Deadline: 15-Nov-22
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications for its Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) 2023 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).
Projects designed to build the capacity of African American museums may involve increasing the number of museum professionals working at African American museums to enable the museum to expand educational programs, engage with the community, enhance organizational operations and resiliency, or provide for enhanced care of collections. IMLS encourages museum professionals and institutions to share and adopt best practices and innovations by creating skill-building and capacityexpanding programs that are applicable across all levels of museum staff.
Goals
- Goal 1: Build the capacity of African American museums and their ability to serve their communities.
- Goal 2: Support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums.
Types of Projects
- Small Project
- Large Project
Funding Information
- Total amount of funding IMLS expects to award through this announcement: $5,231,000
- Anticipated number of awards: 30
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Expected amount of individual awards:
- Small Project: $5,000 – $100,000
- Large Project: $100,001 – $500,000
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an award under this Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Notice of Funding Opportunity, your organization must meet all three of the following criteria:
- Must be either a unit of State, local, or tribal government or be a private, nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;
- Must be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and
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Must qualify as one of the following:
- A museum whose primary purpose, as reflected in its mission, is African American life, art, history, and/or culture, encompassing: the period of slavery; the era of Reconstruction; the Harlem renaissance; the civil rights movement; and other periods of the African American diaspora; and using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates.
- A public or private nonprofit agency that is responsible for the operation of a museum that meets the eligibility criteria in 1, 2, and 3(a), applying on behalf of the museum;
- A museum service organization or association whose primary purpose, as reflected in its mission, is to support museums whose primary purpose, as reflected in their mission, is African American life, art, history, and/or culture; or
- A historically black college or university, as defined by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. Section 2011, and pursuant to Executive Order 13256, dated February 12, 2002.
- Native American tribal organizations may apply if they otherwise meet the above eligibility requirements.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343082
