Library Grant Links

For Public Libraries

The Ray Solem Foundation is offering one-time grants of up to $10,000 to non-profit organizations that have found creative ways to help immigrants in the United States further their verbal English language skills - listening, comprehension, and oral communications.

A grant is to be used to continue ongoing work performed by the organization; there are no restrictions on its use. Applications are due by July 31, 2007. Details are at: http://www.raysolemfund.org/grants.html

The Libri Foundation is accepting applications for its Books for Children Program. The goal of the Books for Children Program is to help small, rural libraries acquire new, quality hardcover children's books that they may not have been able to afford without the help from the foundation's program.

The deadline to apply is August 15, 2007. For more information, visit http://www.librifoundation.org

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For Public and School Libraries

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is accepting applications from for program or event mini-grants of $500 each.

Visit the foundation's web site for program guidelines and an application form http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/. The deadline is September 15, 2007.

The $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant will be awarded to a US library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2008 National Library Week theme, "Join the circle of knowledge @ your library." The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008. Funds can be used to pay for promotional aspects of the program, i.e., printing/design of flyers, advertising, honoraria, and other campaign expenses related only to promotion.

A grant application form and guidelines are available on ALA's web site. http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlwgrant.htm. The deadline is October 1, 2007.