In 1827, the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, appointed a three-person committee to start a library. The committee suggested that “it is expedient to raise sixty dollars, by a tax, to purchase books for said library.” The precursor of the Cary Library, one of the nation’s oldest, was thus established.
Seeking out and applying for grants is time-consuming work, but the work really begins long before you start drafting that budget narrative.
Below are a few things you can start doing today that will make your next grant-writing endeavor go more smoothly (and, we hope, successfully).
Public libraries may apply for grants to host public programs around the PBS series “The Great American Read,” an eight-part television and online series designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us, the ALA Public Programs Office announced.
