Running an organization like the National Corvette Museum takes money, and lots of it.
That’s why the staff is always actively working to increase revenue streams and diversify income.
Along those lines, the NCM just announced that – with the help of Grants Plus, the nation’s leading grant firm, and the support of community members like Warren County Judge Executive Doug Gorman, Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitor Bureau Executive Director Sherry Murphy, and State Senator Max Wise – it applied in May for its first-ever federal grant and hopes to hear something back on a decision by the end of the year.
If approved, the grant, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, would provide the NCM with up to $300,000 for an exhibit renovation project. If chosen, NEH will match gifts made to the museum on a 1:1 ratio up to $150,000, theoretically making up the entire $300,000.
Museum officials have been working with Grants Plus for the last several months to assess the landscape of grant funding opportunities and develop a strategic grant-seeking strategy.
The museum will be applying in the fall for another potential six-figure grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.
“While cautiously optimistic, we are actively looking for other major gift opportunities to support the expansion of the NCM,” the museum said in a press release. “Corporate and private foundation opportunities have been identified, and NCM staff are working towards building relationships with those key contacts to secure invitations to submit a proposal.”
Interim Director of Collections Leah Craig and the rest of the NCM Collections team are working with Grants Plus to add valuable pieces to the collection and expand and improve the space where those items are stored and how they are handled, according to the release.
“While our NCM members leave us no room to doubt their commitment to the Museum and its mission,” the release continued, “we want to show how we are actively working to increase revenue streams and diversify our income. As we apply for grants moving forward, we not only hope to secure funding to support the NCM’s growth but also build visibility and credibility with individuals and organizations nationwide.”
Source:
National Corvette Museum
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Federal money makes me nervous as it usually comes with strings. I hope we don’t start seeing displays at the NCM about “climate change” and the evils of gasoline cars.
Federal money…. Where will they get the money…. the government does not produce any material stuff….
Are you kidding?
How sad, no wonder the Country’s broke.
Maybe I can get a grant to buy a Z06. Heck I would be willing to wrap it in rainbow colors, not.
I vote no. That’s our tax dollars going into this and we need to stop funding every little project that comes down the pike. This is the kind of pork barrel spending that you hear about, with every senator having his pet project end up in a bill that otherwise has nothing to do with the museum or the general public. I hope it fails, because this kind of stuff has to end sometime, somewhere.
No thanks, if the place can’t support itself shut it down. Not with my taxpayer money!
If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything, and don’t go to the museum either !
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