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Costume Society of America
Grants for Small Museums
http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com/GrantsAwards/smallmuseum.html
The Costume Society of America annually awards up to two $1,500.00 Grants to Support Costume in Small Museums. This classification includes historical societies, historic houses or sites, and other similar institutions with very limited budget and staff to support their costume collection. Funding is intended to assist the costume and textiles collections of small museums, and may be used for appropriate supplies or display items, the services of a consultant or specialist, or other projects which relate directly to the institution’s costume collection and foster the care or use of the collection at a level appropriate to the particular collection’s most pressing needs.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/foundtn-grants.pdf
A collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center. This publication lists 1,725 grants of $5,000 or more awarded by 474 foundations, from 2003 through 2007. It covers grants to public, academic, research, school, and special libraries, and to archives and museums for activities related to conservation and preservation. This publication includes:
(1) an introduction that explains the book's coverage, arrangement, entries, and how to research using the volume. Note: This pdf file contains hotlinks to free online grant writing tutorials and introductions to foundations offered by the Foundation Center as well as to some other widely used non-profit guidance on preservation grants found on the conservation online web site.
(2) a statistical analysis of grant funding in the area of preservation by foundation, recipient location, subject, recipient type (e.g., Library), grant size, and foundation generosity nationwide.
(3) state-by-state descriptions of projects funded in preservation nationwide including the foundation's name, limitations on giving, focus for giving, recipient(s), size of grant, and purpose of the grant described. Note: This section is hot linked in the pdf version directly to more detailed descriptions of the foundations.
(4) indexes by recipient, geographic area of the recipient, and subject. Note: If you do not find what you are looking for in the indices, use the find feature to search the text for your term.
(5) a list of all foundations that have donated to preservation with their contact information and limitations.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
History Channel
Save Our History Grants
The application deadline for 2007-2008 grants is June 1, 2007.
The History Channel has begun accepting applications for its annual “Save Our History” grant program. Under the program, museums, historic sites, historical societies, preservation organizations, libraries, and archives partner with local school or youth groups to help preserve the history of their communities. Each year, The History Channel
awards $250,000 in grants of up to $10,000 for these projects.
Also listed under Humanities; Libraries.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/applicants.shtm
Deadline: Various
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and learning. IMLS supports all types of museums, from art and history to science and zoos, and all types of libraries and archives, from public and academic to research and school. IMLS helps museums and libraries reach people of all ages, in all regions. If you are interested in applying for awards, reviewing grant applications, or currently have an IMLS award, this is your one-stop service center.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
http://www.imls.gov/news/2008/041408.shtm
Museums, libraries, and archives are encouraged to fill out the simple online form to apply for the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. The Institute of Museum and Library Services plans to distribute the bookshelf to institutions in each of the nation’s 435 congressional districts. It includes an essential set of books, online resources, and a user’s guide that can profoundly impact the ability of small libraries and museums to care for their collections. The deadline is April 30....
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
http://www.imls.gov/news/2006/112206.shtm
Application Deadline: January 15
Grant program guidelines are now available for the second year of the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. This program provides opportunities for African American museums to strengthen the knowledge and abilities of current staff and attract other professionals and new staff to African American museum practice.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
National Leadership Grant
http://www.imls.gov/news/2006/120106.shtm
Deadline: March 1
IMLS is now accepting grant applications to the agency’s 2007 National Leadership Grant (NLG) program. Because IMLS was delayed in making the application and guidelines available and to allow potential applicants to acquaint themselves with changes in the program, the deadline has been extended by one month to March 1, 2007.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
J. P. Getty Trust
Education and Training Grants
http://www.getty.edu/grants/conservation/
Conservation training programs, museums, and other nonprofit organizations may apply for various types of support that contribute to the professional development of conservators. Individuals may not apply directly for grants in this category.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
J. P. Getty Trust
Museum Conservation Grants
http://www.getty.edu/grants/conservation/
Museum Conservation Grants are designed to assist institutions in caring for their permanent collections. Survey Grants assist museums in identifying the conservation requirements of art collections. Treatment Grants support the conservation treatment of works of art of outstanding artistic significance.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Museum Grants Available through the State of Michigan, try the
Michigan Electronic Grants Administration and Management System Portal (EGrAMS).
Museum Loan Network
Relocating to Brown University December 2007
The Museum Loan Network (MLN) facilitates the long-term loan of art and objects of cultural heritage among U.S. institutions as a way to enhance the installations of museums, thus enabling them to better serve their communities. The MLN grant
programs help museums respond to the increasing public demand for installations that are relevant to a range of age groups and cultural heritages, and to provide better artistic, cultural, and historical contexts for works on display. The MLN programs have led to the sharing of objects among different types of museums, fostering collaborations between institutions of varying size and discipline throughout the United States. Funded and initiated by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, the MLN is administered by Brown University’s John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization.
Last checked 04/15/08)
National Endowment for the Humanities
45.164 Implementation Grants for Museums and Historical Organizations
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11095&mode=VIEW
Deadline : January 23, 2007
These grants support interpretive museum exhibitions (both long-term and traveling) and the interpretation of historic sites and houses, and include support for accompanying publications, Web sites, and public humanities programming. Public humanities programs support lifelong learning in history, literature, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities for broad public audiences.
Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits : Humanities
(Last checked 04/15/08)
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Source: FC Stats from the Foundation Center.
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Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO)
http://www.tfaoi.org/aa/5aa/5aa16.htm
Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) wishes to provide financial incentive for smaller American art museums to produce and publish narrative slide shows on the Web. For a limited time, starting in January 2005, TFAO will reimburse five museums for all or a portion of their costs relating to acquisition of software and, if needed, a desktop microphone.
(Last checked 04/15/08)
Books
The books mentioned on this page are available for public use in the Michigan State University Libraries. If you are unable to visit our library, consider visiting a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection in your home state or a local public library in your home town. If the books are not available there, ask about interlibrary loan or visit a local bookstore to find out whether they can be purchased.
THE BIG BOOK OF MUSEUM GRANT MONEY. Prepared by the Taft Group for the American Association of Museums. Rockville, Md. : The Taft Group, 1995. 1896pp. Reference Funding Center AM122 .B58 1995.
Provides detailed descriptive profiles of 3,326 philanthropic programs in the United States--programs associated with private foundations, corporate foundations, and corporate direct givers. All of the funders in this directory have either made grants to museums/galleries, botanical gardens/parks, zoos/aquariums, or science museums within the last several reporting periods or have listed these organizations as typical recipient categories on questionnaires.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities.
FOUNDATION GRANTS GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS, MUSEUMS, AND LIBRARIES. Fairfax, Va. : International Communications Industries Association, 1984. 62pp. Reference Funding Center LB2336 .F686 1984
A listing of 96 foundations that make grants to schools and 65 foundations that fund library and museum projects.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities; Education; Libraries.
FUND RAISING FOR MUSEUMS : THE ESSENTIAL BOOK FOR STAFF AND TRUSTEES. Hedy A. Hartman. Redmond, Wa : The Hartman Planning and Development Group, Ltd., 1989. 3rd edition, 612pp. Reference Funding Center AM122 F.H37 1989
The first 86 pages provide detailed, readable information concerning the "how-to's" of museum fundraising. The remaining 526 pages list corporations, foundations, and government agencies which fund in this area. Intended for art museums, art centers, history museums, historical organizations, natural history museums, nature centers, science and technology centers, aquariums, arboretums, native american museums, planetariums, zoological parks, botanical gardens, and children's museums. [The first edition is also available in the Main Library Stacks.]
FUNDING FOR MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Denise Wallen and Karen Cantrell, eds. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1988. 355pp. Reference Funding Center AM122 .F86 1988
Provides detailed descriptions of more than 500 funding sources that support the programs and needs of museums, archives, and special collections and the individual researchers who use them. The funding sources described support both institutional needs such as expansion or improvement of facilities, as well as programs, performances, performers, exhibits, and exhibitors.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities; Libraries.
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