Museum Grants for African American History & Culture
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Assistance Listings
- 45.309 -- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The goals of the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (AAHCprogram) are to build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth anddevelopment of museum professionals at African American museums.The AAHC program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutionalcapacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museumsand Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). IMLS welcomes applications frommuseums of all sizes and geographic areas whose primary purpose, as reflected in their mission,is...
African American art, life, history, and culture.Projects may be structured at any of several stages of maturity: exploratory, piloting, scaling, ormainstreaming. A proposed project’s activities may be brand new to the institution, or they mayimplement learnings, perspectives, or competencies acquired during a previous project. A projectmay be an effort to intensify the impact of an approach that has been tested and found to beeffective, or it may be structured as an opportunity to expand a function or activity that has beendeemed successful.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.
Grantor contact information
Description
Mark Isaksen, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4667, misaksen@imls.gov; Ashley Jones, Museum Program Specialist, 202-653-4782, ajones@imls.gov
imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/museum-grants-african-american-history-and-culture
Archived: December 1, 2018
Award
$2,231,000
Program Funding
26
Expected awards
$5,000
Award Minimum
$250,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
AAHC-FY19
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Humanities
Arts
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
2
Posted date:
August 16, 2018
Archive date:
December 1, 2018
