Where Do Libraries Get Additional Funding for Programs?

“Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers’ Project” Online Site Support Notebook

Libraries participating in past ALA Public Programs Office projects have reported receiving funding for programs from the following:

Nonprofit sources

Friends of the Library
Science/history professional organizations
State humanities councils
State and local arts councils
University administration (lecture series funds, events planning and coordination committees, dean of faculty, history department, African American studies department, humanities division, president’s/provost’s/chancellor’s funds)
Community college cultural advisory board, educational foundation, contracts and grants department
Local/regional/state family foundations
County historical societies
Professional service organizations (The Links, Inc., an organization for African-American women; Zonta, a national organization of women in business; Kiwanis; etc.)
Centers for the Book

For profit sources