2014-05-01: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

Funding Opportunity Number: 20140501-PG
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Eligible Applicants: State governments | County governments | City or township governments | Special district governments | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Private institutions of higher education
Agency Name: NEH
Closing Date: 2014-05-01
Award Ceiling: $6,000

Description: Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions¿such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities¿improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections.  These may include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, historical objects, and digital materials.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…