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National Leadership Grants for Museums · IMLS · Quiet desk · mid ceiling

National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.315) - federal assistance administered by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.

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$250K–$2M
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The verdict

According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, National Leadership Grants for Museums ranks #301 of 504, #9 of 10 within IMLS, and #4 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 45.315 is an active Arts & Culture listing with no Grants.gov announcements currently indexed, typically a multi-year or formula-funded program.

$250K–$2M
typical award range (SAM.gov)
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next application deadline
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largest award ceiling indexed
6%
of the catalog is Arts & Culture

National Leadership Grants for Museums · lower-band quiet listing (#368/502 by ceiling)

National Leadership Grants for Museums sits below most listed ceilings (27th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.

National Leadership Grants for Museums vs programs with listed funding ceilings

Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling

$2,000,000 Top 73% higher than 27% of 502 programs

Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling

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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-09-11

SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate

CFDA 45.315 · IMLS VOL-FORMULA · #301/504

VOL-FORMULA · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-NONE · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-NPO · BOOK-RICH · LISTING-LIVE

  • VOL-FORMULA 0 Grants.gov rows
  • LOWER-HALF #301/504
  • SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
  • NOFO-NONE No NOFO indexed
  • CEIL-MILLION $250K–$2M
  • ELIG-NPO Nonprofit
  • BOOK-RICH no Grants.gov book
  • LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing

Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 45.315

VOL-FORMULA · #301/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.

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Indexed Grants.gov rows · neighbourhood around National Leadership Grants for Museums

Engineering Grants · busiestNational Leadership… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole

Funding posture

Mid-range ceiling, still NOFO-silent

The Assistance Listing advertises a mid-range award band ($250,000 to $2.0 million) for National Leadership Grants for Museums, but the indexed Grants.gov book is empty for this CFDA. Dollar capacity exists on paper; competitive announcements for this number are not currently in the crawl.

Assistance Listing text · IMLS

Grants for innovative projects serving as national models for improving museum practice.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Arts & Culture

The printed eligibility set for National Leadership Grants for Museums is nonprofit-only. Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from the Assistance Listing row.

Nonprofit Organization

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What to do next

CFDA 45.315: 0 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: Accelerating Research Translation (47.041). Compare program

SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants

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.