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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN | Not stated | $75,000 | 2024 |
| NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $75,000 | 2024 |
| THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. | Not stated | $75,000 | 2024 |
| THE WEST END MUSEUM, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $75,000 | 2024 |
| WHALING MUSEUM SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $75,000 | 2024 |
| PORT TOWNSEND MARINE SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $74,995 | 2024 |
| DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $74,979 | 2024 |
| SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $74,898 | 2024 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $74,875 | 2023 |
| TRUMBULL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $74,795 | 2026 |
| HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA | Not stated | $74,637 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $74,637 | 2024 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | Not stated | $74,564 | 2026 |
| BISHOP INDIAN TRIBAL COUNCIL | Not stated | $74,426 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO | Not stated | $74,232 | 2020 |
| WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $74,180 | 2024 |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Not stated | $73,172 | 2019 |
| THE HANFORD MILLS MUSEUM AT EAST MEREDITH | Not stated | $73,071 | 2024 |
| CITY OF DESTIN | Not stated | $72,632 | 2021 |
| MCLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOC | Not stated | $72,350 | 2024 |
| BLACKFEET TRIBE OF THE BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION | Not stated | $72,000 | 2020 |
| BB KING MUSEUM & DELTA | Not stated | $71,970 | 2021 |
| LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF WISCONSIN | Not stated | $71,935 | 2023 |
| PONCA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA | Not stated | $71,857 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE | Not stated | $71,820 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA | Not stated | $71,586 | 2020 |
| IOWA TRIBE OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA | Not stated | $71,491 | 2023 |
| BALTIMORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $71,000 | 2022 |
| CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK INC. | Not stated | $71,000 | 2024 |
| THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN, INC | Not stated | $71,000 | 2023 |
| OTOE-MISSOURIA TRIBE | Not stated | $70,962 | 2022 |
| CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES | Not stated | $70,886 | 2020 |
| AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST | Not stated | $70,617 | 2024 |
| THE M. S. HERSHEY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $70,527 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | Not stated | $69,734 | 2022 |
| ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION FOUNDATION | Not stated | $69,662 | 2024 |
| ANCHORAGE, MUNICIPALITY OF (INC) | Not stated | $69,587 | 2021 |
| SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE OF THE PORT MADISON RESERVATION | Not stated | $69,405 | 2021 |
| MUSCOGEE CREEK NATION | Not stated | $69,380 | 2019 |
| PAINE ART CENTER & GARDENS INC | Not stated | $68,614 | 2023 |
| MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF PACIFIC GROVE, INC | Not stated | $68,420 | 2024 |
| ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK | Not stated | $67,876 | 2018 |
| HISTORIC TRAPPE | Not stated | $67,500 | 2026 |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS OF ODAWA INDIANS | Not stated | $67,113 | 2021 |
| SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Not stated | $66,630 | 2020 |
| NORTHFORK RANCHERIA OF MONO INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA | Not stated | $66,615 | 2018 |
| WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS | Not stated | $66,371 | 2023 |
| WIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $66,285 | 2024 |
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $66,148 | 2023 |
| LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE | Not stated | $66,120 | 2019 |
| FRIENDS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES | Not stated | $65,722 | 2020 |
| FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE, THE | Not stated | $65,621 | 2021 |
| HISTORIC COMMISSION ALABAMA | Not stated | $65,000 | 2023 |
| HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Not stated | $64,936 | 2020 |
| RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $64,718 | 2021 |
| CULTURE AND HERITAGE COMMISSION OF YORK COUNTY | Not stated | $64,470 | 2024 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | Not stated | $63,945 | 2024 |
| AMHERST COLLEGE, TRUSTEES OF | Not stated | $63,721 | 2024 |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $63,577 | 2020 |
| ARLINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE | Not stated | $63,570 | 2024 |
| FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH OF | Not stated | $63,518 | 2021 |
| THE SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE | Not stated | $63,432 | 2024 |
| GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Not stated | $63,186 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER | Not stated | $62,955 | 2024 |
| AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK | Not stated | $62,700 | 2021 |
| ASHLEY COUNTY LIBRARY | Not stated | $62,542 | 2026 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $62,509 | 2022 |
| HANDS ON DISCOVERY CENTER | Not stated | $62,505 | 2026 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Not stated | $62,190 | 2019 |
| INDIANAPOLIS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $62,054 | 2019 |
| RIVERBANK SPECIALTY PARKS DISTRICT | Not stated | $61,820 | 2024 |
| NORTHWESTERN BAND OF SHOSHONE NATION | Not stated | $61,068 | 2023 |
| SCRIPPS COLLEGE | Not stated | $60,018 | 2019 |
| KING MANOR ASSOCIATION OF LONG | Not stated | $60,000 | 2024 |
| NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS | Not stated | $60,000 | 2024 |
| SAMISH INDIAN NATION | Not stated | $59,860 | 2023 |
| BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY | Not stated | $59,552 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | Not stated | $59,081 | 2023 |
| MUSEO DE LAS AMERICAS, INC. | Not stated | $59,000 | 2024 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $57,959 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $56,850 | 2024 |
| OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $56,131 | 2021 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY | Not stated | $56,021 | 2022 |
| NOTTAWASEPPI HURON BAND OF THE POTAWATOMI | Not stated | $55,322 | 2023 |
| WIYOT TRIBE | Not stated | $55,105 | 2019 |
| ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TX | Not stated | $54,835 | 2024 |
| SHELBURNE MUSEUM, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $54,391 | 2021 |
| THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA | Not stated | $54,384 | 2026 |
| OZARKS TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Not stated | $54,244 | 2021 |
| SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Not stated | $54,130 | 2022 |
| MCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER CORPORATION | Not stated | $54,072 | 2023 |
| CITY OF LAS CRUCES | Not stated | $54,000 | 2022 |
| PRESERVATION BOARD, TEXAS STATE | Not stated | $53,798 | 2020 |
| MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $53,672 | 2023 |
| KAW NATION | Not stated | $53,193 | 2020 |
| MUSEUM OF ART FORT COLLINS INC | Not stated | $52,884 | 2024 |
| LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $52,778 | 2024 |
| SUSANVILLE INDIAN RANCHERIA | Not stated | $52,661 | 2020 |
| DYER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $52,426 | 2021 |
| TABLE MOUNTAIN RANCHERIA | Not stated | $52,331 | 2023 |
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 2026-10-23
- Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $75,000 – $1,000,000Checked 2026-10-23
- National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $25,000 – $1,000,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Native American Library Services Basic Grant (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $6,000 – $10,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Museums for America (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000Checked 2026-10-23
- 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $100,000 – $500,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $500,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Inspire Grants for Small Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $75,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $500,000Checked 2026-10-23
- National Leadership Grants for Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $750,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $250,000Checked 2026-10-23
- Museums Empowered (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000Checked 2026-10-23
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
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