National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)
- Award ceiling
- $25,000 – $1,000,000
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-25
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, 202619 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORLEANS CENTRAL SUPERVISORY UNION | Not stated | $29,819 | 2019 |
| FORDHAM UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,804 | 2022 |
| HARDING FINE ARTS CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $29,326 | 2022 |
| SOUTH BEND REGIONAL MUSEUM OF ART INC | Not stated | $29,302 | 2022 |
| WAHLUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73 | Not stated | $29,040 | 2020 |
| BURCHFIELD-PENNEY ART CENTER | Not stated | $29,000 | 2022 |
| THE BIG HEAVY WORLD FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $28,748 | 2022 |
| AMAZEMENT SQUARE | Not stated | $28,716 | 2022 |
| EXPLORATION PLACE, INC | Not stated | $28,644 | 2022 |
| VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS | Not stated | $28,527 | 2021 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF TAMPA, INC. | Not stated | $28,521 | 2022 |
| DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY | Not stated | $28,015 | 2022 |
| VERMONT GRANITE MUSEUM | Not stated | $28,015 | 2022 |
| N Y CITY OF DYCKMAN FARMHOUSE MUSEUM | Not stated | $27,882 | 2022 |
| MOBILE MEDICAL MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $27,750 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM ALLIANCE OF RAPID CITY, INC. | Not stated | $27,250 | 2022 |
| CADE MUSEUM FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $27,032 | 2022 |
| CAPTAIN FORBES HOUSE MUSEUM | Not stated | $26,790 | 2022 |
| EAST AURORA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131 | Not stated | $26,326 | 2019 |
| GATEWAY TO SCIENCE CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $26,303 | 2022 |
| PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY, INC. | Not stated | $26,170 | 2022 |
| THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM IN OAK LAWN | Not stated | $25,726 | 2022 |
| FORT BENTON SCHOOLS | Not stated | $25,111 | 2019 |
| CITY OF WESTMINSTER COLORADO | Not stated | $25,000 | 2022 |
| HOMEWOOD SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $25,000 | 2022 |
| NEWFOUNDLAND AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $25,000 | 2022 |
| GROVE DOWNERS PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $24,802 | 2022 |
| NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $24,750 | 2022 |
| MICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $24,699 | 2022 |
| KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $24,669 | 2022 |
| THE WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM | Not stated | $24,656 | 2022 |
| THE COLORADO COLLEGE | Not stated | $24,525 | 2022 |
| CONS FREE LIBARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $24,413 | 2022 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $24,228 | 2022 |
| LA VETA REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $23,833 | 2022 |
| NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCE | Not stated | $23,812 | 2022 |
| AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK | Not stated | $23,626 | 2022 |
| MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $23,452 | 2022 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $23,231 | 2022 |
| CITY OF CORDOVA | Not stated | $23,000 | 2022 |
| SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $22,600 | 2022 |
| THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART | Not stated | $22,487 | 2022 |
| TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $22,459 | 2022 |
| SAN DIEGO MODEL RAILROAD MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $21,836 | 2022 |
| THE BALDWIN COUNTY LIBRARY COOPERATIVE, INC. | Not stated | $21,600 | 2022 |
| VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY, A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION | Not stated | $21,359 | 2022 |
| ALPINE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS | Not stated | $21,139 | 2022 |
| CITY OF LAS CRUCES | Not stated | $21,000 | 2022 |
| PA MUSEUMS | Not stated | $20,580 | 2022 |
| THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER | Not stated | $20,150 | 2022 |
| HIGHLINE HERITAGE MUSEUM | Not stated | $20,000 | 2022 |
| LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR INCORPORATED | Not stated | $20,000 | 2022 |
| PANHANDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATIVE SYSTEM | Not stated | $20,000 | 2022 |
| WALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM OF ART INC | Not stated | $20,000 | 2022 |
| SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE | Not stated | $19,990 | 2022 |
| WOOD DALE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $19,815 | 2022 |
| CITY OF FARMINGTON | Not stated | $19,118 | 2022 |
| OHR OKEEFE MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $19,000 | 2022 |
| HARRISON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM | Not stated | $18,224 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | Not stated | $18,090 | 2022 |
| CITY OF CHESAPEAKE | Not stated | $17,999 | 2022 |
| BUFFALO-ERIE COUNTY PUBC LIBRARY | Not stated | $17,816 | 2022 |
| THE BAKKEN | Not stated | $17,766 | 2022 |
| CITY OF FOLEY | Not stated | $17,582 | 2022 |
| YORK COUNTY HISTORY CENTER | Not stated | $17,564 | 2022 |
| SEYMOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $17,400 | 2022 |
| CITY OF MILWAUKEE | Not stated | $17,234 | 2022 |
| CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $16,966 | 2022 |
| MCALLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM | Not stated | $16,645 | 2022 |
| ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $16,423 | 2022 |
| LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC. | Not stated | $16,176 | 2022 |
| MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE | Not stated | $16,118 | 2022 |
| NORTHWEST MISS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Not stated | $15,892 | 2022 |
| BOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | Not stated | $15,723 | 2022 |
| LOUISIANA ART & SCIENCE MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $15,550 | 2022 |
| BOONE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION | Not stated | $15,298 | 2022 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ROCHESTE | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| TOWN OF HOWEY IN THE HILLS TOWN HALL | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| CITY OF BELEN | Not stated | $14,975 | 2022 |
| LONGWOOD UNIV | Not stated | $14,907 | 2022 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $14,710 | 2022 |
| HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $14,675 | 2022 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $14,586 | 2022 |
| HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Not stated | $14,000 | 2022 |
| LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY LIBRARY | Not stated | $13,736 | 2020 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | Not stated | $12,929 | 2022 |
| WAKE COUNTY | Not stated | $12,914 | 2022 |
| HISTORY CENTER LAKE FOREST - LAKE BLUFF | Not stated | $12,500 | 2022 |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | Not stated | $12,150 | 2022 |
| JACK HADLEY'S BLACK HISTORY MEMORABILIA, INC. | Not stated | $11,908 | 2022 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF DENVER, INC. | Not stated | $11,550 | 2022 |
| RICE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $11,355 | 2022 |
| FEIRO MARINE LIFE CENTER | Not stated | $11,152 | 2022 |
| FREEDOM'S FRONTIER NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA, INC | Not stated | $11,000 | 2022 |
| WARD FOUNDATION INC, THE | Not stated | $10,569 | 2022 |
| CITY OF WICHITA | Not stated | $10,406 | 2022 |
| THE WOODLANDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $10,220 | 2022 |
| THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY INC | Not stated | $10,198 | 2022 |
| CYNTHIANA-HARRISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $10,068 | 2022 |
| ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART, L.L.C. | Not stated | $10,000 | 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
Retrieved2026-10-25
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.