Category: Grant Opportunities    

Wal-Mart Community Grant Program
The Wal-Mart Community Grant Program allows local nonprofit organizations, such as libraries, to hold fundraisers at their local Wal-Mart or SAM’S CLUB. Through the Matching Grant Program, the store/club can elect to match a portion of the funds raised up to $1,000. Events held off the premises are also eligible for funding when a company associate is actively involved.

Additionally, once each Wal-Mart or SAM’S CLUB has met certain criteria in the Matching Grant Program each year, a second source of funding is awarded to the store/club to use in the community. These funds do not require a fundraiser to be held, instead the funds can be awarded directly to deserving organizations. To learn more about the program visit the website at http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/
or contact the Community Involvement Coordinator at the local Wal-Mart or SAM’S CLUB.

Target Corporation — Family Violence Prevention Grants
Deadline: May 31, 2008.

Target Corporation is accepting applications for its Family Violence Prevention Grants to support healthy family relationships and environments. Award amounts are $1,000-$3,000. Eligible applicants include 501(C)(3) organizations, schools, libraries, and public agencies. Link to Target Grant for Family Violence Prevention

Target Corporation — Early Childhood Reading Grants
Deadline: May 31, 2008.

Target Corporation is accepting applications for its Early Childhood Reading Grants to support development of interest and ability in reading in children from birth to age 9. Award amounts are $1,000-$3,000. Eligible applicants include 501(C)(3) organizations, schools, libraries, and public agencies. Link to Early Childhood Reading Grants

Target Stores Accepting Applications for Local Store Grants Program
Deadline: May 31, 2008.

Target Corporation’s ( http://www.target.com/ ) Local Store Grants provide funding support to “Target” communities in the areas of arts, reading programs, and family violence prevention. To be eligible, organizations must be located in communities where Target does business. Grants will be awarded to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, schools, libraries, or public agencies for nonprofit programs that impact arts, early childhood reading, or family violence prevention. Arts grants are awarded to programs that bring the arts to schools or make the arts accessible to children and families. Early childhood reading grants support programs that foster a love of reading and encourage children, from birth through age nine, to read together with their families. Family violence prevention grants support programs that strengthen families and communities by keeping them safe. Support will be awarded for projects or programs. The average grant amount is between $1,000 and $3,000. For communities offering unique opportunities outside the scope of the program’s focus areas, Target provides each store limited funds for Target GiftCard donations. GiftCard donations are available March through December, as funding permits. Visit the Target Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: Target Grant Information

Looking for a great program to host at your library?  Look no further than the PA Humanities Council. 

Check out www.pahumanities.org to find a speaker on a wide range of topics from African American Experience, the Civil War Era, Dance and Theatre, Film and the Visual Arts, Music, Labor and Industry, Philosophy, and Women Through History.  These speakers can be available to present a program at your library at no cost by meeting a few program requirements. 

 Pick a speaker, submit your application and begin planning your program today:  www.pahumanities.org/resources/speakers.php

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The Office of Commonwealth Libraries is pleased to announce the opportunity for municipalities to apply for grants for public library facilities from the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund.

Application packages must be received at the Office of Commonwealth Libraries by 5:00 pm on June 30, 2008.

Applications will be available on the Commonwealth Libraries’ website the end of January:
www.statelibrary.state.pa.us.

View the following document for additional information: 2008 Keystone Annoucement

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), announces the fourth deadline for the Big Read program.

The purpose of the Big Read is to revitalize the role of literature in American popular culture. Grants ranging from $5,000 – $20,000 are available to encourage local communities to inspire reading through the Big Read program.

Organizations selected to participate in the Big Read will receive a grant, financial support to attend a national orientation meeting, educational and promotional materials for broad distribution, an organizer’s guide for developing and managing Big Read activities, guidance on working with local media, inclusion of the organization and its activities on the Big Read Web site, and the prestige of participating in a highly visible national initiative.

The application deadline is February 12, 2008.

Visit the following website for additional information: www.imls.gov

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting grant applications for the agency’s 2008 National Leadership Grant (NLG) program.

The deadline for submitting applications is February 1, 2008.

Visit the following website for additional information: www.imls.gov

Kathel Dunn, Associate Director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, wants you to know that they offer free classes and grants for health related projects.

Classes, available both in-person and online, are free of charge. Visit the following link for more information: Classes Offered by NN/LM MAR Staff

The grant information can be found at nnlm.gov.  Currently the MicroAwards and Exhibit Awards are open and available. The deadline is April 30, 2008.

Applicants must be members of the network but membership is free and signing up is simple and straightforward.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Kathel Dunn
Associate Director
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Middle Atlantic Region
New York University Medical Center
423 East 23rd Street, Floor 15 South
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212.263.4197
Fax: 212.263.4258
Email: dunn@library.med.nyu.edu

The ALSC/BWI Reading Program Grant is designed to encourage reading programs for children in a public library by providing financial assistance of $3,000, while recognizing ALSC members for outstanding program development.

The applicant must plan and present an outline for a theme-based summer reading program in a public library. The Committee encourages proposals with innovative ways to encourage involvement of children with physical or mental disabilities.

ALSC/BWI Reading Program Grant Opportunity

Pennsylvania Humanities Council & Pennsylvania State University Partnership Connects Scholars and Community Groups in Central PA

The Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) invites nonprofit organizations in mid-central Pennsylvania to apply for Public Humanities Scholars. Public Humanities Scholars matches nonprofits with Penn State scholars so that they can plan and present quality humanities programs in their communities. This initiative is offered in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University’s Institute for Arts and Humanities (IAH).

The application deadline for 2008 projects is November 1, 2007.
Learn more by downloading the guidelines and application from PHC’s website at Public Humanities Scholars.

You can contact PHC at 1.800.462.0442 or phc@pahumanities.org

The deadline for all PaLA Conference Scholarships have been extended to August 31, 2007.

PaLA offers first time conference attendees, who are involved in Youth Services, the opportunity to apply for the Boyds Mills Conference Scholarship. Please visit the following link to view this form: Boyds Mill

Support staff, who have not previously attended PaLA, are encouraged to apply for one of ten Brodart/PaLA Conference Grants of $150 each. Please visit the the following link to view this form: Brodart/PaLA Conference Grant

Thanks to the generous donation of an anonymous donor, a Youth Services Librarian attending the conference but not for the first time, may receive a $500 scholarship. Please visit the follwing link to view this form: PaLA Youth Services

Don’t forget to register for the PaLA Conference. See the following blog for more information and a link to register online. PaLA Conference: Register Today!

We are pleased to announce we will be able to offer Six Family Place Grants for the grant year of 2008-09.  Applications are due by Friday, September 28 and grants will be announced in the spring of 2008.  See attachments for more information. 

Family Place Grants Cover Sheet

Family Place Application

Internet Safety Certification

Susan Pannebaker
Office of Commonwealth Libraries 
Pennsylvania Department of Education

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is accepting applications for MedlinePlus Go Local awards.

The purpose of the MedlinePlus Go Local project is to link MedlinePlus users to information about health services in local communities, including hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, support groups, health screening providers, and others. You can link directly from each MedlinePlus health topic to services related to that particular topic. For example, if you choose Go Local from the MedlinePlus Chronic Fatigue Syndrome page, you will find links to local services such as Acupuncturists, Internists, Osteopaths, Hospitals and so on in the area you select.

The number of awards made is dependent on funding availability.  Maximum award is $25,000.

For more information, go to: http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/golocal.html 

Kathel

This is a reminder that the invitation to apply for the 2007 Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award for public service to older adults in a diverse community and the invitation to apply for the AARP Award to recognize and promote library service for older adults in Pennsylvania are due by August 10th.   **Update:   The Older Adults Task Force is extending the deadline to apply the 2007 Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award for public service to older adults in a diverse community and the AARP Award to recognize and promote library service for older adults in Pennsylvania.  The deadline will be extended until August 21^st.

What special programs has your library presented in the past year for the older adults in your area? What programs have you presented to a diverse community of older adults?

Wouldn’t you like to share that with other libraries in Pennsylvania? Take a look at the award applications inserted below. Print out a copy, fill in the information about your special program and send it in. We look forward to hearing from you. The award presentations will be held at the PaLA Annual Conference in State College in October.

AARP Public Library Service For Older Adults 2007 Award
AARP Award Application Form
Marietta Y King & Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award

Remember, please send the applications for the Marietta Y. King and Alberta Walden Still Diversity Award to me. See my contact information below.

Send the AARP Award application to-
AARP
30 North 3rd St
Suite 750
Harrisburg, PA 17101

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Thank You, Claudia

Claudia Koenig
Outreach Advisor
Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Department of Education
333 Market St.
Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
717-783-5747
FAX: 717-783-5723
E: ckoenig@state.pa.us