Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2027)
- Award ceiling
- $5,000 – $500,000
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-23
Awards $5,000 – $500,000 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
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2027) awards $5,000 – $500,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- $6,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $500,000
- Award floor
- $5,000
- 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
- nurture museum professionals · build institutional capacity · increase access to museum and archival collections
- 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
$6,000,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$500,000Who 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 institutional capacity, increase access to museum and archival collections, nurture museum professionals
Source field: use of fundssize limit
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.
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, 202621 daysDeadline type Fixed date
What can the money be used for?
3 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
nurture museum professionalsbuild institutional capacityincrease access to museum and archival collections
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?
172 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $500,000 | 2023 |
| FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $500,000 | 2026 |
| GREAT PLAINS BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM ARCHIVES AND INTERPRETATIVE CENTER INC. | Not stated | $500,000 | 2026 |
| NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $500,000 | 2024 |
| THE MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | Not stated | $500,000 | 2023 |
| MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $498,789 | 2024 |
| BLACK INVENTORS HALL OF FAME A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION | Not stated | $498,306 | 2026 |
| SPELMAN COLLEGE | Not stated | $491,063 | 2023 |
| CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, INC | Not stated | $488,750 | 2026 |
| BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER OF VIRGINIA | Not stated | $475,425 | 2026 |
| JACK HADLEY'S BLACK HISTORY MEMORABILIA, INC. | Not stated | $413,425 | 2024 |
| MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM | Not stated | $405,848 | 2024 |
| HOUSTON FREEDMENS TOWN CONSERVANCY | Not stated | $398,857 | 2026 |
| FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $363,442 | 2023 |
| SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WEEKSVILLE AND BEDFORD-STUYVESANT HISTORY, THE | Not stated | $351,707 | 2024 |
| QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $342,760 | 2022 |
| NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM | Not stated | $341,000 | 2024 |
| PAULI MURRAY CENTER FOR HISTORY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | Not stated | $330,800 | 2024 |
| CHRISTIANSBURG INSTITUTE, INC. | Not stated | $318,830 | 2024 |
| JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $317,039 | 2026 |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA | Not stated | $308,000 | 2023 |
| NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM | Not stated | $306,305 | 2023 |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS | Not stated | $304,713 | 2024 |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM | Not stated | $298,500 | 2023 |
| DR CARTER G WOODSON AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $298,347 | 2023 |
| CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, INC | Not stated | $292,500 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $289,223 | 2024 |
| THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER | Not stated | $261,202 | 2024 |
| DR CARTER G WOODSON AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $250,000 | 2022 |
| LORRAINE CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM FOUNDATION | Not stated | $250,000 | 2022 |
| MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER | Not stated | $250,000 | 2022 |
| STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM NP | Not stated | $250,000 | 2026 |
| STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, INC. | Not stated | $250,000 | 2020 |
| MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,999 | 2022 |
| FISK UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,933 | 2021 |
| FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,719 | 2019 |
| DIASPORA VIBE, INC. | Not stated | $248,720 | 2024 |
| NIAGARA FALLS UNDERGROUND RAILROAD HERITAGE COMMISSION INC. | Not stated | $248,333 | 2022 |
| STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, INC. | Not stated | $248,160 | 2019 |
| MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM | Not stated | $246,885 | 2022 |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS | Not stated | $245,464 | 2022 |
| THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE | Not stated | $243,144 | 2022 |
| EMMETT TILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER | Not stated | $242,462 | 2019 |
| JACK HADLEY'S BLACK HISTORY MEMORABILIA, INC. | Not stated | $242,346 | 2021 |
| ALABAMA AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS HERITAGE SITES CONSORTIUM | Not stated | $242,022 | 2021 |
| NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM | Not stated | $240,000 | 2026 |
| THE MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | Not stated | $236,610 | 2022 |
| MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM | Not stated | $231,313 | 2026 |
| THE HOSANNA COMMUNITY HOUSE, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $226,338 | 2023 |
| MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $222,147 | 2019 |
| HISTORIC COMMISSION ALABAMA | Not stated | $218,400 | 2020 |
| SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WEEKSVILLE AND BEDFORD-STUYVESANT HISTORY, THE | Not stated | $205,879 | 2021 |
| HAMPTON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $199,965 | 2023 |
| TALLADEGA COLLEGE | Not stated | $199,632 | 2022 |
| LONGWOOD UNIV | Not stated | $197,810 | 2023 |
| THE LEWIS H. LATIMER FUND, INC. | Not stated | $195,000 | 2024 |
| SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $189,000 | 2022 |
| ALABAMA AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS HERITAGE SITES CONSORTIUM | Not stated | $184,876 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM | Not stated | $183,000 | 2022 |
| 9TH AND 10TH (HORSE) CAVALRY BUFFALO SOLDIERS MUSEUM | Not stated | $177,000 | 2026 |
| MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, INC. | Not stated | $172,000 | 2024 |
| THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER | Not stated | $170,580 | 2021 |
| CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO | Not stated | $169,768 | 2020 |
| SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION INC | Not stated | $168,728 | 2020 |
| HAMPTON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $162,317 | 2020 |
| AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $159,620 | 2026 |
| THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER | Not stated | $159,184 | 2020 |
| THE ROBBINS HOUSE INC | Not stated | $158,174 | 2022 |
| MARYLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM CORP | Not stated | $157,082 | 2020 |
| BB KING MUSEUM & DELTA | Not stated | $156,000 | 2023 |
| CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, INC. | Not stated | $152,440 | 2026 |
| TANGIPAHOA AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM & VETERANS' ARCHIVES | Not stated | $149,379 | 2018 |
| THE ROBBINS HOUSE INC | Not stated | $147,264 | 2017 |
| 9TH AND 10TH (HORSE) CAVALRY BUFFALO SOLDIERS MUSEUM | Not stated | $145,360 | 2022 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $143,397 | 2021 |
| HOWARD UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $137,034 | 2019 |
| FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $134,449 | 2018 |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS | Not stated | $130,440 | 2023 |
| MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT FUND | Not stated | $116,000 | 2026 |
| MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $115,411 | 2020 |
| VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $110,967 | 2020 |
| JEFFERSON SCHOOL AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $109,893 | 2022 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $100,386 | 2021 |
| BANNEKER-DOUGLASS MUSEUM FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SERVICE CENTER INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SERVICE CENTER INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| CITY OF CLEMSON | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| CITY OF HOUSTON | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| ERNEST C WITHERS SR HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC FOUNDATION | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| FRIENDS OF THE FREEDOM HOUSE | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| MICHIGAN STREET AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION, INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| MICHIGAN STREET AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION, INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| THE ANDERSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023 |
| THE DUSABLE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| THE WILLOW HILL HERITAGE AND RENAISSANCE CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2026 |
| WITHERS COLLECTION, INC | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024 |
| BLACK AMERICAN WEST MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTER | Not stated | $99,980 | 2026 |
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?
172 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
172 federal awards on file under assistance listing 45.309, 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.
- $500,000THE MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORACA · FY2023
- $500,000FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITYMI · FY2023
- $500,000NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER, INC.OH · FY2024
- $500,000GREAT PLAINS BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM ARCHIVES AND INTERPRETATIVE CENTER INC.NE · FY2026
- $500,000FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITYFL · FY2026
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?
- $5,000 – $500,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $6,000,000 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).
- What can the funding be used for?
- nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, increase access to museum and archival collections, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 172 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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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-23
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing45.309
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.