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<p class="MsoNormal">We do not allow this. Our eligible organizations for grants are only legally established public libraries or HLC accredited academic libraries. The grant contract must be with those libraries legal fiscal agent.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a side note, we allow school libraries as partners to the eligible organization, but not as a directly eligible. We had too many years of wildly ineligible proposals before we just said no school libraries.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Library Grants Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">517-241-0021 / <a href="http://www.mi.gov/lsta">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> lstac <lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erica McCormick via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 6, 2023 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lstac] Friends groups<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"sans-serif 10pt",serif;color:black">CAUTION: This is an External email. Please send suspicious emails to
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<p class="MsoNormal">Howdy from Texas to all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Quick question for those of you who do subgrants…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you award grants to library Friends groups on behalf of the library? These would be official nonprofits (501c(3)).
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<p class="MsoNormal">If so, do you require any documentation from the library’s governing authority to allow such an arrangement?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Erica<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Erica A. McCormick, Manager, Grants and Accreditation</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#244061">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#244061">Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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