Sample Applications

Museums for America

Learning Experiences

• Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance (PDF, 1.14 MB)
• Friends of the Briar Bush (PDF, 1.13 MB)
• Hands On Children's Museum (PDF, 748 KB)
• Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• City of Palo Alto (Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo) (PDF, 253.93 KB)
• Buffalo Bill Memorial Association (PDF, 249.66 KB)
• Thomas Cole Historic House (PDF, 215.04 KB)

5,000 - $25,000 Funding Level:

• Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (PDF, 1.19 MB)
• Arboretum at Flagstaff(PDF, 554 KB)
• Discovery Center at Murfree Spring (PDF, 1.09 MB)

Community Anchors

• Zoological Society of Cincinnati (PDF, 2 MB)
• Nelson Gallery Foundation (PDF, 321.89 KB)
• Crocker Art Museum Association (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• Zoological Society of San Diego (PDF, 1.39 MB)
• San Diego Museum of Man (PDF 1.3, MB)
• Museum of Art History at the McPherson Center (PDF, 1.08 MB)

$5,000 - $25,000 Funding Level:

• Art Museum of Missoula Inc. (PDF, 363 KB)

Collections Stewardship

• Autry Museum of the American West (PDF, 457 KB)
• Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (PDF, 987 KB)
• American Museum of Natural History (PDF, 630 KB)
• Hanford Mills Museum (PDF, 672 KB)
• Wesleyan University Davison Art Center (PDF, 891 KB)
• Shelburne Museum (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• City of Longmont Longmont Museum (PDF, 684 KB)
• Trustees of Princeton University Art Museum (PDF, 622 KB)

$5,000 - $25,000 Funding Level:

• Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies (PDF, 1.06 MB)
• Mark Twain House (PDF, 468 KB)
• Monroe County Historical Society (PDF, 951 KB)
• City of Platteville Mining Rollo Jamison Museums (PDF, 366 KB)

Museums Empowered

• Mingei International (PDF, 1.21 MB)
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (PDF, 701 KB)
• Sciencenter (PDF, 680 KB)
• Shedd Aquarium (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Orlando Science Center (PDF, 690 KB)
• Whitney Plantation Museum (PDF, 2.14 MB)

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

• The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (PDF, 771 KB)
• NC African American Heritage Commission (PDF, 972 KB)
• David C Driskell Center (PDF, 382 KB)
• Robbins House (PDF, 1.1 MB)

National Leadership Grants for Museums

• San Jose Children's Discovery Museum (PDF, 314 KB)
• Field Museum of Natural History (PDF, 347 KB)
• Chicago Zoological Society (PDF, 619 KB)

Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program

• Karuk Tribe (PDF, 77 KB)
• Koniag, Inc. (PDF, 872 KB)
• Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Sparks! Ignition Grants for Museums

• Carnegie Museum of Natural History (PDF, 981 KB)
• Indianapolis Museum of Art (PDF, 477 KB)
• Mountain-Plains Museums Association (PDF, 362 KB)

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

The Abstracts, Narratives, Schedules of Completion, Digital Product Forms, and Preliminary Proposal Narratives for recently awarded grants in this program are available online. Search or browse through the IMLS Awarded Grants Search.

National Leadership Grants for Libraries

The Abstracts, Narratives, Schedules of Completion, Digital Product Forms, and Preliminary Proposal Narratives for recently awarded grants in this program are available online. Search or browse through the IMLS Awarded Grants Search.

Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums / Libraries as Assets - A National Leadership Grants Special Initiative

• Emory University (PDF 169KB)
• Ohio History Connection - The Emerging New American Community Team (ENACT) (PDF 800KB)
• Triton College Dual Capacity Building Initiative (PDF 749KB)
• Woodland Park Zoo – Youth Climate Action Network - Catalyzing a Community (PDF 806KB)

Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants

• Chilkat Indian Village (PDF, 291 KB)
• Crow Tribe of Indians (PDF, 426 KB)
• Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (PDF, 411 KB)
• Makah Tribal Council (PDF, 324 KB)
• Nisqually Indian Tribe (PDF, 1 MB)

Native Hawaiian Library Services

• Hula Preservation Society (PDF, 331 KB)
• Papahana Kuaola (PDF, 779 KB)
• Sample Narrative (PDF, 336 KB)