Acknowledgment
Acknowledgement of federal support
When your organization issues statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing your programs funded in whole or in part with federal money, you must clearly state all of these:
- Percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program financed with federal government money.
- Percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program financed with state government money.
- Percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program financed with local government money.
- Percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program financed with other non-governmental money.
This funding statement is required, in addition to giving credit to LSTA and the Division (see next section).
Read more about what data will help you complete your federal funding statement, including step-by-step instructions and example wording.
Giving credit to LSTA and the Division
Any announcements, information, press releases, publications, brochures, videos, webpages, etc. created as part of or highlighting an LSTA project must include an acknowledgment that LSTA funds were used to create them.
This public acknowledgement must name both the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Division of Library and Information Services, and is made in addition to the required acknowledgment of federal support referenced in the previous section.
Use the following text as an example:
“This project was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida’s LSTA program is administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services.”
Online products, publications and websites must link to the IMLS website and include the IMLS logo and/or the credit line or boilerplate language.
The Division's logo and the IMLS logo must also be displayed on brochures and websites. The IMLS logos and directions for their use are in the IMLS Grantee Communications Kit.
See the IMLS acknowledgement requirements.
