OpportunityTitle: Museums Empowered
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.
Description: The goal of Museums for America (MFA) grants is to support projects that strengthen the abilityof an individual museum to serve its public. Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff is a special MFA initiative with the goal of strengthening theability of an individual museum to serve its public through professional development activitiesthat cross-cut various departments to generate systemic change within the museum.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
GrantorContactText: Mark Isaksen, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4667, misaksen@imls.gov; Jill Connors-Joyner, Museum Program Officer, 202-653-4791, jconnors-joyner@imls.gov
CloseDateExplanation: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is extending the deadline for its Museums Empowered grant program from December 14, 2018, to January 4, 2019, for institutions located in counties included in the California Wildfires Major Disaster Declaration made on November 12, 2018. Institutions in the affected areas may request an extension by emailing creich@imls.gov by Friday, December 14, at 11:59 pm ET. ALL other areas must submit by the original deadline of 12/14/18.