Opportunity Information: Apply for NLG SI CC FY18
Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets is a special initiative under the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. It is a discretionary grant opportunity designed to help the library, archive, and museum (LAM) fields take on major challenges and emerging opportunities in ways that can shape broader professional practice. The core emphasis is on projects with field-wide value, meaning the work should be more than a local improvement and instead produce insights, approaches, tools, or evidence that others in the museum and library community can learn from and reuse.
The specific purpose of this special initiative is to examine and demonstrate how museums and libraries can act as community assets to help create positive change. In practical terms, the opportunity centers on partnerships between LAM organizations and the communities they serve, with an expectation that applicants will leverage the unique strengths of museums and libraries (such as trusted public presence, collections and content expertise, educational programming capacity, convening power, and access to information) to address community needs or goals. The initiative is framed as an exploration of how LAM institutions can collaborate with community members and stakeholders, not just deliver services to them, and how that collaboration can produce meaningful community outcomes.
The funding is offered as a grant, with an award ceiling of $150,000. IMLS anticipated making about 15 awards under this competition. The program sits within the arts and humanities funding activity categories and is associated with CFDA number 45.312. The opportunity was created on March 15, 2018, and the original application deadline was May 14, 2018, indicating it was a time-limited FY18 competition.
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification referenced in the official eligibility section of the full notice. In general, this suggests the program may allow a range of organizational types to apply beyond a narrow set of entities, but applicants would need to confirm specific eligibility requirements in the detailed notice. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a targeted IMLS investment in leadership-level work that tests, documents, and shares ways museums and libraries can partner with their communities to produce measurable, positive change, while also contributing lessons and models that can strengthen the larger LAM field.Apply for NLG SI CC FY18
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services in the arts (see cultural affairs in cfda), humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets- A National Leadership Grants Special Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.312.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 15, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 14, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is "Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets"?
It is a special initiative under the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. It is a discretionary grant opportunity focused on helping the library, archive, and museum (LAM) fields address major challenges and emerging opportunities in ways that can influence broader professional practice.
Who is the funder for this opportunity?
The funder is the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), through its National Leadership Grants (NLG) program.
What is the main goal of this special initiative?
The main goal is to examine and demonstrate how museums and libraries can act as community assets to help create positive change. The initiative emphasizes partnerships between LAM organizations and the communities they serve, with a focus on collaboration that produces meaningful community outcomes.
What does it mean that the program emphasizes "field-wide value"?
"Field-wide value" means the project should go beyond improving a single local institution. Proposed work is expected to generate insights, approaches, tools, or evidence that others across the museum and library community can learn from, adapt, and reuse.
What types of organizations or sectors does this initiative relate to?
The opportunity is designed for the library, archive, and museum (LAM) fields and is positioned within arts and humanities funding activity categories.
What kinds of partnerships are expected in funded projects?
The initiative centers on partnerships between LAM organizations and their communities. It is framed as an exploration of how institutions can collaborate with community members and stakeholders, not only deliver services to them.
How are museums and libraries expected to contribute as "community assets"?
Applicants are expected to leverage strengths commonly associated with museums and libraries, such as a trusted public presence, collections and content expertise, educational programming capacity, convening power, and access to information, to help address community needs or goals.
Does the initiative focus on delivering services or collaborating with communities?
The emphasis is on collaboration. The framing highlights working with community members and stakeholders (cooperative approaches) rather than only delivering services to them.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $150,000.
How many awards were expected to be made?
IMLS anticipated making about 15 awards under this competition.
Is this a competitive grant program?
Yes. It is described as a discretionary grant opportunity, with IMLS expecting to make a limited number of awards.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 45.312.
When was this opportunity created and when was it due?
The opportunity was created on March 15, 2018, and the original application deadline was May 14, 2018, indicating it was a time-limited FY18 competition.
Is this an ongoing opportunity or a time-limited competition?
Based on the provided dates (March 15, 2018 creation and May 14, 2018 deadline), it appears to have been a time-limited FY18 competition rather than an open, rolling opportunity.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification referenced in the official eligibility section of the full notice. This suggests multiple organizational types may be allowed, but applicants would need to confirm the specific eligibility requirements in the detailed notice.
Can organizations beyond museums and libraries apply?
The eligibility category is broadly listed as "Others," which may allow a wider range of organizational types. However, the specific eligibility requirements are stated to be in the official eligibility section of the full notice, and would need to be confirmed there.
What makes this initiative different from a local improvement project?
This initiative is positioned as leadership-level work that tests, documents, and shares approaches. The expectation is that the work will produce lessons, models, tools, or evidence that strengthen the broader LAM field, not just a single organization or community.
What kinds of outcomes are projects expected to demonstrate?
Projects are expected to show how museums and libraries, working in partnership with communities, can help create positive change and produce meaningful community outcomes. The initiative also emphasizes producing shareable results that benefit the wider field.
What is the overall purpose of IMLS funding this initiative?
It is described as a targeted IMLS investment in leadership-level work that explores and demonstrates how LAM institutions can partner with their communities to produce measurable, positive change, while also contributing reusable lessons and models for the larger museum and library community.
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| Promoting Cross-Cultural Cooperation Apply for PD TLVJER 2019 01 Funding Number: PD TLVJER 2019 01 Agency: Department of State, U.S. Mission to Israel Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $50,000 |
| Native American Library Services Basic Grant Apply for NAG BASIC FY19 Funding Number: NAG BASIC FY19 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $10,000 |
| Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant Apply for NAG HAWAIIAN FY19 Funding Number: NAG HAWAIIAN FY19 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $150,000 |
| Native American Library Services Enhancement Grant Apply for NAG ENHANCEMENT FY19 Funding Number: NAG ENHANCEMENT FY19 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $150,000 |
| National Leadership Grants for Libraries Apply for NLG LIBRARIES FY20 Funding Number: NLG LIBRARIES FY20 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $1,000,000 |
| Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Apply for LB21 FY20 Funding Number: LB21 FY20 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $1,000,000 |
| Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Apply for AAHC FY20 Funding Number: AAHC FY20 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $250,000 |
| Museums Empowered Apply for ME FY20 Funding Number: ME FY20 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $250,000 |
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| Inspire! Grants for Small Museums Apply for IGSM FY20 Funding Number: IGSM FY20 Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services Category: Arts (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA), Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Funding Amount: $50,000 |
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