quality Incentives Program, with its first action in the period on September 16, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Bishop Museum?
Its largest are Biological Sciences, Save America's Treasures and Museums for America.
Other grant recipients in Honolulu
- Department of Human Services Hawaii
- Hawaii State Department of Education
- The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation
- University of Hawaii
- Hawaii Department of Health
- Honolulu, City & County of
- Hawaii Department of Defense
- State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation
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