Project Grant ME259760OMS26
- The Holocaust Memorial Center received a $1.51 million Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. Over the three-year performance period, the Center will digitize and make publicly accessible its archival collections through a comprehensive assessment of materials, digitization of photographs and personal artifacts, and three-dimensional...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, in partnership with the Cincinnati Museum Center, received a $1.495 million Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). Awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for January 31, 2027, this grant funds community-centered programming and educational initiatives centered on two major exhibitions: "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far...
- The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc. (HDEC) received a $1,016,520 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports a comprehensive Holocaust education outreach initiative serving K-12 educators and students across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties in South Florida. HDEC will leverage newly developed interactive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Florida Holocaust Museum, Inc. received a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), awarded on October 1, 2025. The funding supports the design and construction of a state-of-the-art core exhibition featuring the museum's most significant artifacts, including a historic boxcar and track from Treblinka, a Danish rescue boat, the archives of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Dallas Holocaust Museum $331,726 under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) for a project grant running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The museum will use the funding to catalog and digitize their remaining collection of 4,008 items documenting the history of the Holocaust and human rights in a local context. This includes diaries, letters, photographs, and 3D objects. Specifically, the museum will create...
- The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan will receive $200,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support the hiring and training of six new professional museum educators to resume in-person group tours and workshops at the Center. The educators will work with school groups, leading tours and providing support services to...
- The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan was awarded a $605,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Innovative Approaches to Literacy program. The 3-year grant funds a Holocaust education program focused on delivering literacy-based educational content on the Holocaust to K-12 students. Additionally, the Center has received previous federal grants totaling $750,000 from the Department of Education and National Endowment for the Humanities to support in-person...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Sciencenter Discovery Museum received a $999,539 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the 21st Century Museum Professional Program (CFDA 45.032) beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports a three-year professional development initiative in partnership with the National Informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Network. The project will engage 30 pairs of museum...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Naperville Heritage Society a $729,125 Project Grant under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) beginning September 1, 2026, and concluding December 31, 2028. The award funds professional staff training and organizational development initiatives designed to enhance visitor experiences and educational programming. The organization will engage staff in hands-on workshops facilitated by an...
- The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $249,831 National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) project grant to Towson University's Albert S. Cook Library, in partnership with Brandeis University Library. The grant will develop, test, and share best practices and digital tools for identifying and cataloging books from the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR) organization, which distributed over 160,000 books seized from Jewish communities after World War II. The...
The Holocaust Memorial Center received a $627,729 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The grant funds a comprehensive staff training and evaluation implementation project designed to measure the impact of the Center's Holocaust education and antisemitism awareness programs. Staff will receive training in evaluation design, qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, human subject research protections, and ethical data management practices. Deliverables from this three-year project include the development of sustainable institutional evaluation systems, an evaluation handbook for internal use, replicable evaluation tools and data collection instruments, and a comprehensive evaluation report documenting outcomes from the Center's teacher training programs. The project specifically examines how the Center's professional development initiatives support teachers' knowledge acquisition and influence classroom instruction. Project results will be disseminated to educators and peer institutions through conference presentations and online professional networks, contributing to broader knowledge-sharing within the museum education field.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 7/14/26 |