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Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2022)

Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Assistance Listings
  • 45.301 -- Museums for America

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.

Grantor contact information

Description

Reagan Moore Senior Museum Program Officer rmoore@imls.gov Mark Feitl Senior Museum Program Officer mfeitl@imls.gov Laura Zamarripa Museum Program Specialist lzamarripa@imls.gov Jennifer Anstadt Museum Program Specialist janstadt@imls.gov Lola Clairmont Museum Program Specialist lclairmont@imls.gov IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

Email

IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
fy22-oms-igsm-nofo_20211005.pdf
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums Notice of Funding Opportunity
Oct 5, 2021 06:33 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/inspire-grants-small-museums

Closed: November 15, 2021

Application process

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Award

$2,700,000

Program Funding

65

Expected awards

$5,000

Award Minimum

$50,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

IGSM-FY22

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Arts

Humanities

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

2

Posted date:

August 16, 2021

Archive date:

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