Find Grant Dollars for Your Library with These Sources

Each month, the Wyoming State Library posts Grant and Award opportunities to our blog and runs them in our Outrider newsletter.

Have you ever wondered where we find these opportunities? Maybe you’d like to be in the loop yourself so that you can find out about them sooner? Here are some of the free places we look to find money for your library that you can follow as well.

Grant opportunity sources

• Library Grants blog
  You can follow this in a blog reader or sign up for their email updates.
• Grants.gov
  The source for federal grant opportunities.
• Demco Free Library & Education Grants Search
• Philanthropy News Digest RFPs
  To see the most recent posts, search all RFPs and then narrow your search by date posted using the dropdown.
• Library Grants
  List compiled by Scholastic.
• GrantStation Insider
  Sign up to get national, regional, and federal grant opportunities delivered to your email inbox.

Carol McMurry Library Endowment Grants

As a reminder, the Carol McMurry Library Endowment through the Wyoming Community Foundation was established specifically to support Wyoming libraries and their workers and volunteers. The endowment offers two types of grants:

• Grants to Libraries for education and training, library resources, and Foundation development
• Grants to library workers and volunteers for continuing education

Have questions about grants?

Reach out to Susan Mark, Wyoming State Library Outreach Librarian, at [email protected] or (307) 777-5915.