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The Urban Libraries Council will receive $121,272 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to examine how libraries can serve as trusted spaces for open dialogue during recovery efforts. The Council will partner with Serendipity Films to host a national forum featuring a screening of the documentary "Free For All" prior to its national television broadcast in Fall 2022. This event will kick off a national...

Grant Award Summary The National Park Foundation received a $10.14 million Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) awarded December 30, 2025, to develop and deploy six mobile exhibits across the United States throughout 2026. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Freedom250, the awardee will create traveling exhibits—branded as "Freedom Trucks"—designed to educate Americans about the nation's founding, key...

This $260,495 one-year project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service will fund planning activities for the Leadership Foundations' proposed full-cost AmeriCorps State and National program. AmeriCorps State and National grants under the 94.006 CFDA program support eligible organizations in developing programs where AmeriCorps members address unmet community needs through activities organized by the awardee. Here, Leadership Foundations will use the planning grant period...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $554,624 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to The Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. The grant will fund the creation of a cohort-based leadership development training program for middle and senior-level managers at the museum. The program aims to address inequitable access to leadership development opportunities and will involve identifying and hiring consultants to collaborate on designing the...

The Aamc Foundation received a $397,844 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312) to expand a leadership development program for two cohorts of early career art curators from underrepresented backgrounds over a three-year period from September 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The program will provide participants with virtual sessions on relevant topics, one-on-one mentoring from senior curator liaisons, three diversity and inclusion workshops, two...

The Cincinnati Art Museum was awarded a $111,441 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to expand digital content creation and delivery capabilities. Under the one-year project grant ending October 31, 2022, the museum will enhance existing digital programming by augmenting free public Wi-Fi access to include outdoor spaces, developing mobile recording studio carts for flexible use throughout museum facilities and grounds, and providing staff and volunteers...

The Boston Library Consortium, in partnership with the Professional Development Alliance of Library Consortia, received a $149,879 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313). The grant will fund the design, pilot, and assessment of a three-day Leadership Academy for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) library support staff supervisors without Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)...

The Salem Art Association received a $118,443 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop new educational programs and resources that will encourage return visitation to its Bush House Museum following the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the one-year project grant ending October 31, 2022, the Association will hire an Education Director to redesign existing fourth grade field trips and create new field trips for middle and high school students aligned with...

The Cathedral Arts Project, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Landscape of Education in the Arts in Duval (LEAD) collective impact initiative in Duval County, Florida. The grant funding will support the LEAD project from January 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $1,091,792 National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) project grant to Museum Hue, Inc. to develop and launch a digital platform dedicated to museums founded and led by culturally specific communities in the United States. The 3-year project will engage museum professionals across the field to create the platform, including holding listening sessions, distributing surveys, and developing an online directory and interactive map. The...