Federal grants to National Museum of Mexican Art
National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois received $1.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 10 awards. Its largest program was Museums for America, with $647,956. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $476,696.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.7 million
- Awards10
- Awarded in FY 2025$476,696
- Largest award$556,726
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $206,900 |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $135,759 |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $662,090 |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $245,341 |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $476,696 |
Programs that fund National Museum of Mexican Art
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Museums for America | 4 | $647,956 |
| American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative | 1 | $556,726 |
| Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture | 1 | $476,696 |
| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 3 | $115,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | 7 | $1.6 million |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 3 | $115,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The national museum of mexican art in partnership with depaul university and the university of Illinois at chicago will develop a yearlong internship program for undergraduate students. Project activities will include the placement of interns in distinct departments including education, youth initia | American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative | September 15, 2023 | $556,726 |
| The national museum of mexican art will design and fabricate new display cases for its 7,000 square foot anchor exhibition. Nmma will work with an exhibition design consultant to redesign, develop and produce the cases housing ancient mesoamerican, colonial religious and folk art. The new cases will | Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture | September 22, 2025 | $476,696 |
| The national museum of mexican art will offer a bilingual artist residency program for chicago public school K-12 students in schools with high percentages of latino children. The museum’s artist residency program supports state standards for english language arts and literacy. The museum will train | Museums for America | July 12, 2024 | $245,341 |
| The national museum of mexican art will partner with four organizations that together make up the mexican cultural arts alliance to serve the mexican community in chicago and beyond. Through a combination of leadership development and arts programming, the museum seeks to leverage its expertise and | Museums for America | July 16, 2021 | $176,900 |
| The national museum of mexican art will increase access and build inclusive design and accessibility capacity across the museum for blind or low-vision visitors. Project activities include engaging an accessibility consultant who will conduct a series of 12 staff workshops, convene an inclusive desi | Museums for America | July 7, 2023 | $174,956 |
| The national museum of mexican art will digitize and provide online access to a collection of MID-20TH century mexican outfits and textiles with cultural, artistic, historical, and anthropological value. The project will focus on the sandra cisneros textile collection, which was donated to the museu | Museums for America | July 11, 2022 | $50,759 |
| The national museum of mexican art in chicago will advance digital inclusion for people with autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual and developmental disabilities by designing a bilingual mobile app and content management system that other organizations can affordably scale and replicate. T | National Leadership Grants | October 15, 2021 | $50,000 |
| Purpose: to support the development and world premiere production of pénjamo, a pocha roadtrip storyby nancy garcia loza. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | August 7, 2023 | $50,000 |
| Purpose: to support a paid media arts internship program for teenagers and young adults. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | April 8, 2022 | $35,000 |
| To support an exhibition featuring contemporary indigenous art from mexico. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | March 3, 2021 | $30,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does National Museum of Mexican Art get?
$1.7 million in 10 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives National Museum of Mexican Art the most?
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, with $1.6 million in 7 awards. The National Endowment for the Arts follow.
What is National Museum of Mexican Art's largest federal grant?
$556,726 under American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative, with its first action in the period on September 15, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund National Museum of Mexican Art?
Its largest are Museums for America, American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative and Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture.
Other grant recipients in Chicago
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Northeast Illinois Railroad Co
- The University of Chicago
- University of Illinois
- Illinois Department of Employment Security
- Chicago Housing Authority
- Chicago Department of Public Health
- City of Chicago
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