Illinois American Water's community involvement draws on the unique talents of our employees as well as the resources of our business. Through community giving, in-kind donations, partnerships, and volunteering, they demonstrate their commitment to programs that address community-specific needs.
From the National Endowment for the Humanities website:
The Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience: the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity.
From the National Endowment for the Humanities website:
From the National Endowment for the Humanities website:
From the National Endowment for the Humanities website:
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From the Best Buy website:
As a means to prepare teens for the tech-reliant jobs of the future, the Best Buy Foundation will provide funding to equitable, innovative, impact driven programs in eligible non-profit organizations committed to enhancing the lives of teens 13 – 18 years old through cutting edge technology enabled curricula. Programs should include hands-on learning opportunities that lead to skill development and engage the youth in experimenting and interacting with the latest technologies to close the digital skills gap.
From the YALSA website:
YALSA is giving away 10 grants of $1,000 each to libraries in need to purchase digital equipment (video cameras, filming equipment, iPads, etc).
Individual library branches within a larger system are welcome to apply. This grant is designed to provide libraries in need with funds to purchase digital equipment for teens to use at the library.
From the Association of Illinois School Library Educators:
The Illinois School Library Media Association or ISLMA (now known as The Association of Illinois School Library Educators or AISLE) has established the Library Book Selection Service (LBSS) Endowment Fund after accepting the LBSS assets.
From the ALA website:
The AASL Research Grant is to recognize excellence in manuscripts addressing a persistent and recurring challenge in the field of school librarianship. The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), through the Educators of School Librarians Section (ESLS), will invite submissions of papers on original research with this focus. Full papers submitted can either be: