Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Opportunities linked
- 52
- Recorded awards (total)
- $488,137,034
- Median recorded award
- $88,008
Records in this library attributed to this funder.
Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.
The midpoint of the awards we hold, not a cap and not a filing median.
- Data year
- Not stated
The most recent fiscal year among the awards we hold, as the source wrote it.
Why there is no giving history here
Award listings from USASpending are not connected yet. What is missing here is a feed on our side, not a document this funder has failed to publish - the listings are public and we have not connected them.
Derived from awards
Computed from the 1676 recipients we hold an award to. This is where money we can see went, which is not the same as a statement of what this funder sets out to fund — and the gap between the two is widest where our coverage is thinnest.
Programmes, by money awarded
- 45.312$173,527,157854 awards
- 45.301$159,776,0581079 awards
- 45.313$71,145,517257 awards
- 45.311$28,955,735868 awards
- 45.309$28,143,678172 awards
- 45.308$17,830,971178 awards
- 45.032$4,499,65516 awards
- 45.033$4,258,26311 awards
Where the recipients are
The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.
- NY $46,657,019
- CA $46,563,854
- IL $27,065,350
- PA $21,784,289
- DC $19,698,371
- VA $18,678,800
- OH $18,591,777
- WA $17,708,386
- MA $17,118,110
- TX $16,343,990
- MI $15,982,610
- OK $13,755,494
- FL $13,418,078
- AK $12,294,329
- NC $12,169,366
- MD $10,876,794
- WI $10,773,238
- AZ $9,342,001
- MO $8,290,787
- HI $8,179,121
Award sizes
Fixed bands rather than this funder's own quantiles, so two funders can be compared. A per-funder split would make every distribution look the same shape.
- 100k-500k 1469
- 25k-100k 922
- 500k-2m 121
- over-2m 6
- under-25k 917
By fiscal year
A trend across the years we import, which is a bounded window. A year with no bar is a year outside it, not a year with no funding.
- FY2016 $745,110 (1)
- FY2017 $5,415,181 (13)
- FY2018 $16,944,335 (58)
- FY2019 $32,520,222 (181)
- FY2020 $61,460,149 (381)
- FY2021 $68,181,342 (374)
- FY2022 $86,485,728 (902)
- FY2023 $80,083,065 (567)
- FY2024 $83,264,567 (567)
- FY2025 $6,739,753 (164)
- FY2026 $46,297,582 (227)
Giving history, from the awards we hold
No dated awards on file for this funder
This table takes one row per fiscal year, built from the awards we hold. We have connected none for this funder that state a year, so there is nothing to group. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that the funder gave nothing.
Who has received money from this funder
3435 awards on file, largest first, ranging $-13,558 to $4,316,712.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS | Not stated | $4,316,712 | 2021 |
| AMERICA250.ORG, INC. | Not stated | $3,868,200 | 2025 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE | Not stated | $3,121,324 | 2024 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | Not stated | $2,728,016 | 2021 |
| OCLC, INC | Not stated | $2,696,532 | 2020 |
| ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INC | Not stated | $2,500,689 | 2021 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS | Not stated | $1,762,277 | 2019 |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $1,507,574 | 2017 |
| THE EXPLORATORIUM | Not stated | $1,499,943 | 2026 |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | Not stated | $1,499,810 | 2026 |
| ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS, INC. | Not stated | $1,156,316 | 2023 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | Not stated | $980,784 | 2020 |
| THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO | Not stated | $918,082 | 2021 |
| NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | Not stated | $912,085 | 2020 |
| ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS & WRITERS INC | Not stated | $896,093 | 2022 |
| DREXEL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $887,154 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $883,034 | 2019 |
| DETROIT PUBLIC MEDIA | Not stated | $881,685 | 2023 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | Not stated | $857,616 | 2019 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY | Not stated | $806,361 | 2021 |
| THE BROAD | Not stated | $802,850 | 2018 |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $799,793 | 2022 |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $798,489 | 2021 |
| COSLA INC | Not stated | $788,129 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $778,034 | 2021 |
| THE BROAD | Not stated | $776,466 | 2020 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | Not stated | $770,601 | 2020 |
| AFTER VIOLENCE PROJECT | Not stated | $750,000 | 2021 |
| EFFORTS OF GRACE, INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2026 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $749,991 | 2026 |
| HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER | Not stated | $749,981 | 2026 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Not stated | $749,965 | 2024 |
| THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC. | Not stated | $749,955 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $749,727 | 2023 |
| MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $749,086 | 2022 |
| THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $748,588 | 2023 |
| EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $748,286 | 2022 |
| CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST AND HUMANITY EDUCATION | Not stated | $747,881 | 2026 |
| COSLA INC | Not stated | $745,110 | 2016 |
| MUSEUM ASSOCIATES | Not stated | $744,095 | 2024 |
| SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE NFP | Not stated | $742,726 | 2023 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS | Not stated | $740,320 | 2022 |
| NAPERVILLE HERITAGE SOCIETY | Not stated | $732,582 | 2018 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $726,848 | 2020 |
| STATE OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $715,732 | 2017 |
| ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $711,598 | 2022 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | Not stated | $704,148 | 2023 |
| SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY | Not stated | $700,000 | 2023 |
| THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE | Not stated | $699,475 | 2023 |
| GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Not stated | $698,450 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $695,631 | 2022 |
| ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INC | Not stated | $694,536 | 2024 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | Not stated | $693,669 | 2024 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | Not stated | $691,965 | 2024 |
| INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE | Not stated | $691,692 | 2022 |
| OCLC, INC | Not stated | $681,425 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | Not stated | $680,352 | 2019 |
| LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS | Not stated | $675,219 | 2021 |
| ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK | Not stated | $675,192 | 2021 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | Not stated | $668,048 | 2023 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Not stated | $667,509 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Not stated | $667,077 | 2020 |
| THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION | Not stated | $661,376 | 2023 |
| CLEMSON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $658,250 | 2024 |
| MARINERS MUSEUM | Not stated | $654,308 | 2024 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | Not stated | $652,260 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $649,921 | 2023 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | Not stated | $649,061 | 2023 |
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $647,000 | 2021 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO | Not stated | $646,001 | 2024 |
| RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE | Not stated | $637,470 | 2023 |
| ENVIRONMENT & CULTURE PARTNERS | Not stated | $632,741 | 2024 |
| CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $630,816 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE | Not stated | $626,696 | 2021 |
| SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $624,153 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | Not stated | $623,501 | 2022 |
| GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $622,966 | 2023 |
| SOCIETY OF BLACK ARCHAEOLOGISTS | Not stated | $618,377 | 2025 |
| VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY ART INC | Not stated | $615,750 | 2024 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $614,452 | 2021 |
| THE MORTON ARBORETUM | Not stated | $614,090 | 2022 |
| ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $605,140 | 2026 |
| NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $601,926 | 2021 |
| ACADEMY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $600,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $599,816 | 2023 |
| CENTER FOR PLANT CONSERVATION INC | Not stated | $598,833 | 2023 |
| NATIONAL INFORMATION STANDARDS ORGANIZATION (Z39) | Not stated | $598,036 | 2022 |
| CONNECTICUT STATE LIBRARY | Not stated | $595,000 | 2021 |
| ORANG UTAN CONSERVATION GENETICS PROJECT INC | Not stated | $590,952 | 2021 |
| INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION | Not stated | $588,882 | 2020 |
| LYRASIS | Not stated | $587,375 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $582,165 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $578,677 | 2024 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $571,045 | 2020 |
| SIMMONS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $568,672 | 2018 |
| OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $564,991 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA | Not stated | $561,301 | 2018 |
| THE LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $554,091 | 2020 |
Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.
What this funder funds
Derived from how this funder's 52 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.
- Libraries & Arts52
Currently open opportunities
Verified against each record's own source. The date on every row is the day we last checked that record — not the day this page was built.
- Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $75,000 – $1,000,000Checked 2026-10-22
- National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $25,000 – $1,000,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Native American Library Services Basic Grant (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $6,000 – $10,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Museums for America (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000Checked 2026-10-22
- 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $100,000 – $500,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $500,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Inspire Grants for Small Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $75,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $500,000Checked 2026-10-22
- National Leadership Grants for Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $750,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $250,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Museums Empowered (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000Checked 2026-10-22
What this funder’s awards look like
Counted over the award rows we hold for this funder. These are statistics over published records, not a model’s reading of them, and not a prediction.
Included with Studio
The counts and the median above stay free, because they are the evidence for everything else. Studio adds the breakdowns: which states the awards went to, what kind of organisation received them, and how the amounts are distributed.
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