Frances R. Dewing Foundation

The Frances R. Dewing Foundation supports innovation in early childhood education. Emphasis is placed on new, untried, or unusual projects and programs that, if successful, could have a snowball or ripple effect benefiting the larger educational or local community. Generally, such projects and programs need seed money to develop and try new educational methods and tools. The foundation provides seed money through small grants, generally ranging from $1,000 to $25,000.

Eligibility Requirements

Innovative Technology Education Fund — Innovator Grant

The Innovative Technology Education Fund’s Innovator Grant supports innovative approaches to teaching and learning for K-12. Innovation requires fresh thinking: a new possibility, opportunity or approach to learning and/or teaching that will inspire excitement and curiosity in your classroom or school. Successful grants reflect creativity, are student-focused and engage several educators in a multi-disciplined process.

Diversity Research Grant

From the ALA website--

About the Diversity Research Grant
The ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services sponsors this grant program which began in 2002 to address critical gaps in the knowledge of equity, diversity, and inclusion issues within library and information science.

Award and Frequency

Oberman and Rich Reaching Forward Conference Grant

Oberman and Rich Reaching Forward Conference Grant

The grant recognizes the contributions of a support staff member to the library community and the role of support staff in libraries. The grant is open to support staff working in all types of libraries. Persons may nominate themselves or others. Recipient(s) will receive free registration to the current year Reaching Forward Conference and a framed certificate. The nomination deadline is March 31, 2021. Please contact Cyndi Robinson at robinson@ila.org.

'Game On!' Grants

The Games and Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association is proud to sponsor its annual grant program to enable libraries to develop gaming programs or collections for their patrons. Through the Game On! grants $500.00 will be available to be awarded either as one grant of $500 or two of $250 each to assist a library or libraries in developing gaming programs or collections for their communities.

Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant

Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. Every year, in the process of choosing the Coretta Scott King Book Award winners and honor books, the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of the American Library Association receives multiple copies of over 100 titles by African American authors and illustrators.

2021 Historical Records Grant Program

The Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board (ISHRAB), using funding from National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), is offering grants of up to $5,000 to Illinois historical records keepers to develop and/or carry out projects that show commitment to developing and/or implementing projects that will lead to enhanced online access.