Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-MUSEUMS-FY15
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) | Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: IMLS
Closing Date: 2014-12-01
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Expected Number of Awards: 16

Description: National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession so that museums can improve services for the American public.  National Leadership Grants for Museums has three project categories:
Learning Experiences
IMLS supports the unique ability of museums to empower people of all ages through experiential learning and discovery.  Successful projects provide high-quality, inclusive educational opportunities that address particular audience needs.
Community Anchors
IMLS promotes the role of museums as essential partners in addressing the needs of their communities by leveraging their expertise, knowledge, physical space, technology, and other resources.  These projects strive to create a better quality of life within communities.
Collections Stewardship
IMLS supports the exemplary management, care, and conservation of museum collections.  Projects address a clearly articulated and well-documented need and contribute to the long-term preservation of materials entrusted to the museum?s care.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…

Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI-2015-NACA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant | Other
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: USDOT-CDFI
Closing Date: 2014-11-24
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Description: Through the NACA Program, the CDFI Fund provides (i) FA awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serving Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian populations or Native American areas defined as Federally-designated reservations, Hawaiian homelands, Alaska Native Villages and U. S. Census Bureau-designated Tribal Statistical Areas (collectively, ?Native Communities?) to build their financial capacity to lend to their Target Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up to $150,000 to build Certified, Certifiable, and Emerging CDFIs? organizational capacity to serve their Target Markets and Sponsoring Entities ability to create Certified CDFIs that serve Native Communities. For more detailed information, please refer to
the NOFA found on the CDFI Fund's website.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…