COMMUNITY READ MAIN PAGE

Resources for Finding Grant Money
to Support the COMMUNITY READ

NEA Student Achievement Grants ($5,000 each)
http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/grant-application/student-achievement-grants/

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/site/c.jhLSK2PALmF/b.4344531/k.BD31/Home.htm

Verizon literacy programs  
http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml

Target’s Early Childhood Reading Grants (between $1,000 - $3,000 to encourage children, from birth to age 9, to read with their families. Info on applying for 2011 grants will be available after March 1, 2011.  
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031821

Fundsnet Service provides a guide to grant makers by state.
www.fundsnetservices.com/regions.htm

GrantsAlert provides information on grants specifically geared for teachers and schools.
www.grantsalert.com

ALA Innovative Reading Grant. An annual $2,500 award for a program geared to encourage reluctant readers and accomplished ones.  
www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslawards/innovativereadinggrant/aaslreading.cfm