[kids-lib] Mix of Grants, Scholarship, and LOC Literacy Awards Program

Mon Feb 12 11:21:42 PST 2024

Please pardon the cross-posting.

Hi Folks,

I thought I'd draw your attention to several grant opportunities that have been shared on the Library Grants blog<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/> recently. There are also school library opportunities for a scholarship and a humanities program award. Plus, there's information about a Library of Congress literacy program award. This list is in order of application deadlines, and the alternating color is only to break up the text.

  *   Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home grants<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/latino-poetry-places-we-call-home-grants.html> - for public, academic, and community college libraries, museums, and nonprofit community organizations - deadline: 2/15
  *   Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/dollar-general-literacy-foundation.html> - for public, school, or college libraries within 15 miles of a Dollar General store or distribution center; includes summer reading funds - deadline: 2/15
  *   Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program<https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/about-this-program/> - honors orgs that have made or show great potential to make outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad (more below) - deadline: 2/19
  *   Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/rusa-stephen-t-riedner-grant-for-life.html> - for libraries; ALA membership not required - deadline 2/23
  *   Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Cultures grants<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/talk-story-grants-sharing-stories.html> - for libraries, archives, museums, and community organizations that serve AANHPI and/or AIAN children - deadline: 3/15
  *   T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-mobile-hometown-grants-program-for.html> - for small and rural communities with a population of less than 50,000 - deadline: quarterly on the last day of each quarter; next is 3/31
  *   Pilcrow Foundation children's book grants<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-pilcrow-foundation-rural-public.html> - for rural public libraries - deadline: annually on 4/1 and 10/1
  *   OASL Continuing Education Scholarship<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B5yf_CUvuxDmu-2GQ90iC8-PDDvCkHgRHqIH9wu_U9Q/edit?usp=sharing> - for aspiring and current Oregon school library staff pursuing undergrad, graduate, or certification programs in school library media or instructional technology - deadline: 4/15
  *   Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming<https://www.ala.org/tools/programming/jaffarianaward> - for school libraries, public or private, that serve children in any combination of grades K-12, provided the library is staffed by a state-certified librarian - deadline: 5/1
  *   Lisa Libraries (Children's) Book Donation Program<https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2006/01/lisa-libraries-book-donation-program.html> - for organizations in low-income or underserved areas that serve children - deadline: ongoing

Know anyone who should apply? Please give 'em an encouraging nudge.

Cheers,
Jen

Jen Maurer, MLS (she/her)
School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon
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The Library of Congress (LOC) Literacy Awards Program<https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/about-this-program/> honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad. Through the generosity of David M. Rubenstein since 2013, and through the generosity of the Kislak Family Foundation in 2023, the awards also encourage the continuing development of innovative methods for combating illiteracy and the wide dissemination of the most effective practices. The deadline to apply is February 19, 2024 at 8:59PM Pacific.

All totaled, the Library plans to recognize 23 different organizations this year! Among the prizes this cycle, for the first time, the LOC is able to offer prizes to 5 Emerging Strategies Honorees ($5000 each). These honorees will be recognized for a literacy initiative in its early stages of development (5 years or fewer) that demonstrates significant creativity and promise-in other words, for great ideas with potential!

To learn more about the 2024 Literacy Awards as a whole, please see the press release<https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-expands-2024-literacy-awards-program/s/95c4632b-3fc1-4e23-af7d-49c75c0b3a9d>; visit the Apply page<https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/apply/> on the Literacy Awards website to download the application instructions and forms; and explore Frequently Asked Questions<https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/apply/frequently-asked-questions/>.

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