Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grants
Roughly 60 grants of up to $500 each will be awarded to teachers and librarians at public schools and libraries across the country who submit “if only” ideas (innovative programs they’d love to implement if only they had the budget).
Apply: http://ow.ly/yz4r309bcHj
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
The Barron Prize honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, or the environment. The 15 winners each receive $5,000 to support their service work or higher education.
Apply: Barronprize.org/apply
Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
School libraries are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through eighth grade. Programs may be focused in subject areas including social studies, poetry, drama, art, music, language arts, foreign language, and culture.
Apply: Ala.org/jaffarian
Snapdragon Book Foundation
Proving grants ranging from $1500 to over $15,000 to school libraries with disadvantaged children. For more information and to apply go to http://www.snapdragonbookfoundation.org/#/apply . Accepts applications from January through April.
Beyond Words: The Dollar General School Library Relief Fund
Dollar General, in collaboration with ALA, AASL and NEA, is sponsoring a school library disaster relief fund for public school libraries in states served by Dollar General. The fund will provide $10,000-20,000 grants to public schools whose school library program has been affected by a disaster. In addition, 2 catastrophic grants of $50,000 each will be awarded annually. Grants are to replace or supplement books, media, and library equipment in the school library setting www.ala.org/aasl/awards/beyond-words . Rolling deadline
Bank of America Grants
At Bank of America, we’re working to connect communities to better economic futures by responding to fundamental issues related to jobs, housing and basic human services. These focus areas allow us to take a comprehensive approach to a wide range of needs related to workforce development and education, community development, and basic human services. As a financial institution, we respond in two ways—by helping to address the immediate need as well as longer term solutions for economic self- sufficiency. And we’re investing $2 billion over ten years in this effort. Learn more about Bank of America Charitable Foundation funding priorities.