OpportunityTitle: Museums for America
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.
Description: The goal of the Museums for America (MFA) grant program is to support projects thatstrengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve its public. Projects may be structured atany of several stages of maturity: exploratory, piloting, scaling, or mainstreaming. A proposedproject&#8217;s activities may be brand new to the institution, or they may implement learnings,perspectives, or competencies acquired during a previous project. A project may be an effort tointensify the impact of an approach that has been tested and found to be effective, or it may bestructured as an opportunity to expand a function or activity that has been deemed successful.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
GrantorContactText: Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4791, snarva@imls.gov; Connie Bodner, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, 202-653-4636, cbodner@imls.gov; Steve Shwartzman, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4641, sshwartzman@imls.gov; Reagan Moore, Museum Program Officer, 202-653-4637, rmoore@imls.gov; Ashley Jones, Museum Program Specialist, 202-653-4782, ajones@imls.gov
CloseDateExplanation: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is extending the deadline for its Museums for America 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 meet the original 12/14/18 deadline.