Closed · NAG-BASIC-FY23 · CFDA 45.311 · Discretionary

Native American Library Services Basic Grant (2023)

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

$6K-$10K
Award range
Closed
Status
March 1, 2023
Close date
172
Expected awards

The verdict

Native American Library Services Basic Grant (2023) is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $6,000 -- $10,000 across 172 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.

$6K-$10K
award range
Closed
application status
172
expected awards
45.311
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Native American Library Services Basic Grant is closed (last close March 1, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 March 1, 2023

Posted Dec 1 Closes Mar 1

Est. Total Funding

$1,806,000

Expected Awards

172

Instrument

Grant

Description

This program is designed to assist Native American tribes in improving core library services for their communities. Reflecting IMLS’s agency-level goals of championing lifelong learning, strengthening community engagement, and advancing collections stewardship and access, the goals for this program are to: • Improve services for learning and accessing information in a variety of formats to support needs for education, workforce development, economic and business development, health information, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, and financial literacy, and other types of literacy skills. • Enhance the skills of the current library workforce and leadership through training, continuing education, and opportunities for professional development.

Public-sector applicant lane · Institute of Museum and Library Services

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Native American Library Services Basic Grant (Federally recognized tribal governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Arts · Humanities (AR;HU). 13 other Institute of Museum and Library Services listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 139).

Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments

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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Jennifer Himmelreich Senior Program Officer 202-653-4797 jhimmelreich@imls.gov Sheena Afoakwa Program Specialist 202-653-4718 safoakwa@imls.gov imls-librarygrants@imls.gov

What to do next

Native American Library Services Basic Grant is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
  • Look up CFDA 45.311 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services lists 138 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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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