Museums Empowered (2025)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- ME-FY25
- Applications due
- Award size
- $5,000 to $250,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 45.301 Museums for America
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Arts
- Humanities
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The Museums Empowered (ME) program is a special initiative of the Museums for America (MFA) grant program administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The ME program supports projects that use professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes. Eligible applicants are units of state, local, or tribal government, or private, non-profit organizations with tax-exempt status. The program focuses on four key areas: Digital Technology, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Evaluation, and Organizational Management. Applications will be evaluated based on their understanding of professional development, organizational dynamics and change, engagement of staff and leadership, and potential to generate systemic change. The application deadline is November 15, 2024, with anticipated award announcements in August 2025 and project start dates of September 1, 2025.
The total available funding for the ME program is $4,299,000, with individual awards ranging from $5,000 to $250,000. Successful applicants will be required to provide a 1:1 cost share of non-federal funds. Funded projects may run for 1-3 years, and will be reviewed through a peer review process.
Synopsis
Museums Empowered (ME) is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program. It supports projects that use the transformative power of professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes. IMLS recognizes the many challenges facing individual museums and the need to invest resources, time, and energy towards nurturing the professional development of staff and strengthening museum operations. The Museums Empowered grant program identifies four areas of museum operations to focus for professional development. Digital Technology focused projects that will support the work of museum staff in using digital technology to enhance audience engagement, collections access, or general museum operations. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focused projects that will increase cultural competency among museum staff and support relevancy of museum programs through learning activities that strengthen their ability to connect with the communities they serve. Evaluation focused projects that will enhance the ability of museum staff to understand a broad spectrum of evaluation methods and techniques as well as better use evaluation reports, data, and metrics to improve the design and delivery of programs. Organizational Management focused projects that will help museum staff develop and implement effective practices in organizational management, human resources, and strategic planning in response to emerging internal or external priorities.
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