Closed · NLGSPECIALINITIATIVE-COMMUNITYCATALYST-F · CFDA 45.312 · Discretionary

Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets – A National Leadership Grants Special Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by Institute of Museum and Library Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$25K-$150K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 3, 2017
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets – A National Leadership Grants Special Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $25,000 -- $150,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Institute of Museum and Library Services.

$25K-$150K
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
45.312
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Activating Community Opportunities Using Muse… is closed (last close April 3, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 45.312 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Institute of Museum and Library Services still indexes 138 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 3, 2017

Posted Feb 1 Closes Apr 3

Est. Total Funding

$2,000,000

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Grant

Description

National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-Libraries) and National Leadership Grants for Museums (NLG-Museums), under which this special initiative falls, support projects that address challenges faced by the library and museum fields and that have the potential to advance practice in those fields. Successful projects will generate results such as new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment.What is this special initiative? Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets is part of a special Community Catalyst initiative under the National Leadership Grant programs. For this special initiative, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is interested in supportingprojects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library, archive, and museum (LAM) fields and that have the potential to advance theory and practice. This joint Libraries and Museums special call for proposals invites projects that will help LAMs and their communities learn together how to build upon the unique abilities of LAMs to achieve positive change. Successful projects will exemplify how LAMs can provide trusted spaces for ongoing community dialog and exploration of the intersections between individual narratives. In addition, successful projects will demonstrate the viability of using and adapting existing approaches gleaned from the collective impact, social well-being, and community development arenas. A range of approaches are currently being employed in these fields that could be helpful as potential applicants consider their proposed projects.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NLGSPECIALINITIATIVE-COMMUNITYCATALYST-F

Grants.gov marks Activating Community Opportunities Using Muse… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Arts · Humanities (AR;HU). This eligibility-code string dominates the Institute of Museum and Library Services book (124 peers, 89% of 139).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 45.312

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

Institute of Museum and Library Services

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Agency Contact

Dr. Marvin Carr Phone: 202-653-4752

What to do next

Activating Community Opportunities Using Muse… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.312 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services lists 138 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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