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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY & ART MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| WIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| THE NORTH CAROLINA ARBORETUM SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,999 | 2022 |
| THE DELAWARE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $49,997 | 2022 |
| OWWL LIBRARY SYSTEM | Not stated | $49,986 | 2019 |
| ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $49,983 | 2022 |
| FRESNO CITY & COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,981 | 2022 |
| LONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $49,974 | 2022 |
| TRUMBULL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,967 | 2022 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $49,965 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $49,965 | 2022 |
| NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ADIRONDACKS | Not stated | $49,962 | 2022 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,951 | 2022 |
| OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY | Not stated | $49,950 | 2022 |
| MEMPHIS LIBRARY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $49,940 | 2022 |
| MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING | Not stated | $49,917 | 2022 |
| PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION | Not stated | $49,914 | 2022 |
| ASOTIN COUNTY LIBRARY | Not stated | $49,912 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $49,907 | 2018 |
| CITY OF FORT COLLINS | Not stated | $49,905 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM | Not stated | $49,828 | 2022 |
| THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS | Not stated | $49,812 | 2022 |
| NATIONAL INDO-AMERICAN MUSEUM | Not stated | $49,775 | 2022 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $49,772 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | Not stated | $49,770 | 2023 |
| HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $49,752 | 2022 |
| HISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY | Not stated | $49,750 | 2022 |
| SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES, INC. | Not stated | $49,750 | 2022 |
| THE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM | Not stated | $49,749 | 2022 |
| NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME, INC | Not stated | $49,748 | 2022 |
| THE SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY | Not stated | $49,744 | 2022 |
| BROOKLYN CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT | Not stated | $49,734 | 2020 |
| KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION | Not stated | $49,704 | 2022 |
| EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE | Not stated | $49,700 | 2022 |
| ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $49,632 | 2022 |
| INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, INC. | Not stated | $49,607 | 2020 |
| HABITOT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $49,594 | 2022 |
| BARNES FOUNDATION | Not stated | $49,575 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Not stated | $49,553 | 2022 |
| EITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART, INC. | Not stated | $49,533 | 2022 |
| INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Not stated | $49,500 | 2022 |
| GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION | Not stated | $49,475 | 2022 |
| CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD | Not stated | $49,454 | 2022 |
| FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY JOINT RECREATION DISTRICT | Not stated | $49,444 | 2022 |
| WING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | Not stated | $49,433 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | Not stated | $49,405 | 2022 |
| ARTSWESTCHESTER, INC | Not stated | $49,343 | 2022 |
| THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,340 | 2022 |
| OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC | Not stated | $49,338 | 2022 |
| PRATT INSTITUTE | Not stated | $49,315 | 2022 |
| VIZCAYA MUSEUM & GARDENS TRUST INC | Not stated | $49,273 | 2022 |
| NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL | Not stated | $49,213 | 2022 |
| CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER | Not stated | $49,150 | 2022 |
| VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | Not stated | $49,060 | 2022 |
| UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF ATHENSCLARKE COUNTY | Not stated | $49,050 | 2022 |
| TUSKEGEE HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS MULTICULTURAL CENTER | Not stated | $49,046 | 2022 |
| DISCOVERY MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $49,033 | 2022 |
| WAHLUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73 | Not stated | $49,024 | 2022 |
| MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY | Not stated | $48,915 | 2022 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $48,831 | 2020 |
| J SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Not stated | $48,717 | 2020 |
| EL PASO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT | Not stated | $48,704 | 2019 |
| SIERRA NEVADA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $48,700 | 2022 |
| MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM | Not stated | $48,602 | 2022 |
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE | Not stated | $48,556 | 2022 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE, THE | Not stated | $48,545 | 2022 |
| SANDY SPRING MUSEUM | Not stated | $48,535 | 2022 |
| PORT TOWNSEND MARINE SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $48,400 | 2022 |
| SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF | Not stated | $48,329 | 2022 |
| WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $48,327 | 2022 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF FOND DU LAC, INC. | Not stated | $48,255 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM | Not stated | $48,103 | 2018 |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $48,085 | 2022 |
| CITY OF LONGMONT | Not stated | $48,010 | 2022 |
| SALEM ART ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $47,884 | 2022 |
| THE CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART, INC. | Not stated | $47,673 | 2022 |
| THE MORTON ARBORETUM | Not stated | $47,567 | 2022 |
| PALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION | Not stated | $47,390 | 2022 |
| CITY OF ARLINGTON | Not stated | $47,282 | 2022 |
| FRIENDS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES | Not stated | $47,214 | 2022 |
| WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $47,045 | 2022 |
| RED RIVER STEM INC | Not stated | $46,926 | 2022 |
| THANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC | Not stated | $46,900 | 2022 |
| BELFAST FREE LIBRARY | Not stated | $46,799 | 2020 |
| CITY OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Not stated | $46,761 | 2022 |
| CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY MUSEUM | Not stated | $46,314 | 2023 |
| CITY OF NEW HAVEN | Not stated | $46,155 | 2022 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARIZONA | Not stated | $45,600 | 2022 |
| COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY | Not stated | $45,519 | 2022 |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $45,365 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO | Not stated | $45,289 | 2021 |
| PROVIDENCE CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $45,144 | 2022 |
| PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS | Not stated | $45,000 | 2022 |
| STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN INC | Not stated | $45,000 | 2022 |
| BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM | Not stated | $44,982 | 2022 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $44,969 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | Not stated | $44,940 | 2022 |
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.