Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

Post Date

September 15th 2015

Application Due Date

December 1st 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

AAHC-FY16

CFDA Number(s)

45.309

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Arts
Humanities

Number of Awards

15

Eligibility Categories

Other

To be eligible for an award under the AAHC program, you must be an organization that meets all three of the following criteria: You must be either a unit of State or local government or be a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code; You must be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and You must qualify as one of the following: a. A museum whose primary purpose, as reflected in its mission, is African American life, art, history, and/or culture, encompassing: the period of slavery; the era of Reconstruction; the Harlem renaissance; the civil rights movement; and other periods of the African American diaspora; and using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates. What types of institutions are included in the term "museum"? If they otherwise meet these requirements, including the criteria in (3)(a) above, museums include, but are not limited to, aquariums, arboretums, art museums, botanical gardens, children's/youth museums, general museums (those having two or more significant disciplines), historic houses/sites, history museums, natural history/anthropology museums, nature centers, planetariums, science/technology centers, specialized museums (limited to a single distinct subject), and zoological parks. What does it mean to be using a professional staff? An institution uses a professional staff if it employs at least one staff member, or the full-time equivalent, whether paid or unpaid, primarily engaged in the acquisition, care, or exhibition to the public of objects owned or used by the institution. What does it mean to exhibit the objects to the general public? An institution exhibits objects to the general public if such exhibition is a primary purpose of the institution. An institution that exhibits objects to the general public for at least 120 days a year is deemed to exhibit objects to

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1481000

• Award Range:

  $5000 - $150000

Grant Description

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) support projects that improve the operations, care of collections, and development of professional management at African American museums. AAHC grants can fund both new and ongoing museum activities and programs.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Institute of Museum and Library Services

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Mark Isaksen
  Senior Museum Program Officer
  misaksen@imls.gov
  202-653-4667
  
  Mary Sellers
  Museum Program Specialist
  msellers@imls.gov
  202-653-4689
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  misaksen@imls.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  misaksen@imls.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.imls.gov/grants/available/museum-grants-african-american-history-and-culture