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Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture

Program Information

Popular name

ALHC

Program Number

45.033

Program objective

This program supports projects that build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities, and broadly advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino cultural institutions. The ALHC program has two goals and four objectives associated with each goal. Goal 1: Build the capacity of American Latino museums to serve their communities. Objective 1.1 Support the development, enhancement, and expansion of public programs, exhibitions, and/or school programs in American Latino museums. Objective 1.2 Support the growth and development of museum professionals at individual American Latino museums. Objective 1.3 Support the development of management practices and institutional policies and plans that advance the organizational health of American Latino museums. Objective 1.4 Support the management and care of collections in American Latino museums. Goal 2 : Advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino institutions. Objective 2.1 Support new or existing museum-based internship and fellowship programs for students pursuing studies relating to American Latino life, art, history, and culture. Objective 2.2 Support the creation of training and professional development programs, tools, or resources that build the knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff and/or volunteers at American Latino museums. Objective 2.3 Support forums that convene experts and stakeholders, including those from adjacent fields as appropriate, to explore current and emerging issues that affect the American Latino museums sector. Objective 2.4 Support the development and dissemination of tools and resources that serve the American Latino museums sector.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR Part 200 and 2 CFR Part 3187. 20 USC Chapter 72 Museum and Library Services Act of 2018, § 9101-9176; in particular, § 9173 (Museum services activities). Guidelines are available online at https://www.imls.gov/grants/grant-programs or upon request from IMLS, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North, SW, Suite 4000, Washington DC 20024-2135. See the IMLS website at www.imls.gov for the most current program information.

  1. 20 USC Chapter 72 Museum and Library Services Act, Code § 9101-9176, in particular § 9173 (Museum services activities).