Library Grants

Deadline: July 14, 2025. The Yiddish Book Center’s Public Libraries Program brings Yiddish literature in translation to public libraries acr...

UPDATE:  Recording available on YouTube . I'm excited to be part of a free virtual panel hosted by ALA Editions | ALA Neal-Schuman tomor...

Deadline: July 14, 2025 The Yiddish Book Center is accepting applications from public libraries to host Between Two Worlds, a three-part rea...

Deadline: May 1, 2025 The Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming recognizes excellence in humaniti...

Deadline: Applications are reviewed monthly. Community Heart & Soul is a resident-driven process that engages the entire population of a...

Deadline: April 30, 2025 The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will a...

 Deadline: April 9, 2025 (by 11:59 p.m. Central Time)  The American Library Association (ALA) Building Library Capacity Grants will assist p...

Deadline: March 21, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Pacific ACRL and the Elsevier Foundation are providing a pilot community of practice program, entitled...

 Deadline: April 30, 2025 For the tenth year in a row, EBSCO is accepting applications for grants that will fund solar installations at libr...

 Deadline: Ongoing First Book  is a nonprofit dedicated to educational equity, providing free and affordable books to children in under-reso...

Deadline: February 21, 2025 Applications are now being accepted for the Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for Pe...

Deadline: April 1, 2025 Do you want to collect and share important stories in your community, both current and past, but not sure where to s...

 Deadline: February 18, 2025, at 11:59pm ET Through the generosity of David M. Rubenstein since 2013, and through the generosity of the Kisl...

Deadline: February 3, 2025, at 11:59 pm (CST) Want to host a program for seniors in your community? The Peggy Barber Tribute Grant is an ann...

Deadline: February 3, 2025 The American Library Association (ALA) Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant  recognizes, promotes, a...

Deadline: March 1, 2025 The American Library Association (ALA) has more than $300,000 in scholarships available to students who are studyin...

Deadline: February 15, 2025 The American Library Association's (ALA) Learning Round Table (LRT) will award up to $1,000 to an individual...

  Deadlines : February 1, 2025  The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) provides several awards and grants. The entire list is ...

Deadline: December 6, 2024 The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries provides funds to the neediest schools to extend, update, and d...

Application Dates: February 3-17, 2025 Penguin Random House, in partnership with United for Libraries, is offering grants to support rural a...

Deadline: November 7, 2024 Presented by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) in partnership with School Library Journa...

Deadline: January 12, 2025 Widening the Arc of Trans History: Archival Research for Public Storytelling invites early career scholars in tra...

Deadlines: Submit your Intent to Apply by January 23, 2025; final applications due by January 30, 2025 The National Endowment for the Arts ...

Deadline: December 11, 2024 The American Library Association (ALA) invites applications from small and rural libraries for more than $7 mill...

Deadline: October 11, 2024 The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering $90,000 in scholarships to support in-perso...

Deadline: October 30, 2024, for initial applications Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices , a progr...

 Deadline: October 18, 2024 The 2024–2025  PLA Digital Navigator Workshop Incentive  is a pilot program supported by AT&T. This initiati...

Deadline: October 18, 2024 Are you a public library looking to enhance your community's digital literacy skills? The Public Library Ass...

Deadline: September 23, 2024 (October 22, 2024 for U.S. Territories) Opens: August 14, 2024 The National Telecommunications and Information ...

 Deadline: July 31, 2024 Books for Change USA is a nonprofit dedicated to providing access to quality books both locally and globally, espec...

 Deadline: August 1, 2024 (part 1) and August 15 (part 2) The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grants program supports creativ...

 Deadline: February 15-September 1, 2024 Lois Lenski, children’s book author and 1946 Newbery medalist for Strawberry Girl, had a life-long ...

Deadline: July 31, 2024 The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and L...

The Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) is hosting an upcoming webinar focused on the practical strategies needed to succeed...

 Application Deadline:  DEADLINE EXTENDED! May 28, 2024 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Cultural and Community Resilience pr...

Deadline: June 12, 2024 (optional draft due May 8) The NEH's Public Impact Projects grants aim to assist small and mid-sized cultural or...

Deadline: July 14, 2024. The Intellectual Freedom Helpline program, administered by The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectu...

 Deadline: April 25, 2024 All types of schools, public libraries, and nonprofit 501c3 organizations that help K-12th grade students who are ...

 Deadline: Ongoing (Grant applications are considered as they are received) Believe in Reading  is funded by The Steve and Loree Potash Fami...

 Deadline: March 6, 2024, 5 p.m. (ET) / 2 p.m. (PT) The AARP Community Challenge grants fund quick-action projects to help communities becom...

Deadline: Ongoing The Lisa Libraries donates new children's books and helps establish small libraries for organizations that work with...

Deadlines: February 15, 2024 The Dollar General Literacy Foundation supports literacy initiatives that are helping individuals learn to read...

Deadlines: Annually, April 1 and October 1 The Pilcrow Foundation's mission is to provide new, quality, hardcover children's books t...

Deadlines: Quarterly; the last day of each quarter  T-Mobile Hometown Grants  is a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people a...

Application deadline: February 15, 2024 Grants of $1,200 are available to libraries and other public institutions for programs exploring Lat...

Deadline: February 11, 2024 The Snapdragon Book Foundation was started in 2008 by a school librarian to provide funds to improve school libr...

 Deadline: March 15, 2025 The American Indian Library Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association are offering four $5...

Deadline: February 23, 2024 The Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia presents a cit...

Deadline: December 15, 2023 Through the support of Penguin Random House, this Association of Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) grant oppor...

Deadline: December 19, 2023 Save America's Treasures is a National Park Service grant program in collaboration with the Institute of Mus...

Deadline: November 10, 2023, 5pm Eastern The American Astronomical Society (AAS) Solar Eclipse Task Force's Jay M. Pasachoff Solar Eclip...