Recipient of federal assistance · DENVER, CO

THE COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

THE COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY received $64.3K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions, −89% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $4.1M. Its largest awarding agency was Forest Service ($71.5K).

Assistance · FY2026
$64.3K
New awards
1
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$4.1M
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Location
DENVER, CO
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 794.4KFY2021
  2. 851.8KFY2022
  3. 1.6MFY2023
  4. 157.2KFY2024
  5. 608.5KFY2025
  6. 64.3KFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$71.5K100%
  2. Grants-$7,2630.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.699 · Partnership Agreements$71.5K100%
  2. 45.301 · Museums for America-$7,2630.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Forest Service$71.5K100%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE (DMNS) WILL CARRY OUT ITS PROJECT, CONSERVING CRETACEOUS COLLECTIONS & DIGITIZING DINOSAURS, TO…$235.5K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· MA-259885-OMS-26
  2. THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE WILL DEVELOP A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR EMERGING LEADERS IN THE MUSEUM. SIX COHORTS OF 12 STAFF MEMBERS…$211.5K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 7, 2022 – Dec 1, 2025· ME-251398-OMS-22
  3. THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE WILL PARTNER WITH A RESEARCHER TO DEVELOP AN EVALUATION TOOL THAT MEASURES THE MEANINGFULNESS OF…$130.7K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 16, 2021 – May 8, 2026· ME-249540-OMS-21
  4. MUTUAL FUNDING AND WORK FOR THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE SURVEY, FIELD COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, AND CATALOGUING OF PLANT AND…$71.5K
    10.699 · Partnership Agreements· Forest Service· Other financial assistance· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 26CS11132428179
  5. BLM UTAH GSENM INVENTORY AND SALVAGE OF CRITICAL CRETACEOUS PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES$25K
    15.224 · Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management· Bureau of Land Management· Cooperative agreement· Oct 22, 2020 – Jan 26, 2026· L19AC00230

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.