From the Illinois State Library website:
Grant projects provide integrated, intensive instruction to improve the basic reading, writing skills, math or English language proficiency of parents and children together. Services include adult education, child education, parenting education, literacy-based, interactive, parent-child activities and library services.
From the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association) website:
From the ALA website:
From the Illinois Secretary of State's website:
Grant projects provide instruction to help adults who read below the ninth grade level or speak English at a beginning level to improve their basic reading, writing, math, or English language proficiency. Services are provided through the use of trained, unpaid volunteer tutors.
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From the Equinox website:
Equinox is honored to begin accepting applications for the Equinox Open Source Grant. Successful applicants will receive hosting and support for Koha, the first open source Integrated Library System to be used worldwide.
For additional information, and to apply for this grant, please visit the Equinox website at https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/fe_highlightitem.php?sid=10155d63d93ce5281849
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services website:
Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goal of this initiative is to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and/or rural libraries and archives to serve their communities and to build grantee capacity through participation in a community of practice. IMLS invites applications that focus on the following topics:
Dollar General, in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the National Education Association (NEA), is sponsoring a school library disaster relief fund for public school libraries in the states served by Dollar General. The fund will provide grants to public schools whose school library program has been affected by a disaster. Grants are to replace or supplement books, media and/or library equipment in the school library setting.
From the Library and Autism website:
This grant is sponsored by Libraries and Autism: We're Connected and it promotes inclusion, connecting libraries and the autism community, and bringing awareness of the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their families to the library community. Any type of library can apply, and the proposal can fund projects and services for any age group.
For additional information, and to apply for a grant, please visit the website at http://librariesandautism.org/grant/
From the State Farm Insurance Company website:
We make it our business to be like a good neighbor, helping to build safer, stronger and better educated communities across the United States. Through our company grants, we focus on three areas: safety, education, and community development.
For additional information, and to apply for a grant please visit the State Farm website at https://www.statefarm.com/about-us/community-involvement/community-grants/good-neighbor-citizenship-grants