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Grant Opportunities

We're constantly being asked if we're aware of grant opportunities for non-profit museums. So here's an incomplete collection of potential grant opportunities we've stumbled across in our everyday work.

NEH

National Endowment for the Humanities

Public Impact Projects at Smaller Organizations

Maximum award amount: $25,000

National Endowment for the Humanities

Searchable Listing of all NEH Grants

The largest collection of humanities grant opportunities around.

IMLS

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums

Maximum award amount: $75,000

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Searchable Listing of all IMLS Grants

Another diverse collection of humanities grant opportunities.

Local Community Foundations

A surprising number of our projects are funded, or have funds collected through, local community foundations. Definitely worth having a conversation if you've got a community foundation in your area.

Map of Accredited Community Foundations

from the Council on Foundations