National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)
- Award ceiling
- $25,000 – $1,000,000
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-24
Awards $25,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Libraries & Arts
In one sentence
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027) awards $25,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- $11,500,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $1,000,000
- Award floor
- $25,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Nov 13, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Sep 1, 2026
- Status
- Closing soon
- Eligible entities
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- Yes
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- promote adult reading · promote health and financial literacies · programming and archival practices related to shared American history · manage and preserve the national information infrastructure · serve the public's information and education needs · enhance library and information services through effective and efficient use of new and emerging technologies · improve community prosperity · provide emergency services to communities during disasters and emergencies · build collaborative partnerships between libraries, archives, and museums
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$11,500,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$1,000,000Who can apply?
level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity typesindustry
Source field: industries
use
build collaborative partnerships between libraries, archives, and museums, enhance library and information services through effective and efficient use of new and emerging technologies, improve community prosperity, manage and preserve the national information infrastructure, programming and archival practices related to shared American history, promote adult reading, promote health and financial literacies, provide emergency services to communities during disasters and emergencies, serve the public's information and education needs
Source field: use of fundssize limit
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility requirements.
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
Nov 13, 202620 daysDeadline type Fixed date
What can the money be used for?
9 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
promote adult readingpromote health and financial literaciesprogramming and archival practices related to shared American historymanage and preserve the national information infrastructureserve the public's information and education needsenhance library and information services through effective and efficient use of new and emerging technologiesimprove community prosperityprovide emergency services to communities during disasters and emergenciesbuild collaborative partnerships between libraries, archives, and museums
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- Yes
Who has received this funding?
854 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
854 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $249,980 | 2024 |
| WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | Not stated | $249,975 | 2024 |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $249,963 | 2023 |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,963 | 2021 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,962 | 2024 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | Not stated | $249,958 | 2022 |
| CONNECTICUT STATE LIBRARY | Not stated | $249,948 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $249,917 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | Not stated | $249,894 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $249,884 | 2024 |
| TOWSON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,831 | 2024 |
| INTERNET ARCHIVE | Not stated | $249,800 | 2023 |
| COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES | Not stated | $249,748 | 2019 |
| THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $249,743 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $249,721 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO | Not stated | $249,630 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $249,628 | 2024 |
| SIMMONS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,510 | 2024 |
| SECRETARY OF STATE, WASHINGTON | Not stated | $249,500 | 2024 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,293 | 2023 |
| BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC. | Not stated | $249,221 | 2023 |
| PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE | Not stated | $249,091 | 2018 |
| QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $248,839 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | Not stated | $248,816 | 2018 |
| ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES | Not stated | $248,670 | 2019 |
| PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC. | Not stated | $248,600 | 2024 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | Not stated | $248,550 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $248,466 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $248,326 | 2021 |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $248,253 | 2019 |
| GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $248,235 | 2024 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $248,220 | 2022 |
| LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS | Not stated | $248,012 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $247,847 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $247,702 | 2024 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | Not stated | $247,413 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTON | Not stated | $247,327 | 2019 |
| MIDDLE COUNTRY LIBRARY FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $247,191 | 2022 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $247,059 | 2021 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $246,834 | 2019 |
| RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE | Not stated | $246,762 | 2024 |
| PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL & MUSEUM COMMISSION | Not stated | $246,432 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $245,500 | 2023 |
| DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC | Not stated | $245,032 | 2021 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Not stated | $243,756 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $242,464 | 2021 |
| MIDWEST COLLABORATIVE FOR LIBRARY SERVICES, INC | Not stated | $242,351 | 2022 |
| LYRASIS | Not stated | $242,210 | 2020 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $241,800 | 2019 |
| AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $241,770 | 2021 |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Not stated | $238,420 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO | Not stated | $238,103 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $238,004 | 2020 |
| OCLC, INC | Not stated | $236,851 | 2021 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $232,817 | 2023 |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $230,587 | 2019 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $229,858 | 2021 |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | Not stated | $228,541 | 2023 |
| YPSILANTI DIST LIBRARY | Not stated | $225,240 | 2020 |
| VISITOR STUDIES ASSOCIATION INC | Not stated | $225,056 | 2024 |
| CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS | Not stated | $224,248 | 2022 |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $223,812 | 2022 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | Not stated | $221,144 | 2021 |
| TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORIC BLOCK | Not stated | $220,000 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | Not stated | $219,383 | 2021 |
| SAINT PAUL, CITY OF | Not stated | $216,731 | 2021 |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $214,672 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON | Not stated | $214,272 | 2019 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $213,582 | 2019 |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $210,549 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $210,383 | 2019 |
| FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS | Not stated | $210,000 | 2023 |
| GAMES FOR CHANGE, INC. | Not stated | $209,421 | 2024 |
| ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $208,606 | 2021 |
| YALE UNIV | Not stated | $208,467 | 2022 |
| COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES | Not stated | $206,269 | 2023 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | Not stated | $202,679 | 2020 |
| CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS | Not stated | $202,067 | 2019 |
| FRIENDS OF TX HISTORICAL COMMISSION | Not stated | $201,335 | 2021 |
| TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $200,631 | 2021 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | Not stated | $200,432 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $197,039 | 2023 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $196,845 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $194,229 | 2024 |
| SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $194,065 | 2019 |
| VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $193,937 | 2021 |
| BALTIMORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $193,425 | 2021 |
| ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN | Not stated | $192,724 | 2020 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $192,215 | 2024 |
| NEWBERRY LIBRARY | Not stated | $185,000 | 2021 |
| AMERIND FOUNDATION | Not stated | $184,125 | 2021 |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS | Not stated | $181,630 | 2022 |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART | Not stated | $178,720 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON | Not stated | $176,123 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $175,708 | 2021 |
| SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH | Not stated | $175,587 | 2023 |
| HOWARD UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $175,352 | 2021 |
| KENNETH C. GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY | Not stated | $175,150 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $174,291 | 2023 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $169,814 | 2019 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
26 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Libraries & Arts, 26 of 32 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$112,500
- Median$350,000
- 75th percentile$500,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Who has won this programme before?
854 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
854 federal awards on file under assistance listing 45.312, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.
- $4,316,712ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES LIBRARIES & MUSEUMSOK · FY2021
- $3,868,200AMERICA250.ORG, INC.DC · FY2025
- $3,121,324TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THEPA · FY2024
- $2,728,016FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATIONDC · FY2021
- $2,696,532OCLC, INCOH · FY2020
Common questions
7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $25,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $11,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- Nov 13, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
- What can the funding be used for?
- promote adult reading, promote health and financial literacies, programming and archival practices related to shared American history, manage and preserve the national information infrastructure, serve the public's information and education needs, enhance library and information services through effective and efficient use of new and emerging technologies, improve community prosperity, provide emergency services to communities during disasters and emergencies, build collaborative partnerships between libraries, archives, and museums, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 854 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Institute of Museum and Library Services. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
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Also open from Institute of Museum and Library Services
- National Leadership Grants for Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $750,000
- Native American Library Services Basic Grant (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $6,000 – $10,000
- Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $75,000 – $1,000,000
- Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000
- Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000
- Museums Empowered (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000
Also open under assistance listing 45.312
A listing names the programme; a notice names one round of it. These are other rounds open now, not other years of this one.
- National Leadership Grants for Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $750,000
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-24
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-03
Assistance listing45.312
The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.