ACL Mini-Grants Available to Members – Apply by Feb. 15, 2021

New ACL Mini-Grants Available to Our Members – Apply by Feb. 15, 2021.

Grants ($500 maximum) are available for library programs that are not part of the regular budget, including (but not limited to) author or illustrator guest speakers, professional performances for families, special hands-on programming including gaming and Makerspaces, Stay and Play resources for storytimes, special summer learning programs, and other programs that are not customarily part of the library’s budget (such as materials and staff salaries). If your program is chosen, funds will be disbursed in advance of the date of the program.

If grant is awarded, a brief follow-up report is due one month after the date of the event. It should include a photo, number of people who attended, and one page on what occurred at the program, what worked really well, and what you would do differently in the future.  Applicants must be ACL Members!

Please cut and paste the application (below) into a Word Document, and send the completed application to Penny Peck at [email protected] by February 15, 2021.

ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN’S LIBRARIANS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

MINI-GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING – 2021

The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California are pleased to announce our second round of Mini-grants for library programming, to be distributed in 2021. Applicants must be ACL members, and the programs must be for children, teens, or families.

Grants are for special library programs that are not part of the regular budget, including (but not limited to) author or illustrator guest speakers, professional performances for families, special hands-on programming including gaming and Makerspaces, Stay and Play resources for storytimes, special summer learning programs, and other programs that are not customarily part of the library’s budget (such as materials and staff salaries).

Name of Library:

Address:

Phone and Website:

Contact Person (name and title, must be ACL Member):

Email:

Amount of funding requested ($500 maximum):

What is the name of your proposed program:

Describe in detail the program activities, including how children, parents, and families will be participating:

Tentative dates/times of the program:

How many children do you expect to participate:

Costs associated with the program (lists expenditures and amounts):

If grant is awarded, a brief follow-up report is due one month after the date of the event (see samples: www.bayviews.org/acl-grant-reports-daly-city-public-library/ or www.bayviews.org/acl-grant-report-cragmont-elementary-school/ ).

It should include a photo, number of people who attended, and one page on what occurred at the program and what you would do differently in the future (if anything).

Submission Date (must be submitted by 2/15/21):

Submit to ACL, Attn: Penny Peck, [email protected]