Project Grant MA257944OMS25
- This $501,529 project grant was awarded to Holden Arboretum by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will fund Holden Arboretum's collaboration with a consulting firm to create an interactive mapping application that showcases the living collections at their Cleveland Botanical Garden and Holden Arboretum campuses. This work will merge Holden's current plant records system with a modern geographic information...
- The $335,000.00 federal Project Grant award to Holden Arboretum was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Community Project Funds - 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending (CFDA 10.730) program. The grant will support Holden Arboretum's "Forest Resiliency and Conservation and Canopy Coverage Expansion Project" from September 2023 through December 2027. As the prime awardee, Holden Arboretum will leverage its expertise in forestry, plant research, and...
- The Holden Arboretum was awarded a $1,889,827 Cooperative Agreement from the USDA Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) on September 11, 2024. This grant supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices, with a focus on providing technical assistance, cost-sharing, and enabling underserved private forest landowners to participate in emerging environmental markets such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs. The Holden...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service awarded a $134,983 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Holden Arboretum, a non-profit organization located in Kirtland, Ohio. The grant titled "GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE PROPAGATION AND SCREENING OF HARDWOOD TREES THREATENED BY INVASIVE PESTS" supports the propagation and screening of hardwood trees threatened by invasive pests in the Great Lakes region. This project aims to...
- The Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG) received a $508,910 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund a two-year project to modernize HBG's greenhouse and nursery infrastructure by installing integrated environmental control systems. This will improve plant propagation, growing conditions, and collections care, enhancing the health, safety, and efficiency of HBG's living plant collections. The upgrades...
- The Atlanta Botanical Garden will receive a $522,993 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The grant will fund the "Propagating Our Future" initiative, which will establish a Conservation Engagement Coordinator to design interactive exhibits, digital media, public tours, and educational programs. This effort aims to foster public understanding of rare and imperiled plants in the...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $504,197 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) Project Grant to the Worcester County Horticultural Society to implement a collections inventory and mapping project for the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. The project will hire a full-time plant recorder to complete a comprehensive inventory of the garden's woody and conservatory plant collections, reconcile the plant records database, verify cultivars, map each accession,...
- The Morton Arboretum has been awarded a $697,847 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. This three-year grant, running from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support the development of training tools for horticulture staff at public gardens and arboreta. The key products to be delivered through this grant include an adaptable curriculum for horticulture staff, a suite of eLearning courses on...
- The Missouri Botanical Garden received a $594,354 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to develop a collections development module for their living collections management system. The module will enable the Garden to prioritize and acquire new plant species based on criteria such as global rarity, climate suitability, and alignment with the organization's strategic goals. The project involves contracting a software...
- The Denver Botanic Gardens received a $520,561 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to advance the long-term care and protection of alpine plants and ecosystems in North America. The three-year project, running from September 2024 to August 2027, will involve a cross-departmental team of experts in seed conservation, plant conservation science, and scientific data management, working in collaboration with public...
Holden Forests and Gardens was awarded a $237,904 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to create a master interpretive plan for its Cleveland Botanical Garden and Holden Arboretum campuses. The plan will enhance storytelling, wayfinding, and educational outreach on the campuses, making the organization's environmental research more accessible and fostering deeper community connections with nature. The project will include site assessments, stakeholder interviews, and community listening sessions to inform the plan, which will guide messaging for trails, gardens, and educational spaces, enrich visitor experiences, and reinforce the garden's role as an environmental education leader in Northeast Ohio. The grant period runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $118.9k | 9/19/25 |