Grants

• ALA Scholarships
• NYLA Scholarships
• Fulbright Scholar Program
• LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund
  Established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt, this trust is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees’ opinion, are:
  • Denied employment rights or discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, age, disability, or place of national origin; or
  • Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom, including promotion of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the freedom of librarians to select items for their collections from all the world’s written and recorded information, and defense of privacy rights.

• American Library Association (ALA ) Grants
• Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy
• Best Buy Foundation
• The Bolger Foundation
  Focuses on the areas of conservation and preservation; those underprivileged and underserved; health, including mental health; community; and education. Awards range from $10,000-$250,000.
• New York State Council on the Arts
  • Statewide Community Regrant Partners – initiates funding partnerships with regional arts councils and cultural organizations
    • Arts Mid-Hudson: serves Dutchess, Ulster and Orange Counties
    • CREATE: serves Columbia, Greene
    • Putnam Arts Council: serves Putnam County
• Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grants
• Bank of America Grants
• Poets & Writers Readings & Workshop Grants
  Pays fees to writers who participate in public readings or teach creative writing workshops in diverse community settings throughout New York State.
• Library Grants Blog
  Lists and summarizes current library grants and award opportunities from a wide variety of funding sources.
• Experimental Television Center
• Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) A Big Read
• New York Foundation for the Arts
• The Pilcrow Foundation
• Stewart’s Shops Grants
• The Walmart Foundation

Candid Foundation Directory