Artstour & Live Music provides support to eligible Illinois not-for-profit organizations seeking to present Illinois performing artists, companies, or groups for performances, collaborations, or short residencies held in conjunction with performances. Grant requests for fiscal year 2023 are for activities occurring by August 31, 2023.
First Book believes that education is the best way out of poverty for children in need. First Book aims to remove barriers to quality education for all kids by making everything from brand new books to school supplies, basic needs items, digital learning resources, and more – affordable to its member network of more than 550,000 educators who exclusively serve kids in need. First Book also works with dozens of corporate and nonprofit partners to help subsidize costs even further through special funding opportunities made available exclusively to members.
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.
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.
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
From the Cyber Drive Illinois website--
Robert P. Doyle ILA Conference Grant for Support Staff
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.
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.
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.