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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">I thought I’d draw your attention to several grant opportunities that have been shared on the
<u><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/"><i><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Library Grants</span></i><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
blog</span></a></u> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/latino-poetry-places-we-call-home-grants.html"><span style="color:#00B050">Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home grants</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> –
for public, academic, and community college libraries, museums, and nonprofit community organizations – deadline: 2/15<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#4472C4;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/dollar-general-literacy-foundation.html"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Dollar
General Literacy Foundation grants</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> – for public, school, or college libraries
within 15 miles of a Dollar General store or distribution center; includes summer reading funds – deadline: 2/15<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#00B050;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/about-this-program/"><span style="color:#00B050">Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – 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<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#4472C4;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/rusa-stephen-t-riedner-grant-for-life.html"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Stephen
T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">
– for libraries; ALA membership not required – deadline 2/23<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#00B050;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/talk-story-grants-sharing-stories.html"><span style="color:#00B050">Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Cultures grants</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
– for libraries, archives, museums, and community organizations that serve AANHPI and/or AIAN children – deadline: 3/15<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#4472C4;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-mobile-hometown-grants-program-for.html"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">T-Mobile
Hometown Grants Program</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> – 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<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#00B050;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-pilcrow-foundation-rural-public.html"><span style="color:#00B050">Pilcrow Foundation children’s book grants</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – for
rural public libraries – deadline: annually on 4/1 and 10/1<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#4472C4;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B5yf_CUvuxDmu-2GQ90iC8-PDDvCkHgRHqIH9wu_U9Q/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">OASL
Continuing Education Scholarship</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> – for aspiring and current Oregon school library
staff pursuing undergrad, graduate, or certification programs in school library media or instructional technology – deadline: 4/15<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#00B050;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/programming/jaffarianaward"><span style="color:#00B050">Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
– 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<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#4472C4;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2006/01/lisa-libraries-book-donation-program.html"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Lisa
Libraries </span></span><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">(Children’s)
</span></span><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Book Donation Program</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">
– for organizations in low-income or underserved areas that serve children – deadline: ongoing<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-ligatures:none">Know anyone who should apply? Please give ‘em an encouraging nudge.
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Cheers,<br>
Jen<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Jen Maurer, MLS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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</span><u><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/about-this-program/">The Library of Congress<span style="color:#2F5496"> (LOC)</span> Literacy Awards Program</a></u> 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. <b>The deadline to apply is February 19, 2024 at
<span style="color:#2F5496">8</span>:59PM Pacific.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All totaled, the Library plans to recognize 23 different organizations this year! Among the prizes this cycle,
<b>for the first time</b>, the LOC is able to offer prizes to <b>5 Emerging Strategies Honorees
</b>(<b>$5000 each</b>). 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!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">To learn more about the 2024 Literacy Awards as a whole, please see<span style="color:#2F5496">
</span>the <u><a href="https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-expands-2024-literacy-awards-program/s/95c4632b-3fc1-4e23-af7d-49c75c0b3a9d">press release</a></u>; visit the
<u><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/apply/">Apply
<span style="color:#2F5496">p</span>age</a></u> on the Literacy Awards website to download the application instructions and forms; and explore
<u><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/apply/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently Asked Questions</a></u>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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