Inspire Grants for Small Museums (2027)
- Award ceiling
- $5,000 – $75,000
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-23
Awards $5,000 – $75,000 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
Inspire Grants for Small Museums (2027) awards $5,000 – $75,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- $3,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $75,000
- 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
- educational programs and exhibits · community partnerships · collections stewardship activities
- 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
$3,000,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$75,000Who 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
collections stewardship activities, community partnerships, educational programs and exhibits
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.
educational programs and exhibitscommunity partnershipscollections stewardship activities
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?
1079 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
1079 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERIE CANAL MUSEUM INC | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| ESPERANZA PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| HEURICH HOUSE FOUNDATION | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| HISTORIC CHERRY HILL | Not stated | $50,000 | 2024 |
| HISTORIC CHERRY HILL | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| HISTORIC SARANAC LAKE | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| HISTORIC SARANAC LAKE | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| HOMER SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, INC | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $50,000 | 2021 |
| IMPERIAL VALLEY DESERT MUSEUM SOCIETY, INC. | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $50,000 | 2021 |
| MAXVILLE HERITAGE INTERPRETIVE CENTER | Not stated | $50,000 | 2020 |
| MISSOULA COUNTY | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| MUNCIE CHILDRENS MUSEUM INCORPORATED | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| NORTH COUNTRY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2021 |
| OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| OLMSTED COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| PINAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| PROPRIETORS OF PORTSMOUTH ATHENEAUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2019 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | Not stated | $50,000 | 2021 |
| SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| SAVE THE BAY INC | Not stated | $50,000 | 2019 |
| SEE SCIENCE CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| SHARON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INCORPORATED, THE | Not stated | $50,000 | 2021 |
| SOMALI ARTIFACT AND CULTURAL MUSEUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| THE CANTON MUSEUM OF ART | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| THE HAITIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| THE SCIENCE ZONE INC. | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| THEBRICKSTOREMUSEUM | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022 |
| TROY UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| WENATCHEE VALLEY MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER | Not stated | $50,000 | 2023 |
| WHALING MUSEUM SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $50,000 | 2020 |
| SISTEMA UNIVERSITARIO ANA G. MENDEZ, INCORPORADO | Not stated | $49,999 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE | Not stated | $49,999 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG | Not stated | $49,998 | 2023 |
| LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,995 | 2022 |
| VICTORIA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT | Not stated | $49,992 | 2019 |
| CITY OF PLATTEVILLE | Not stated | $49,990 | 2022 |
| ADKINS ARBORETUM, LTD. | Not stated | $49,984 | 2020 |
| BIG CAR MEDIA INC | Not stated | $49,984 | 2023 |
| LA CASA DEL LIBRO, INC | Not stated | $49,982 | 2023 |
| DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,980 | 2022 |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,975 | 2021 |
| WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,970 | 2020 |
| MOCO KIDSCO INC | Not stated | $49,967 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSB | Not stated | $49,953 | 2022 |
| LIVINGSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,945 | 2023 |
| CAPTAIN FORBES HOUSE MUSEUM | Not stated | $49,943 | 2022 |
| SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH | Not stated | $49,927 | 2023 |
| FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,891 | 2021 |
| DELAWARE AND LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR, INC. | Not stated | $49,804 | 2023 |
| COUNTY OF DAVIDSON | Not stated | $49,800 | 2022 |
| HARRY JACKSON MUSEUM | Not stated | $49,800 | 2022 |
| BOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $49,760 | 2022 |
| GATEWAY TO SCIENCE CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $49,712 | 2020 |
| MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES | Not stated | $49,711 | 2022 |
| SOUTH SOUND ESTUARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $49,695 | 2023 |
| DIASPORA VIBE, INC. | Not stated | $49,500 | 2023 |
| ECOEXPLORATORIO, INC | Not stated | $49,500 | 2021 |
| LONGVIEW WORLD OF WONDERS | Not stated | $49,500 | 2022 |
| THE EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE M | Not stated | $49,500 | 2022 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,470 | 2024 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,419 | 2021 |
| PORT TOWNSEND MARINE SCIENCE CENTER | Not stated | $49,347 | 2020 |
| SISTEMA UNIVERSITARIO ANA G MENDEZ INC | Not stated | $49,300 | 2021 |
| NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES | Not stated | $49,290 | 2023 |
| BALL STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $49,146 | 2022 |
| GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION | Not stated | $49,102 | 2023 |
| BARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION, INC. | Not stated | $49,030 | 2022 |
| THE DELAWARE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $49,017 | 2022 |
| HMONG CULTURAL CENTER INCORPORATED | Not stated | $49,000 | 2023 |
| EARLHAM COLLEGE, INC. | Not stated | $48,771 | 2023 |
| THE LIVING ARTS & SCIENCE CENTER INC | Not stated | $48,620 | 2020 |
| SCIENCE MILL | Not stated | $48,542 | 2023 |
| BOSCOBEL RESTORATION INC | Not stated | $48,530 | 2022 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF GREEN BAY, INC. | Not stated | $48,457 | 2022 |
| SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $48,354 | 2021 |
| KODIAK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $48,279 | 2022 |
| MAINE CENTER FOR COASTAL FISHERIES | Not stated | $48,207 | 2024 |
| NIAGARA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $48,201 | 2023 |
| EUREKA COLLEGE | Not stated | $48,160 | 2022 |
| SANDY SPRING MUSEUM | Not stated | $48,116 | 2022 |
| THE BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER | Not stated | $48,000 | 2023 |
| CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY MUSEUM | Not stated | $47,772 | 2024 |
| MIDWEST MINIATURES MUSEUM | Not stated | $47,665 | 2023 |
| ATHENS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | Not stated | $47,600 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | Not stated | $47,524 | 2023 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSH | Not stated | $47,500 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | Not stated | $47,496 | 2019 |
| HISTORIC CHERRY HILL | Not stated | $47,469 | 2024 |
| URSINUS COLLEGE | Not stated | $47,160 | 2023 |
| LAFAYETTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. | Not stated | $47,154 | 2023 |
| WYCK ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $47,071 | 2024 |
| FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC | Not stated | $47,000 | 2022 |
| ISLAND SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EDUCATION INC | Not stated | $47,000 | 2023 |
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?
1079 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
1079 federal awards on file under assistance listing 45.301, 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.
- $750,000FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, INCFL · FY2026
- $749,981HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTERMI · FY2026
- $747,881CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST AND HUMANITY EDUCATIONOH · FY2026
- $511,355NATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATIONTX · FY2026
- $511,275DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESMI · 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 – $75,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $3,000,000 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?
- educational programs and exhibits, community partnerships, collections stewardship activities, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 1079 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.
AI summary of the source text
Optional. Every core field on this record is already above, free and complete.
AI summary of the source text
Studio reads this record’s stored eligibility and materials text and breaks it into separate points, each quoting the exact words it came from. It never writes application prose, never guesses at a field the source did not state, and never estimates anyone’s chances.
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Sign inWhat else is open
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
- National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $25,000 – $1,000,000
- 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
Also open under assistance listing 45.301
A listing names the programme; a notice names one round of it. These are other rounds open now, not other years of this one.
- Museums Empowered (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000
- Museums for America (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-23
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing45.301
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.