School Library Grant Applications

Posted by Laura Bush Foundation on October 13, 2014

Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Accepting School Library Grant Applications

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2014

The mission of the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, a fund of the George W. Bush Foundation, is to help school libraries encourage and foster a love of reading, support student learning, and make books and reading materials available to students who otherwise wouldn’t have access to them.

To that end, grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded to help libraries expand, update, and diversify their book collections at schools where 85 percent or more of the students qualify for free or reduced lunches.

Schools serving pre-K through 12th grade students in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, all American territories, and Department of Defense schools in other countries are eligible to apply. This includes all public, private, parochial, charter, city, state, county, and reservation schools — including special schools, social services schools, and juvenile detention center schools in any of those jurisdictions that serve any combination of pre-kindergarten through high school students.

For complete program guidelines, an FAQ, and application instructions, visit the Laura Bush Foundation website.

http://laurabushfoundation.unt.edu/lbf-grant-application