Institute of Museum and Library Services federal obligations

$829.8 million on 2,168 IMLS awards

The precise total is $829,811,437.75. Divided by 2,168 awards, the implied mean is about $383,000 per award. Grants to States and discretionary museum and library awards can occupy those rows; this packet does not split the 2,168 count by program, so LSTA versus museum-grant shares are not stated here.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. Multi-year state grants can remain open, so $829,811,437.75 is not a single fiscal year’s IMLS appropriation. USAspending.gov is the source.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 2,168 awards at a mean near $383,000 blend Grants to States with discretionary museum and library awards. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as multi-year state grants remain open inside FY 2026.

CGAC 474 as the awarding-agency identifier

SpendingVault keys IMLS to /agencies/474/. CGAC 474 is the USAspending awarding-agency code in this extract. The $829,811,437.75 total and 2,168 award count roll up rows carrying that identifier. The award count is not a count of public-library outlets, museum visits, or cataloged items.

Award files versus library and museum surveys

Public Libraries Survey and museum statistical series are separate products. This hub cites $829,811,437.75 in USAspending obligations through FY 2026 on 2,168 awards. Circulation, visit, and collection figures are not in the packet. Outlays are omitted.

Researchers sometimes treat an agency obligation total as cash already paid. For Institute of Museum and Library Services, that reading is wrong. Public-library outlet counts, circulation, museum attendance, or LSTA versus museum-grant splits belong in other publications. The USAspending figure on this hub remains an obligation sum through FY 2026. Multi-year state grants remain open inside FY 2026.

State geography for IMLS awards

Place-of-performance for Grants to States often follows the state library administrative agency. Discretionary awards follow the grantee. The state table is a coding view of the 2,168 awards that sum to $829,811,437.75 through FY 2026, not a ranking of literacy outcomes.

Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete economic-impact model. On this agency, Grants to States often follow the state library administrative agency; discretionary awards follow the grantee. Read the state table after the agency hub, not instead of it. Use CGAC 474 for the award rollup; survey statistics are other products.

IMLS on the all-agencies list

Compare $829,811,437.75 and 2,168 awards only with other obligation totals from this extract. The hub does not advise applicants and does not grade collections.

The all-agencies list is useful only inside this extract’s obligation definition and FY 2026 cap. 2,168 awards at a mean near $383,000 blend Grants to States with discretionary museum and library awards. Ranking on dollars alone hides that mix. Use CGAC 474 for the award rollup; survey statistics are other products.

IMLS obligations versus library and museum surveys

The Public Libraries Survey and museum statistical series are separate. This hub cites $829,811,437.75 on 2,168 awards tagged 474 through FY 2026. Circulation and visit figures are not in the packet. A later USAspending extract can revise both the dollar total and the 2,168 count as new actions and modifications post against CGAC 474. Until that refresh, the documented book is 829811437.75 in obligations. That figure is not a performance score, not an enacted one-year appropriation, and not a recommendation to apply for funds. It is the award-file rollup this packet carries through FY 2026.

Program splits are omitted. The 2,168 count is not an outlet census. Rank IMLS only against other obligation totals from this extract. The state table is place-of-performance coding on those records. CGAC 474 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/474/. The award population is 2,168 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays. CGAC 474 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/474/. The award population is 2,168 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays.

Questions

How much has IMLS obligated on USAspending through FY 2026?

Institute of Museum and Library Services records (CGAC 474) sum to $829,811,437.75 across 2,168 awards in this extract. That figure is an obligation total from USAspending.gov through fiscal year 2026, not a library-outlet census and not a museum-attendance figure.

What is CGAC 474?

CGAC 474 is the USAspending awarding-agency code for the Institute of Museum and Library Services in this extract. SpendingVault’s hub is /agencies/474/. The $829,811,437.75 obligation total and 2,168 award count belong to that code through FY 2026.

Does the award count equal the number of library grants?

The 2,168 figure counts all award records tagged to CGAC 474, including museum and library assistance present in the file. Program-level splits are not in this packet. Dollar volume on those records is $829,811,437.75.

Where can I see IMLS spending by state?

The state table from the CGAC 474 agency page uses place-of-performance fields on the same obligation extract. Geography rows still sit under $829,811,437.75 and 2,168 awards through FY 2026.