The Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) grant program is designed to support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture, and knowledge through exhibitions, educational services and programming, workforce professional development, organizational capacity building, and collections stewardship.
Donor Name: Institute of Museum and Library Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The mission of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is to advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. Guiding their grantmaking are three agency-level goals with two objectives each.
- Goal 1: Champion Lifelong Learning
- Objective 1.1: Advance shared knowledge and learning opportunities for all.
- Objective 1.2: Support the training and professional development of the museum and library workforce.
- Goal 2: Strengthen Community Engagement
- Objective 2.1: Promote inclusive engagement across diverse audiences.
- Objective 2.2: Support community collaboration and foster civic discourse.
- Goal 3: Advance Collections Stewardship and Access
- Objective 3.1: Support collections care and management.
- Objective 3.2: Promote access to museum and library collections.
The Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant program is designed to support the achievement of these agency-level goals and to facilitate the delivery of significant results consistent with the IMLS federal authorizing legislation (20 U.S.C. § 9101 et seq.; in particular, § 9173 (d) (Services for Native Americans)). Each award that IMLS makes through the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant program will align with one of these agency-level goals and one associated objective and will thus contribute meaningfully to the achievement of both program and agency-level goals. Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
Goals and Objectives
This program is designed to support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture, and knowledge through exhibitions, educational services and programming, workforce professional development, organizational capacity building, and collections stewardship.
- Goal 1: Empower people of all ages and backgrounds through experiential and crossdisciplinary learning and discovery.
- Objective 1.1: Support public programs, adult programs, family programs, and early childhood programs.
- Objective 1.2: Support exhibitions, interpretation, and digital media.
- Objective 1.3: Support in-school and out-of-school educational programs.
- Objective 1.4: Support the professional development of the Native American and Native Hawaiian museum workforce.
- Goal 2: Build the capacity of organizations to serve their communities.
- Objective 2.1: Support institutional planning and policy development.
- Objective 2.2: Support technology enhancements.
- Goal 3: Advance the management and care of Native American and Native Hawaiian collections and their associated documentation.
- Objective 3.1: Support cataloging, inventorying, and registration; collections information management; and collections planning.
- Objective 3.2: Support conservation and environmental improvement and/or rehousing; conservation surveys; and conservation treatment.
- Objective 3.3: Support database management, digital asset management, and digitization.
- Objective 3.4: Support the preservation and perpetuation of indigenous languages and traditional cultural practices.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $100,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
- Anticipated period of performance July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2026. Project activities may be carried out for one to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an award under this Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Notice of Funding Opportunity, your organization must be:
- a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe or
- a Nonprofit Organization that Primarily Serves and Represents Native Hawaiians.
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribe: To be eligible for funding as this type of entity, your organization must be an “Indian tribe,” which means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska native village, regional corporation, or village corporation (as defined in, or established pursuant to, theAlaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. A list of eligible entities is available from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Nonprofit Organization that Primarily Serves and Represents Native Hawaiians: To be eligible for funding as this type of entity, your organization must be a nonprofit that primarily serves and represents Native Hawaiians, as that term is defined in 20 U.S.C. § 7517. For a museum to be eligible, it must demonstrate that it is established as an organization that meets this statutory eligibility criteria.
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