Holocaust Memorial Center

Holocaust Memorial Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient (91% of recent awards as prime recipient) focused on Holocaust education, museum programming, and professional development for law enforcement and educators. The organization does not hold federal contracts; all federal funding flows through project grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Justice, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Center's federal footprint centers on three capability areas. First, museum exhibition and collections stewardship: the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $1.51 million (October 2025–September 2028) to digitize and make accessible archival collections through photography and 3D scanning, and $1.51 million (September 2026–August 2029) to develop a sustainable three-year cycle of special exhibitions augmented by artifacts, oral testimonies, and teacher guides. Second, Holocaust education for K-12 students and educators: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education funded a $605,000 literacy-based Holocaust education program (August 2023–May 2026) and a $550,000 program (August 2023–May 2026) supporting in-person museum tours, teacher workshops, and museum educator hiring. Third, security-sector and law-enforcement professional development: the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $1.1 million (October 2024–September 2028) to deliver customized training on Holocaust history, antisemitism, and ethics to Michigan state, local, and tribal law enforcement, corrections, and probation agencies, with over 300 officers trained to date and a target of 2,500 additional trainees. The Center also received $628,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (September 2026–August 2029) to build institutional evaluation capacity focused on measuring the impact of Holocaust education and antisemitism programming.

Customer concentration is narrow by design. The Institute of Museum and Library Services leads with four awards (covering collections digitization, exhibition development, and evaluation capacity building), followed by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education with two awards each, the Department of Justice with one, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development with one. All ten prime awards span five distinct grantor agencies; no single agency dominates beyond IMLS's plurality. Recent activity averages roughly two awards per year over the past five years, with one award facing completion within the next twenty-four months (the Department of Education grants terminating May 31, 2026). The Center operates a single sub-recipient relationship through Michigan's Nonprofit Security Grant Program (Congressionally Recommended Awards, CFDA 16.753). Total combined federal dollars obligated across all awards stands at $7.6 million, with cumulative activity spanning sixteen years since the first award in the source data.

Holocaust Memorial Center serves over 100,000 Michigan residents annually through its museum programming, educational outreach, and professional training initiatives.