Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2 S Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801, USA
- Website
- ashevilleart.org
- Founded
- 1948
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Movies & Entertainment
- SIC code
- 84 Museums, Botanical, Zoological Gardens
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
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About the company
Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, is a federal grant recipient that operates exclusively as a prime recipient (100% of recent awards) with no federal contracting footprint. The organization receives project grants from federal cultural and educational agencies to support exhibitions, collections preservation and digitization, public programming, and scholarly research centered on Appalachian and southeastern American art and regional heritage.
The museum's customer base is concentrated among four federal grantors, all of which fund cultural, humanities, and library work. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) anchors the portfolio with 7 awards, and the National Endowment for the Arts contributes 9 awards. The National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science round out the active set with 4 and 5 awards respectively. All 25 awards in the source data are prime grants; there are no sub-recipient relationships.
Recent grant work reflects the museum's strategic focus on collections digitization, preservation, scholarly interpretation, and public access. In September 2026, IMLS awarded the museum $1,043,440 under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to organize and present the first survey of documentary photography from Southern Appalachia, spanning the turn of the twentieth century to the present, with a three-year performance period through August 2029. In the same month, IMLS awarded $659,210, also under Museums for America, to digitize the museum's collections and develop a publicly accessible online portal integrating artificial intelligence for image recognition, metadata development, and accessibility features, running through August 2029. Earlier in 2026, the National Endowment for the Humanities funded an exhibition on Black Mountain College's artistic and pedagogical legacy (completion June 2027), and NEA supported an exhibition on Buckminster Fuller's work (awarded June 2022, completed August 2023). Prior grants from IMLS supported collection preservation and digitization of 148 Appalachian-focused works (awarded November 2023, completing December 2026) and inventory and documentation of architectural records related to regional architects Douglas D. Ellington and Richard Sharp Smith (awarded September 2022, completed August 2025).
Award volume has been sparse in recent years, with a single award each in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and three awards in 2026. Only two awards complete within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated across the entire 25-award portfolio total $4.9 million, reflecting the museum's role as a community cultural institution rather than a large-scale federal service provider.
Quick answers
Is Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated's SAM.gov registration is active through June 16, 2027.
What is Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated's CAGE code?
Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated's CAGE code is 39XQ9, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is H862NQHFJCH1.
What is Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated's most recent federal award?
Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated's most recent federal grant award is In celebration of america's semiquincentennial, the asheville art museum will organize and present the first survey… (MA260240OMS26), from Institute of Museum and Library Services, on September 1, 2026.
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