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Institute of Museum and Library Services

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 2 sub-agencies.

The mission of IMLS is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. We provide leadership through research, policy development, and grant making.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$280.0M

Awarding agency IMLS

Transactions

1,456

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.01%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays

—

No matching MTS agency line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Institute of Museum and Library Services
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$280.0M
FFY 2023$280.6M
FFY 2022$272.1M
FFY 2021$432.2M
FFY 2018$226.8M
FFY 2017$217.8M
FFY 2016$217.3M

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Institute of Museum and Library Services
CategoryAmount
Grants$270.5M
Contracts$9.5M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Institute of Museum and Library Services
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Institute of Museum and Library ServicesIMLS$190.6M802
Institute of Museum and Library ServicesIMLS$89.4M654

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies