Closed · IGSM-FY25 · CFDA 45.301 · Discretionary

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025)

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

$5K-$75K
Award range
Closed
Status
November 15, 2024
Close date
75
Expected awards

The verdict

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025) is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $5,000 -- $75,000 across 75 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.

$5K-$75K
award range
Closed
application status
75
expected awards
45.301
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025) is closed (last close November 15, 2024). The parent program page for CFDA 45.301 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 November 15, 2024

Posted Aug 15 Closes Nov 15

Est. Total Funding

$3,000,000

Expected Awards

75

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

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, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Inspire! has three project categories: - Lifelong Learning - Institutional Capacity - Collections Stewardship and Access

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · IGSM-FY25

Grants.gov marks Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025) 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. 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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 45.301

Museum and Library Services — Basic Library Services

Institute of Museum and Library Services

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Agency Contact

Lifelong Learning: Reagan Moore Senior Museum Program Officer rmoore@imls.gov Institutional Capacity: Reagan Moore Senior Museum Program Officer rmoore@imls.gov Collections Stewardship and Access: Mark Isaksen Supervisory Grants Management Specialist misaksen@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

What to do next

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.301 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Museum and Library Services — Basic Library S… 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

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

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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