Project Grant PY23400916

The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center received a $498,718 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant supports a 2-year collaborative research, exhibition, and community engagement project focused on sharing the stories of 12 pre-1900s Black pioneers buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Santa Cruz County, California. The project will produce history and art exhibitions, documentary footage, public...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $3.75 million Cooperative Agreement to Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086). Family Service Agency will implement the Connected Couples, Connected Families program to deliver relationship education using evidence-based PREP 8.0 and Within My Reach curricula, case management,...

The Museum of York County will create an exhibit about the natural history of the Carolina Piedmont with a focus on meeting the developmental needs of children ages 0-6. The exhibit, titled the "Early Learner Playscape," will include interactive displays and touch-based activities as well as specimens from the museum's collection. Informed by the South Carolina Early Childhood Standards, the exhibit aims to help children become kindergarten-ready while learning about local...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $422,088 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to the Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, California. The grant will support the digitization, documentation, and online accessibility of the museum's collection of over 8,500 historical photographs from Santa Cruz County, dating from the mid-1800s to the late-1900s. The project will involve hiring an archives assistant to...

The Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina will receive $376,696 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to design and implement the United States Colored Troops Sculpture Interpretation Project. The Museum will tell the story of 1,600 local soldiers who fought for the Union at the Battle of Forks Road through the interpretation of a new sculpture site and sculpture by North Carolina artist Stephen Hayes...

The Pikes Peak Library District Foundation will digitize its aerial photography collection from the Stewart Brothers Commercial Photographers Collection under a $228,969 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The Foundation will digitize thousands of photographic prints and negatives documenting Colorado Springs' growth from 1952 to 1995. It will hire a senior library associate to assist with prioritizing digitization of...

The Children's Museum of the East End (CMEE) received a $157,920 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to expand their Estrellas de Lectura/Reading Stars program. This reading mentorship initiative aims to improve social-emotional learning skills and restore reading fluency in bilingual children disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 learning loss. The grant will fund activities such as community engagement, mentor...

The Kidzu Children's Museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina was awarded a $425,998 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. This 3-year grant, effective September 1, 2023, will enable the museum to develop a framework for supporting refugee communities, including regular family programming, a skills-development volunteer program for teenage refugees, and a best practices toolkit. The project aims to serve 300...

The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center will produce an exhibit and related programming focusing on Indigenous perspectives on socio-ecological challenges. Funded September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 by a $390,539 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program, the exhibit and two phases of collaborator-driven programming will seek to create space for ongoing conversations around community and creative ecologies. Working with the...

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco received a $100,110 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to create a seven-month exhibition titled "Xianrui: Cathy Lu" and a community youth engagement program. The exhibition and programming will explore topics relevant to the state of Asian American identity and xenophobia facing the community. The Chinese Culture Center will co-design the programming...