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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION | Not stated | $44,888 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE | Not stated | $44,866 | 2019 |
| THE CANTON MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $44,762 | 2022 |
| HILLSBORO-DEERING COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Not stated | $44,310 | 2019 |
| SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY | Not stated | $44,173 | 2022 |
| LONDON TOWN FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $44,000 | 2022 |
| COUNTY OF BURLINGTON | Not stated | $43,939 | 2021 |
| TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $43,607 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF LANGUAGE ARTS THE INCORPORATED | Not stated | $43,470 | 2022 |
| CITY OF NORTHAMPTON | Not stated | $43,439 | 2019 |
| MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS, THE | Not stated | $43,400 | 2022 |
| ASIAN ARTS INITIATIVE | Not stated | $43,137 | 2022 |
| MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY, INC. | Not stated | $42,955 | 2022 |
| SITE SANTA FE | Not stated | $42,931 | 2022 |
| CITY OF HIALEAH | Not stated | $42,600 | 2022 |
| MOORE FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $42,512 | 2020 |
| KENNETH C. GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY | Not stated | $42,500 | 2022 |
| INTERNET ARCHIVE | Not stated | $42,487 | 2022 |
| ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION | Not stated | $42,350 | 2022 |
| SANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY | Not stated | $42,125 | 2022 |
| THE MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $42,000 | 2022 |
| THE MUSEUM OF WESTERN COLORADO | Not stated | $41,995 | 2022 |
| KY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $41,725 | 2022 |
| ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER INC | Not stated | $41,700 | 2022 |
| CITY OF ASTORIA | Not stated | $41,396 | 2019 |
| SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM | Not stated | $41,386 | 2022 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $41,104 | 2022 |
| JESSAMINE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $40,975 | 2022 |
| BOISE ART MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $40,700 | 2022 |
| LOWRY PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF TAMPA, INC. | Not stated | $40,315 | 2022 |
| MARSHFIELD, TOWN OF | Not stated | $40,262 | 2019 |
| PUTNAM MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $40,135 | 2022 |
| MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $40,038 | 2022 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY | Not stated | $40,000 | 2022 |
| MINT MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $40,000 | 2022 |
| PRAIRIE LAKES LIBRARY SYSTEM | Not stated | $40,000 | 2022 |
| PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY | Not stated | $40,000 | 2022 |
| VILLAGE OF GLEN ELLYN | Not stated | $40,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $39,898 | 2022 |
| FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $39,761 | 2019 |
| DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM | Not stated | $39,746 | 2022 |
| SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY | Not stated | $39,729 | 2022 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $39,716 | 2022 |
| FRIENDS OF THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY, INC. | Not stated | $39,694 | 2022 |
| QUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $39,650 | 2022 |
| COUNTY OF BEXAR (BEXAR COUNTY) | Not stated | $39,643 | 2022 |
| LA VETA REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $39,367 | 2019 |
| MUSEUM OF THE ALEUTIANS ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $38,795 | 2022 |
| SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY | Not stated | $38,717 | 2021 |
| KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Not stated | $38,337 | 2022 |
| NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC | Not stated | $38,089 | 2022 |
| BLACK AMERICAN WEST MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTER | Not stated | $38,000 | 2022 |
| ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART INC | Not stated | $37,801 | 2022 |
| DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST | Not stated | $37,566 | 2022 |
| COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER OF CAMBRIA COUNTY | Not stated | $37,505 | 2022 |
| GREATER POUGHKEEPSIE LIBRARY DISTRICT | Not stated | $37,334 | 2022 |
| YANKTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $36,860 | 2022 |
| DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $36,835 | 2022 |
| CITY OF EVERETT | Not stated | $36,803 | 2021 |
| HW GROUT TRUST | Not stated | $36,779 | 2022 |
| THE HISTORY CENTER IN TOMPKINS COUNTY | Not stated | $36,721 | 2022 |
| RACINE ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC | Not stated | $36,540 | 2022 |
| CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS | Not stated | $36,524 | 2022 |
| JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY COOPERATIVE INC | Not stated | $36,293 | 2022 |
| THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND, INC. | Not stated | $36,000 | 2022 |
| THE DURHAM MUSEUM | Not stated | $35,974 | 2022 |
| LYNN MEADOWS DISCOVERY CENTER FOR CHILDR | Not stated | $35,780 | 2022 |
| MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $35,567 | 2022 |
| TUCSON CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $35,562 | 2022 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY | Not stated | $35,234 | 2022 |
| LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN, INC. | Not stated | $35,129 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | Not stated | $34,944 | 2022 |
| CITY OF FORT WORTH | Not stated | $34,924 | 2022 |
| THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY, INC | Not stated | $34,891 | 2022 |
| IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE M | Not stated | $34,800 | 2022 |
| GLYNN, COUNTY OF | Not stated | $34,470 | 2022 |
| EXPERIENCE LEARNING COMMUNITY | Not stated | $34,337 | 2022 |
| SIMMONS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $33,994 | 2021 |
| LINCOLN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOUNDATION | Not stated | $32,500 | 2022 |
| THE BURLESQUE HALL OF FAME INC | Not stated | $32,444 | 2022 |
| THE TAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $32,350 | 2022 |
| LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $32,272 | 2022 |
| BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION | Not stated | $32,105 | 2022 |
| WHALING MUSEUM SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $32,089 | 2022 |
| CITY OF ANNISTON | Not stated | $32,080 | 2022 |
| BURKE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $31,988 | 2022 |
| BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $31,900 | 2022 |
| BARTOW COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM | Not stated | $31,691 | 2022 |
| BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC, INC. | Not stated | $31,686 | 2022 |
| COUNTY OF VOLUSIA | Not stated | $31,670 | 2022 |
| SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM | Not stated | $31,130 | 2022 |
| CITY OF STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA | Not stated | $31,119 | 2022 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | Not stated | $30,725 | 2022 |
| FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE INC | Not stated | $30,693 | 2022 |
| PORT ANGELES FINE ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION | Not stated | $30,600 | 2022 |
| KIDSPACE: A PARTICIPATORY MUSEUM | Not stated | $30,400 | 2022 |
| PULASKI COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $30,363 | 2022 |
| BALTIMORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $30,283 | 2022 |
| MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY | Not stated | $30,278 | 2022 |
| MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM | Not stated | $30,000 | 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
Retrieved2026-10-24
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.