Arts & Culture · Active
Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… · IMLS · High-volume · mega band
Museum and Library Services — Basic Library Services (CFDA 45.301) - federal assistance administered by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $1M–$20M
- Typical award range
- 20
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- IMLS
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Museum and Library Services — Basic Library Services ranks #293 of 504, #1 of 10 within IMLS, and #1 of 28 among Arts & Culture programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 45.301 is an active Arts & Culture program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $1M–$20M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $300,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 6%
- of the catalog is Arts & Culture
Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… · top-third ceiling among high-volume books (#88/502)
Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… clears 414 of 502 published ceilings (82nd percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.
Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$20,000,000 Top 18% higher than 82% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-01-28
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 45.301 · IMLS VOL-STEADY · #293/504
VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #293/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-TENS-M $1M–$20M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 45.301
VOL-STEADY · #293/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestMuseum and Library… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… sits in the hot×mega corner: 20 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($1.0 million to $20.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · IMLS
Formula grants to states for basic library services including public library development and access.
Public-sector applicant lane · IMLS
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S…. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 45.301
100% of the 28 indexed listings under CFDA 45.301 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… typically uses to move money. 82% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $254.4 million across 28 listings (avg $9.1 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 1,849 across 28 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 45.301, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 45.301
None of the 28 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 45.301 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings span $50,000–$500,000 (10.0×), a wide solicitation range inside one CFDA. 100% of listings carry the Arts (AR) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 28 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $250,000 (28 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Arts (AR)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
IMLS · administering agency
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Library and museum services, digital learning, and community engagement programs.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 45.301
Museums for America (2026)
Museums Empowered (2026)
Inspire Grants for Small Museums (2026)
Museums for America (2025)
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025)
Museums Empowered (2025)
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024)
Museums for America (2024)
Museums Empowered (2024)
Museums Empowered (2023)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 45.301: 20 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administers 10 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: State and Community Highway Safety (20.600). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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