Federal agency

Institute of Museum and Library Services

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.

$271.4M
Obligated
FY2026 · data still posting
25
Recipients
1,408
Awards
2
Sub-agencies

In FY2026, the Institute of Museum and Library Services obligated $271.4M in federal awards to 25 recipients across 1,408 awards. Its largest recipient was National Park Foundation, with 3% of the total. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Top recipients

National Park Foundation$10.1M
New York State Education Department$8.5M
Michigan Department of Education$4.8M
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction$3.2M
Board of Education Colorado$3.2M
Minnesota Department of Education$3.1M
Trustees of Indiana University$2.8M
Department of Education of Puerto Rico$1.9M
State of Rhode Island Department of Administration$1.4M
South Dakota Department of Education$1.3M

Recipient breakdown available for 17% of obligations shown

How it spends

awards by typeComputed
1,341grants
62contracts
5contract vehicles

What it funds

Grants to States$178.9M
Museums for America$26.6M
National Leadership Grants$22.3M
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program$8.8M
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services$6.2M
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture$5.8M
Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture$5.5M
Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services$5.4M

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01

Obligations by year

Computed
$288.9M
FY20
$432.2M
FY21
$272.1M
FY22
$280.6M
FY23
$280M
FY24
$257.7M
FY25
$271.4M
FY26 partial
▼ 11%
FY20 to FY25

Awards

Source

Largest FY2026 awards

Awards this agency made that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

AwardIDRecipientObligatedStartEndPlace
California State Library Will Use Funds to Support the Goals of Their Five-Year Plan for…LS-260813-OLS-26—$15.7M2025-10-012027-09-30California

Largest awards by total value

California State Library Will Use Funds to Support the Goals of Their Five-Year…
awarded 2025$15.7M
California State Library Will Use Funds to Support the Goals of Their Five-Year…
awarded 2023$14.4M

The agency’s biggest individual awards by total value, largest first.

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