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Federal grants to Cincinnati Museum Center

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Cincinnati Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio received $1.2 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 6 awards. Its largest program was Museums for America, with $499,685. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $118,021.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Cincinnati Museum Center by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20211$5,000
FY 20223$798,573
FY 20231$249,685
FY 20240$0
FY 20251$118,021

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Cincinnati Museum Center

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Museums for America 45.3012$499,685
Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access 45.1491$499,423
Save America's Treasures 15.9291$118,021
National Leadership Grants 45.3121$49,150
Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management 15.2241$5,000

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Institute of Museum and Library Services3$548,835
National Endowment for the Humanities1$499,423
Department of the Interior2$123,021

Largest awards

The 6 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Ourstory: making history relevant for new generations [ourstory: making history relevant for new generations is a cross-organizational, capacity-building project to strengthen and interpret cincinnati museum center (CMC) and national underground railroad freedom center (NURFC)'s rich history collect
ASST_NON_ZPA28360522_418 on USAspending
Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and AccessDecember 30, 2021$499,423
Cincinnati museum center will fabricate and install the exhibit ancient worlds hiding in plain sight, combining its invertebrate paleontology collection of more than 450,000 specimens with cutting-edge technology. Using an interdisciplinary approach and inclusive lens, the exhibit will blend science
ASST_NON_MA-251927-OMS-22_474 on USAspending
Museums for AmericaJuly 12, 2022$250,000
Cincinnati museum center will develop and design a new permanent exhibition, the indigenous peoples gallery, which will explore the greater cincinnati region’s long history of human habitation, from the earliest native american societies to the tribal nations that still call the central Ohio valley
ASST_NON_MA-253458-OMS-23_474 on USAspending
Museums for AmericaJuly 13, 2023$249,685
15.929 save americas treasures opportunity P24AS00545 save americas treasures grants from the historic preservation fund provide preservation and or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a d
ASST_NON_P25AP01917_014 on USAspending
Save America's TreasuresSeptember 23, 2025$118,021
The cincinnati museum center (CMC) will commemorate the 200th anniversary of jewish community life in the city by designing and producing a major exhibition. Developed in collaboration with jewish cincinnati bicentennial, the exhibition will anchor this community-wide celebration and serve as a safe
ASST_NON_ARPML-250780-OMLS-22_474 on USAspending
National Leadership GrantsOctober 15, 2021$49,150
Mt dak curation support for blm dinosaur specimens held at cincinnati museum center
ASST_NON_L21AC10259_014 on USAspending
Cultural and Paleontological Resources ManagementSeptember 19, 2021$5,000

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Cincinnati Museum Center get?

$1.2 million in 6 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Cincinnati Museum Center the most?

The Institute of Museum and Library Services, with $548,835 in 3 awards. The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of the Interior follow.

What is Cincinnati Museum Center's largest federal grant?

$499,423 under Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, with its first action in the period on December 30, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Cincinnati Museum Center?

Its largest are Museums for America, Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access and Save America's Treasures.

Other grant recipients in Cincinnati

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