Closed · AAHC-FY26 · CFDA 45.309 · Discretionary

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2026)

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

$5K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
March 13, 2026
Close date
35
Expected awards

The verdict

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2026) is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $5,000 -- $500,000 across 35 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-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
35
expected awards
45.309
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on March 13, 2026. CFDA 45.309 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $5,000 -- $500,000.

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 13, 2026

Posted Jan 13 Closes Mar 13

Est. Total Funding

$6,000,000

Expected Awards

35

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program builds the capacity of African American museums and supports the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums. The program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · AAHC-FY26

Grants.gov marks Museum Grants for African American History an… 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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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Museum Grants for African American History an… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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