Grant and Funding Sources

The Department of Libraries posts the information that it receives regarding grants available to libraries in our listing of Current Grant Opportunities

Grants Collection at the Vermont State Library

The Vermont State Library is part of a network of over 400 Foundation Center Cooperating Collections located in libraries in the United States and abroad. The cooperating collections serve individuals and nonprofit organizations. There is a second Vermont cooperating collection at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury. If you live in a border community, you may find the cooperating collections in NH, MA or NY more convenient than either Vermont location. More information about the Grants Collection....

 

Find Grant Funding @ the Library Grants Center

 THE LIBRARY GRANTS CENTER, from Salem Press. A free web tool designed to help librarians navigate the world of library grants. The website offers resources to help librarians, library trustees, and library friends locate library grant funding sources on the national, state, regional and local levels.  Grant information comes from a range of public and private sources, including professional organizations, large corporations, and family foundations.  The Library Grants: How To page provides useful information about the grant application process and a list of resources for books, web sites, blogs and more.

Vermont Arts Council Grant Workshops

The Vermont Arts Council has announced their free grant workshops.

 

Are you interested in applying for one of their Creation Grants, Cultural Facilities Grants, or Project Grants? Let them explain the application process, give you tips and answer your questions at their free informational workshops!

 

Cultural Facilities Grantseeker Wrokshops will be held from 1:00-4:00 p.m. on:

  • Wednesday, March 20: Morrisville
  • Monday, March 25: Brattleboro
  • Wednesday, March 27: Randolph

 

Creation Grantseeker Workshops and Project Grantseeker Workshops will be held on:

  • Monday, April 8: Rutland
  • Wednesday, April 10: Montpelier

NOTE: Creation Grantseeker Workshops are from 10:00 a.m. - noon. Project Grantseeker Workshops are from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

 

Visit the Grantseeker Workshops page for details and registration

Paul Post Fund

The goal of the Paul Post Fund is to support Vermont libraries and to encourage and enhance reading by young adults. The fund has a primary interest in literacy projects that will engage young people. Any school, municipal or public nonprofit library in the state of Vermont may apply to the Paul Post Fund. For more information visit http://www.vermontcf.org/Nonprofits/AvailableGrants/PaulPostFund.aspx

 

Contact Information:

The Vermont Community Foundation
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, cilstrup@vermontcf.org
(802) 388-3355 x. 295

Amount:

Ranges from $250-$1,000

Deadine:

No deadline, applications are accepted via email on a rolling basis throughout the year.

To Apply:

Send your proposal (no longer than two pages) via email to Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup at cilstrup@vermontcf.org. Include the following information in your proposal:

  • Name, address, and website for your library
  • Name, email address, and phone number of the contact person for your application
  • Amount requested (between $250 and $1,000)
  • Project narrative of no more than two pages addressing the following:
    • Goal - what you hope to achieve
    • Problem - why it is important to do this work
    • Activities - what you will do during the project
    • Evaluation - how you will know you have succeeded
  • Itemized budget for project including expected income and expenses

 

Libri Foundation Books for Children Grants

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated almost $5,500,000 worth of new children's books to more than 3,000 libraries in all 50 states.  In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children's books.  After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds.

 

The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 700-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published primarily in the last three years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children's titles. Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000). Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department.

 

For more information about the Libri Foundation and the Books for Children grants, visit their webpage at: http://www.librifoundation.org/ 

 

Contact Information:

Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President
The Libri Foundation
PO Box 10246
Eugene, OR 97440
(541) 747-9655
libri@librifoundation.org

Amount:

Up to $1,050 (a 2:1 match on funds raised by local sponsors of $50 - $350)

Deadine:

Applications must be postmarked by May15th, 2013.

To Apply:

Fill out the application online, download a PDF to fill out by hand, or email libri@librifoundation.org to be sent a paper application.

 

Vermont Arts Council Cultural Facilities Grants

The Vermont Arts Council has announced its 2014 Cultural Facilites Grant Program. This program will award grants from $1,000-$30,000 for Vermont nonprofit organizations and municipalites to enhance, create, or expand the capacity of an existing building to provide cultural activities for the public. Grants must be matched on a 1:1 basis.

 

The Arts Council will be hosting workshops for those interested in the program, and strongly encourage anyone who plans to apply to attend a workshop. More information about the workshops can be found here.

 

Contact Information: Vermont Arts Council
136 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-6001
Michele Bailey, mbailey@vermontartscouncil.org
(802) 828-3294
Amount: $1,000 - $30,000
Deadline: May 13, 2013
To Apply: Applications include an online application and online submission of supporting documents.

 

National Endowment for the Humanities: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning and Implementation Grants

The Division of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funds humanities projects that are intended for broad public audiences at museums, libraries, historic sites and other historical and cultural organizations.

 

New application guidelines are now posted on the NEH Web site (www.neh.gov) for our America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning and Implementation grants.

 

Planning grants support the early stages of project development, including consultation with scholars, refinement of humanities themes, preliminary design, and audience evaluation.

 

Implementation grants support final scholarly research and consultation, design development, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public.

 

Grants support interpretive exhibitions, reading or film discussion series, historic site interpretation, lecture series and symposia, and digital projects.  NEH especially encourages projects that offer multiple formats and make creative use of new technology to deliver humanities content.

  

Program officers in the Division of Public Programs are available to assist you, whether it is to discuss project ideas or to read a draft of a proposal. Please call the NEH Division of Public Programs (202-606-8269) or contact a program officer directly. Below are the names and contact information for the Division’s program officers:

 

Barbara Bays, 202-606-8290, bbays@neh.gov

Chrissy Cortina, 202-606-8305, ccortina@neh.gov

Jeff Hardwick, 202-606-8287, jhardwick@neh.gov

Karen Kenton, 202-606-8307, kkenton@neh.gov

Marc Ruppel, 202-606-8288, mruppel@neh.gov

Danielle Shapiro, 202-606-8241, dshapiro@neh.gov

David Weinstein, 202-606-8308, dweinstein@neh.gov

 

Contact Information:

NEH Division of Public Programs
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 411
Washington, D.C. 20506
(202) 606-8269

Amount: Not Listed
Deadline: August 14, 2013 (must be received by this date)
To Apply: Visit http://www.neh.gov/grants for more information and for instructions to prepare your application.