Closed · ME-FY25 · CFDA 45.301 · Discretionary

Museums Empowered (2025)

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

$5K-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
November 15, 2024
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

Museums Empowered (2025) is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $5,000 -- $250,000 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.

$5K-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
45.301
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Museums Empowered (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

$4,299,000

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Museums Empowered (ME) is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program. It supports projects that use the transformative power of professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes. IMLS recognizes the many challenges facing individual museums and the need to invest resources, time, and energy towards nurturing the professional development of staff and strengthening museum operations. The Museums Empowered grant program identifies four areas of museum operations to focus for professional development. Digital Technology focused projects that will support the work of museum staff in using digital technology to enhance audience engagement, collections access, or general museum operations. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focused projects that will increase cultural competency among museum staff and support relevancy of museum programs through learning activities that strengthen their ability to connect with the communities they serve. Evaluation focused projects that will enhance the ability of museum staff to understand a broad spectrum of evaluation methods and techniques as well as better use evaluation reports, data, and metrics to improve the design and delivery of programs. Organizational Management focused projects that will help museum staff develop and implement effective practices in organizational management, human resources, and strategic planning in response to emerging internal or external priorities.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · ME-FY25

Grants.gov marks Museums Empowered (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.

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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

Mark Isaksen Supervisory Grants Management Specialist misaksen@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

What to do next

Museums Empowered (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

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