Disaster Relief Grant

The Pilcrow Foundation offers the Disaster Relief Grant to support libraries in rural areas of the United States affected by natural disasters. This grant provides $800 worth of quality, hardcover children's books to aid in rebuilding children's departments. Libraries must demonstrate a commitment to serving their communities and possess a limited operating budget. This initiative ensures that children in disaster-stricken regions have access to new books, enhancing literacy and fostering a love for reading.

NOTE: Applications for the Children’s Book Project: Disaster Relief grant are available only upon request by email or mail.
The Pilcrow Foundation is pleased to offer a limited number of special non-matching grants through our Children’s Book Project program to libraries serving rural communities in the United States affected by recent tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, or other natural disasters. Libraries qualified to receive a Children’s Book Project: Disaster Relief grant can select $800 worth of new, quality, hardcover children’s books from The Pilcrow Foundation’s book list. Locally sponsored matching funds are not required for the disaster relief grants.
Libraries qualify for the Children’s Book Project: Disaster Relief grant on an individual basis.

Eligibility

To qualify for the grant, libraries in disaster affected areas must be located in a rural area within the 50 United States, have a limited operating budget, and have the intent to rebuild an active children’s department.