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The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the St. Louis Black Repertory Company through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Funding will allow the St. Louis Black...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the International Association of Blacks in Dance Inc. from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funding will support personnel and facilities expenses to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Inc. $950,488 under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) on October 1, 2025. The three-year project, extending through September 30, 2028, focuses on building organizational capacity through strategic staffing and workforce development initiatives. The museum will hire a registrar, education assistant, and administrative assistant while...

The Black Inventors Hall Of Fame (BIHOF), a New Jersey nonprofit corporation, received a $2.47 million Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) awarded on October 1, 2025. The grant supports the design and fabrication of a new museum exhibition centered on the Charles F. Page Airship, which serves as the centerpiece of the display. The exhibition will feature a full-scale...

The Harris County Cultural Arts Council (HCCAC) will receive $112,000 under a two-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. HCCAC will engage the East Harris County community in exploring African American funeral rituals, customs, traditions and history. They will collaborate with writers and artists to develop a visual exhibit and stage play providing opportunities for the public to learn the...

The Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan will receive $493,770 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to implement a general collection preservation and reorganization project. As part of the project, the museum will hire curatorial and archival staff to inventory, rehouse, and improve storage conditions for over 20,000 artifacts currently on exhibit or in storage, including musical instruments,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM), operating as the Center For African American Military History, Inc., received a $585,750 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). The award, obligated on October 1, 2025, supports a three-year living history initiative (through September 30, 2028) that highlights the legacy of African American soldiers,...

The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission will receive $166,750 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The Commission will build the capacity of five African American anchor institutions in Buffalo, New York - the Michigan Street Baptist Church, Nash House Museum, Historic Colored Musicians Club and Museum, and WUFO 1080 AM Black Radio History Collective - by developing...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the National Black Arts Festival, Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public...

The Museum of Boulder, in partnership with the Boulder Public Library and Boulder County NAACP Chapter, will receive $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to develop activities highlighting the history of Black people in Colorado from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Over the three-year period of performance in Boulder, CO, the Museum of Boulder will employ a community-centered process to develop an...