IMLS FY 2025 Museum Services Funding Opportunities
Education and Engagement Toolkit for Associations
Opportunity
Museums and related organizations across the United States have eight opportunities in the coming months to apply for grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the nation’s primary source of federal funding for museum services.
As a valued stakeholder and IMLS partner in the museum field, we would like to ask for your help communicating these funding opportunities with your members and encouraging interested institutions to apply. Raising awareness of IMLS grant programs among potential applicants is one of our key agency priorities, and we appreciate your efforts to assist IMLS in achieving this goal
IMLS is accepting applications for eight grant programs, all due no later than November 15, 2024:
- 21st Century Museum Professionals Program – Advances the growth and development of a diverse workforce of museum professionals.
- Inspire! Grants for Small Museums - Supports small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public.
- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture - Designed to build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums.
- *NEW* Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture - Designed to build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities, and broadly advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino institutions.
- Museums Empowered - Supports projects that use the transformative power of professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes.
- Museums for America - Supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public.
- National Leadership Grants for Museums - Support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the American public.
- Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services - Support federally-recognized tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture, and knowledge.
Here are a few ways to engage with IMLS and your communities:
Social Media Messages
We encourage you to follow IMLS on our social platforms: Facebook, LinkedIn, X/Twitter and Instagram, and reshare our reminders about each funding opportunity.
We also ask that you share information about IMLS museum grant programs and the accompanying informational webinars for each funding opportunity via your own social media channels, newsletters, etc. Sample messages are provided below for your use, and you can download the IMLS logo from our website to accompany these messages:
X/Twitter:
- FUNDING: @US_IMLS is accepting applications to 8 grant programs for museum services now through Nov. 15. Find out more at https://www.imls.gov/grants/
apply-grant/available-grants.
- Looking to fund a project that will increase your museum’s impact? Apply for an #IMLSgrant now through Nov. 15: https://www.imls.gov/grants/
apply-grant/available-grants.
Facebook and LinkedIn:
- FUNDING: @Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for eight museum grant programs. Museums and related organizations across the United States are encouraged to apply by November 15, 2024. https://www.imls.gov/grants/
apply-grant/available-grants
Instagram:
- FUNDING: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (@US_IMLS) is now accepting applications for eight museum grant programs. Museums and related organizations across the United States are encouraged to apply by November 15, 2024. Visit their website to learn more!
Newsletters
If your organization sends a newsletter to members, below is suggested copy to use through the grant deadline on November 15. You can edit this message to fit your newsletter’s style and standard word count, and you can download the IMLS logo from our website to accompany this message.
IMLS Museum Funding Opportunities Open Now through November 15, museums and related organizations across the U.S. are encouraged to apply to the eight grant funding opportunities provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the nation’s primary source of federal funding for museum services.
For more information and to access applicant webinars and sample applications, please see our latest announcement!
Additional Information
For more information, please contact Dorothy Peck, Communications Specialist at dpeck@imls.gov.
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