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LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund

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The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt. It is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees’ opinion, are:

  • Denied employment rights or discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, age, disability, or place of national origin; or
  • Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom, including promotion of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the freedom of librarians to select items for their collections from all the world’s written and recorded information, and defense of privacy rights.
If you are in need of assistance, please click here to submit an application.  If you have any questions, please contact the Merritt Fund at (800) 545-2433 x4226 or at merrittfund@ala.org.  To donate to the Merritt Fund, visit the Donations page.
 
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SAVE THE DATE! 

The Merritt Fund's 40th Anniversary celebration will be held on
Monday, June 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Stay tuned for details.
 
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The Merritt Fund is governed by a board of three trustees who are elected by donors of the Fund.
 
To add an image/link to the Merritt Humanitarian Fund, visit the Merritt Fund Committee of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table.
 

Click here to watch a video about the work of the Merritt Fund!

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In Memoriam

Judith Krug, founder of the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund, passed away on April 11, 2009.  For more on her life and accomplishments, click here.  To read how her friends, colleagues, and co-workers have paid tribute to her, click here.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Freedom to Read Foundation, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, Illinois 60611

To donate online visit https://www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?Action=GC&CID=811.  Specify Judith Krug Memorial in "tribute section"

   OIF Staff Liaisons to the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund

LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4226
Fax: 312-280-4227
merrittfund@ala.org
http://www.merrittfund.org

Deborah Caldwell-Stone
Merritt Fund Acting Secretary
Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4223
Fax: 312-280-4227
dstone@ala.org

Jonathan Kelley
Merritt Fund Program Coordinator
Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4226
Fax: 312-280-4227
jokelley@ala.org

Site hosting and links to the Merritt Humanitarian Fund (trust) are provided complimentary by the American Library Association as an item of interest to librarians. The trust is not an American Library Association fund.

Links to non-ALA sites have been provided because these sites may have information of interest. Neither the American Library Association nor the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund necessarily endorses the views expressed or the facts presented on these sites; and furthermore, ALA and the Merritt Fund do not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these sites.

   

Mail comments on Merritt Web site to jokelley@ala.org