Potential Funding Sources

• The Council on Library and Information Resources: Digitizing Hidden Collections Grant

Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices is a grant competition administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for digitizing rare and unique content stewarded by collecting organizations in the US and Canada.

https://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/

• Institute of Museum and Library Services

1. Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP):

The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program is a joint effort of IMLS and the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works to help small and mid-sized museums better care for their collections through a grant and recommendations.

2. Inspire! Grants for Small Museums:

Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program.

3. Museums for America:

The IMLS Museums for America grant is a matching grant of $5,000 - $250,000 for up to three years. The program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines to undertake projects that strengthen their ability to serve their public.

4. Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff:

Museums Empowered is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program. It is designed to support projects that use the transformative power of professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes.

Museums Empowered has four project categories:

• Digital Technology:
  Provide museum staff with the skills to integrate digital technology into museum operations.

• Diversity and Inclusion:
  Support museum staff in providing inclusive services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds and to individuals with disabilities.

• Evaluation:
  Strengthen the ability of museum staff to use evaluation as a tool to shape museum programs and improve outcomes.

• Organizational Management:
  Strengthen and support museum staff as the essential part of a resilient organizational culture.

• Henry Luce Foundation, Responsive Grants

Through its Responsive Grants, the American Art Program seeks to support a wide range of collection-based projects that advance the understanding and presentation of art of the United States.

Eligible collection areas include paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, naïve and outsider art, traditional and studio crafts, architecture, design, and all aspects of Native American arts. https://www.hluce.org/programs/american-art/grant-categories/

• National Endowment for the Humanities -- Division of Preservation and Access

1. Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections:

The NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience. Grants range from up to $50,000 (planning) to $350,000 (implementation).

2. Preservation Assistance Grants:

Help small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections.

• Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP)

The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) is a Commonwealth grant program administered by the Office of the Budget for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects.

https://www.budget.pa.gov/Programs/RACP/Pages/Main%20Page.aspx

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

Grants from National Trust Preservation Funds (NTPF) are intended to encourage preservation at the local level by supporting on-going preservation work and by providing seed money for preservation projects.

https://forum.savingplaces.org/build/funding/grant-seekers/preservation-funds

• Knight Foundation

The Knight Foundation funds innovative ideas that advance informed and engaged communities and may be a good candidate for funding research or public exhibitions.

https://knightfoundation.org/apply/

• Gladys Brooks Foundation

Grant proposals from hospitals and clinics where the proposal addresses a new health need, an improvement in the quality of health care or reduced health costs with better patient outcomes will be considered generally for: endowments for programs; erection or endowment of buildings, wings of or additions to buildings; and capital equipment.

http://www.gladysbrooksfoundation.org

• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Preservation Grants

https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/Grants-Funding/Pages/default.aspx