Beyond Words - Grants and Other Funding

If your school library has been affected by a natural disaster, fire, or act of terrorism, you may need financial assistance to recover your collection, furniture, and equipment. Below is a list of some grant programs and other funding sources for which your library may be eligible.

Beyond Words
www.ala.org/aasl/disasterrelief
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 Beyond Words fund will provide grants to public schools  to replace or supplement books, media and/or library equipment in the school library setting.


LBF Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative
http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries created the Gulf Coast Library Recovery Initiative to provide grants that allow libraries to “buy books for hurricane-affected school libraries in the Gulf Coast region.” Applications for 2007 are no longer being accepted; please see the web site for information about 2008 grants.

LSTA Grants
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/what_we_do/servicestechnologygrant.html
According to the Web site, “Library Disaster Aid Grants, awarded through the Illinois State Library using federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, provide immediate, short-term funding for public, school, academic or special libraries which encounter exceptional and overwhelming emergencies due to disasters such as fire or flooding.” Visit the Web site for more information