Thinking about finding some grant funding?
During the recent Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries mini-conference, Stephanie Gerding presented a terrific 30 minute session on Winning Grants for Small & Rural Libraries. You can view the recording at https://youtu.be/YgJnZwmh_bc
With the pandemic, some libraries may be facing budget cuts, or maybe you have a wish list of things and you'd like to seek grant funding. Stephanie offers great advice and highlights some of the following resources.
- candid.org - The Foundation Center and Guidestar combined last year to form Candid.
- Candid: Funding for COVID-19 - A curated list of aid available to individuals, artists, nonprofits, and small businesses.
- libraries.foundationcenter.org - track and find funding for libraries
- nativephilanthropy.candid.org - Building equity for Native communities
- grantspace.org - Grantspace includes sample documents under the Resources tab. Also, take a look at all of the online, free training sessions at Grantspace by Candid: Search Training
- librarygrants.blogspot.com - Gerding's blog for library grants
Here are a couple of recorded webinars from Candid:
The SD State Library has a grants information guide at libguides.library.sd.gov. We also provide access to the Foundation Directory Online Professional grants database. And don't forget, due to the pandemic, FREE access to the Foundation Directory Online Essential grants database is available through August 31st. See the information at libguides.library.sd.gov, Grants Database tab under E-Resource Information.