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Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Christina Gutierrez Dec 29, 2010.

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Christina Gutierrez replied to Christina Gutierrez's discussion 'Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program'

Thanks for the information Jan. Our program is connect to Friends of the Fountain Valley Library, but that is just one of many libraries in the area. I should look into establsihing a relationships with additional local libraries. …

Dec 29, 2010

Jan Mitchell Johnson replied to Christina Gutierrez's discussion 'Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program'

Barbara Bush's grant program is VERY competitive. Unless you are an established literacy agency, give up. Jan ------------------------- Jan Mitchell Johnson Grantsformation, Inc. Time Is Money. We Get You…

Dec 24, 2010

Jan Mitchell Johnson replied to Christina Gutierrez's discussion 'Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program'

Hi, Christina. I know of several. Start with First Book and Reach Out and Read. They are both on Facebook, but check their websites, too. I find that LIKING a page on Facebook leads me to more resources when I can see what…

Dec 24, 2010

Christina Gutierrez replied to Christina Gutierrez's discussion 'Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program'

Hello Joyce, Thank you for your response. Our program has applied for the Barbara Bush Foundation grant two years in a row with no luck. They offer national funding and I'm sure get quite a bit of applicants. I will look into the Dollar…

Sep 8, 2010

Joyce Petrowski replied to Christina Gutierrez's discussion 'Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program'

Hi Christina, I believe the Barbara Bush Foundation gives away books to organizations helping low income children. Also, Dollar General has some literacy grants that would probably work - not sure if the application is available yet or not, but…

Sep 8, 2010

Karen Henke replied to Christina Gutierrez's discussion 'Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program'

Have you checked the library's page on Grant Wrangler? We list resources for libraries and many of them are free. You can also search on Grant Wrangler in the categories of literacy and free stuff. The Lisa Libraries grant might be able to help…

Aug 31, 2010

Grants and Funding for the Early Literacy Program

I am an AmeriCorps member serving at the Early Literacy Progra of Orange County. Our book budget was recently slashed and we're looking for grants, funding and sponsorships to purchase quality children's books to provide to children in low income communities in Orange County, CA. If anyone knows of organizations, corporation or foundation that fund early litreacy that would be a big help. Thank you! www.earlyliteracyprogramoc.org See More

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