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  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    READY OR NOT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM

    Open Date
    May 25, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,634,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $1,634,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    29990
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    This grant program will connect California cultural heritage organizations with local assistance grants to strengthen collections care and emergency preparedness, thereby protecting their collections from damage, destruction and decay. The goal is to protect at-risk art, historically and culturally significant collections that are publicly and privately held among California’s underserved and underrepresented communities.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Nonprofit
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: READY OR NOT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    2022 Lunch at the Library

    Open Date
    Feb 9, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $800,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    8693
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Summer months often mean children and teens have reduced or limited access to healthy food, learning opportunities, and safe places to gather. Lunch at the Library helps California’s children and teens stay nourished and engaged while school is out.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    All public libraries in California are eligible to apply.

    View Full Grant Details: 2022 Lunch at the Library>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    CopyCat Grant

    Open Date
    Jun 24, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $5,000 – $20,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    11486
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    A California State Library LSTA grant program intended to facilitate easy duplication of successful projects.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    This opportunity is for LSTA eligible libraries in California.

    View Full Grant Details: CopyCat Grant>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Public Library Staff Education Program

    Open Date
    Sep 29, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $425,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    14513
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Public Library Staff Education Program is a tuition reimbursement program developed by the California State Library to improve library services to California’s diverse communities. To support the professional development of California public libraries, the California State Library provides California public library staff with tuition reimbursement for courses required for a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Individual
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Applicants must be currently employed in a California public library, county law library, or cooperative library system.

    View Full Grant Details: Public Library Staff Education Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Library Services and Technology Act Local and Collaborative Competitive Grant

    Open Date
    Oct 12, 2020
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $2,500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $10,000 – $250,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    4235
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The California State Library’s competitive LSTA grant opportunities help California’s libraries respond effectively to local needs and align services with local community aspirations; support experimentation and research and development in California’s libraries; and provide training and support in grant writing and grant management for the California library community.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Grant is limited to California.

    View Full Grant Details: Library Services and Technology Act Local and Collaborative Competitive Grant>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Zip Books

    Open Date
    Dec 16, 2021
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    8165
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of the Zip Books program is to provide patrons with speedy access to materials they might not otherwise be able to get through the library, without the long wait times often associated with interlibrary loan requests. It also adds a patron-driven collection development approach to a library’s usual process, resulting in a collection more closely matched to the needs of the local community.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    This opportunity is for public libraries in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Zip Books>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Preservation and Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History

    Open Date
    Nov 15, 2021
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $750,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $5,000 – $150,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    7595
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Preservation and Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History Program (LGBTQ+) is a competitive grant program targeted at Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer archives of all sizes for projects that work to preserve and make publicly accessible collections relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history in California.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Applicant organizations must be based in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Preservation and Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Community Connections

    Open Date
    Jul 27, 2021
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $30,000 – $60,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    6364
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of this project is to eliminate barriers that prevent people from accessing vital community resources, particularly in the areas of housing, health, nutrition, employment, and education through establishing community resource navigators in up to ten California Public Libraries.

     

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    This grant opportunity is available to public libraries in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Community Connections>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Lunch at the Library Summer 2025

    Open Date
    Sep 25, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $3,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    80768
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Funds and support are available for all California public libraries that help to provide USDA summer meals for children and youth.

    The Lunch at the Library program helps California public libraries to establish library locations as U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) summer meal sites and take pop-up libraries to other USDA community meal sites while providing learning and enrichment opportunities.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    California public libraries only.

    View Full Grant Details: Lunch at the Library Summer 2025>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Preservation & Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History

    Open Date
    Oct 2, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    CA State Library
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $750,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $15,000 – $100,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA State Library
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    80762
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Preservation & Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History grant opportunity provides state of California funding for California institutions to support the preservation and public accessibility of LGBTQ+ archives.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Statewide grantees and collections must be located in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Preservation & Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History>/span>