21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2027)
- Award ceiling
- $100,000 – $500,000
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-09-08
Awards $100,000 – $500,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
In one sentence
21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2027) awards $100,000 – $500,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
- Program pool (total)
- $2,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $500,000
- Award floor
- $100,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Nov 13, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Sep 1, 2026
- Status
- Open
- 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
- Not confirmed
- 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.
Who can apply?
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitSee the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
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?
16 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM | Not stated | $499,655 | 2026 |
| THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM | Not stated | $482,943 | 2026 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH | Not stated | $369,159 | 2024 |
| COALITION OF STATE MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONS | Not stated | $347,662 | 2026 |
| THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $344,157 | 2024 |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $343,476 | 2026 |
| FIVE COLLEGES INC | Not stated | $306,115 | 2024 |
| LOWRY PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF TAMPA, INC. | Not stated | $295,322 | 2026 |
| WHEELING PARK COMMISSION | Not stated | $258,200 | 2024 |
| SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES, INC. | Not stated | $249,595 | 2024 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | Not stated | $229,923 | 2026 |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $200,092 | 2026 |
| GEORGIA OKEEFFE MUSEUM | Not stated | $180,975 | 2024 |
| VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. (ACT 11) | Not stated | $175,029 | 2024 |
| CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS | Not stated | $116,770 | 2024 |
| OKLAHOMA MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $100,582 | 2026 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
28 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Libraries & Arts, 28 of 35 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$100,000
- Median$300,000
- 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?
16 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
16 federal awards on file under assistance listing 45.032, 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.
- $499,655SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUMNY · FY2026
- $482,943THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUMOR · FY2026
- $369,159CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGHPA · FY2024
- $347,662COALITION OF STATE MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONSFL · FY2026
- $344,157THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTAMN · FY2024
Common questions
6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $100,000 – $500,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $2,000,000 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).
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 16 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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- Museums Empowered (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000
- Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $250,000
- Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $500,000
- Inspire Grants for Small Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $75,000
- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $500,000
- Museums for America (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000
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.