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Good news! Long Island Children's Museum was recently awarded $20K from the National Park Service through the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation National Maritime Heritage Education Subgrant Program with our grant-preparation help. The Museum will use these funds to deepen the relationship with members of the nearby Shinnecock Nation, who will create a traditional dugout canoe (mishoon). The mishoon will be a key feature in “Saltwater Stories,” a new exhibition exploring the maritime history and culture of Long Island from pre-contact to the present. Congratulations, LICM! R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4 Photo Credit: Andre StrongBearHeart (Nipmuc) https://lnkd.in/e2GhGd2N 

Did you know we don’t just work with museums, we also work with orchestras? (And performing-arts groups. And historical societies. And public gardens.) Effective and compelling case statements are at the heart of every successful funding request—for any nonprofit. We just completed a project for our newest client, Ohio’s Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra, to audit their development materials as a first step toward case-statement preparation. Reach out and let’s talk about how R&L’s know-how can help your organization make the strongest case to funders. R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4 

We couldn’t be more pleased to have collaborated with the South Carolina State Museum on their successful $250,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America grant, which will help make their valuable natural-history specimens even more widely available for use by museum staff, researchers, and the public. The project encompasses key paleontological holdings, specifically, fossils from the Camelot fossil site (Harleyville, SC). Congratulations, Dave Cicimurri and the entire SCSM team! R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4  IMLS updates: https://lnkd.in/e_cdCwdk

We’re delighted to have partnered in the The Heckscher Museum of Art's successful Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America $250,000 award, which will support the first-ever solo retrospective of American neoclassical sculptor, Emma Stebbins. (If you’ve ever been to New York City’s Central Park, you may already be familiar with her “Angel of the Waters,” the centerpiece of the Bethesda Fountain.) Congratulations to you and your team, Heather Arnet! As one of our southeastern team members said while working on the application, “This is an exhibit I would totally travel for!” Hope some of you will, too. R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4  IMLS updates: https://lnkd.in/e_cdCwdk

It’s always helpful to have a second set of eyes on a grant proposal. We’re proud to share that our review helped the Cable Natural History Museum to secure $146,695 in Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America funding to support the interpretation of the story of Wisconsin’s Northwoods. Congratulations Rich Jaworski and team! If you plan to submit an IMLS application this fall, get in touch to schedule a review that can help give your application an edge. It’s cost-effective, and you’ll benefit from seasoned pros who have landed $7M in IMLS grants to date. R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4

We’re thrilled, too, and delighted to have helped craft this successful application! Congratulations to you and the entire DISCOVERY Children's Museum team on this award, Melissa Kaiser. The final phase of “Desert to the Stars” is now underway! R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4  IMLS updates: https://lnkd.in/e_cdCwdk

What a way to end the week… R&L clients were awarded a total of nearly $1 million in Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America grants—a new record for our company. Congrats and high-fives all around! R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4  IMLS updates: https://www.imls.gov/news

We’re happy to share that we’ve just wrapped up a collaboration with a new client: ExpandED Schools, an NYC-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that all young people have access to enriching programs that affirm their identities, teach them valuable skills, and spark new possibilities in and out of the school day. R&L Consulting assisted with two applications to the U.S. Department of Education Innovation and Research Program by providing feedback on research study design, including reviewing pertinent academic literature, logic models, outcome measures, and analysis plans. The two projects, Career-Connected Learning and High-Impact Tutoring, are designed to improve student learning by addressing the impact of instructional loss during COVID through STEM Career Training and Internship, and individualized academic support. If awarded, these important projects will extend the critical work ExpandED Schools is doing to support NYC students, and we’re pleased to have supported this effort! R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eq6Y8Yw4 

Hi! I hope you’ve found this month’s collection of Institute of Museum and Library Services application tips helpful. Have any other questions? Give us a call. IMLS will drop FY25 guidelines in August, so now that you’re #grantready and set, it’s time to go! Good luck! IMLS Grant Programs: https://lnkd.in/e6Wi9kUK  R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eZt5TXQJ 

All month long, I’m talking about getting #grantready for an Institute of Museum and Library Services application this fall. Next up: Supporting documents. You can include information that supports the need for your project. These can range from relevant evaluation data to letters of support from experts or stakeholders. For the latter, aim high! Ask for letters from three people and plan to use the strongest two. Asking early allows you to start at the top of your list… and buys extra time in case you need to make additional requests. (Bonus hint: Ask for letters as Word docs, so you can tweak as needed before converting to PDFs.) IMLS Grant Programs: https://lnkd.in/e6Wi9kUK  R&L Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eZt5TXQJ