Laura Bush Foundation: Disaster Relief Initiative Grants

 
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    Funder Type

    Private Foundation

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Laura Bush Foundation

    Summary

    After the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as the California wildfires, the Laura Bush Foundation is dedicating its resources to help disaster-affected schools rebuild their book collections.

    To be eligible for a 2017 Disaster Relief Initiative grant from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries, the applying school must meet the following criteria:

    • Disaster School: The school must have sustained damage to the library during Hurricane Harvey, Irma or Maria or the California wildfires. This list will be updated as other storms and natural disasters arise in 2017.
    • Dedicated School Library: The school library must be a uniquely designated space in which books and other materials are systematically classified, arranged by subject, type, etc. and stored in a location and manner that allows access to all students and adults in the school. Not eligible: classrooms or classroom sets of books, collections of books stored in closets, or collections of books on rolling carts of any kind.
    • Staff Librarian: The day-to-day oversight and operation of the school library must be carried out by a paid librarian, designated by the school administration to be responsible for the collection, care, and use of the materials housed in the library.
     

    History of Funding

    This is the first year of this program, as such previous award information is currently unavailable. To see winners of other Laura Bush Foundation grants, please visit the funder's website.

    Additional Information

    The foundation defines "library" as a uniquely designated space in which books and other materials are systematically classified and arranged by subject and type. They are stored in a place and manner that allows all students and adults in the school to have access to those books and materials. Applying schools must have or are planning to rebuild a library that meets this definition.

    A book” is a hardbound print or a Braille volume, an audio-book or an e-book to be added to either the circulating or reference section of the school library collection.  Magazine/serial copies or subscriptions and e-magazine subscriptions may be purchased with grant funds.

    Not eligible expenses include: classroom sets of books, collections of books that are not organized and classified in a systematic way and stored in a room, collections of books on rolling carts that are moved throughout the school, videos or DVDs, any student/teacher guide to the book (in print or other media), a test/quiz/workbook, exercise book or commentary on the book, any software related to the book, or electronic book readers.

    Contacts

    Tracy Young

    Tracy Young
    2943 SMU Boulevard
    Dallas, TX 75205
    214-200-4300
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Schools serving pre-K through 12th grade in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, all U.S. territories, and Department of Defense schools are eligible to apply. This includes all public, charter, private, parochial, 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.

    The school must have sustained damage to the library during one of the 2017 hurricanes or the California wildfires.

    Library grants are awarded to individual schools and not districts, thus more than one school from a district is eligible to apply and be awarded funds.

    Deadline Details

    The 2017 Disaster Relief grants will be awarded on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.

    Award Details

    The number of grants awarded will depend on the total dollars raised for this special initiative of the Laura Bush Foundation. 

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