The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program provides small and mid-sized museums with partial funding toward a general conservation assessment.
Donor Name: American Institute for Conservation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The assessment is a study of all of the institution’s collections, buildings, and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care. Participants who complete the program receive an assessment report with prioritized recommendations to improve collections care. CAP is often a first step for small institutions that wish to improve the condition of their collections.
Benefits
A CAP assessment may assist your institution by:
- Providing recommendations and priorities for collections care that are specific to your collections.
- Facilitating the development of a long-range preservation plan.
- Serving as a fundraising tool for future collections projects.
Upon acceptance into the CAP program, FAIC allocates a set amount of funding toward the cost of each participant’s assessment. Allocation amounts range from $3,600 to $4,000 per assessor based on the annual operating budget of the institution. The museum is responsible for paying all costs beyond those covered by the allocation.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for CAP, institutions must meet ALL of the eligibility criteria below:
- It must be either a unit of state, local, or tribal government or be a private nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.
- It must be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.
- It must be organized on a permanent basis for educational or aesthetic purposes.
- It must own tangible objects (animate or inanimate) and make them available to the general public through exhibition and/or research on a regular basis.
- It must employ at least one full-time person (or the full-time equivalent of one or more staff members), whether paid or unpaid, whose responsibilities relate to the institution’s governance, administration, programming, and collections management.
- It must be possible for assessors to review all of its collections and facilities (including any off-site storage) in a two-day site visit.
- Only institutions that primarily identify as museums are eligible. Museums of all kinds may apply for a CAP assessment. These include:
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- Aquariums
- Arboretums
- Art museums
- Botanical gardens
- Children’s/Youth museums
- General museums (those having two or more significant disciplines, such as a museum of art and natural history)
- Historic houses/sites
- History museums (including those housed in historic buildings)
- Natural history/anthropology museums
- Nature centers
- Planetariums
- Science/Technology museums
- Specialized museums (limited to a single distinct subject, such as a maritime museum)
- Zoological parks.
For more information, visit AIC.
