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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Library Grants Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">517-241-0021 / <a href="http://www.mi.gov/lsta">
<span style="color:#0563C1">www.mi.gov/lsta</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">These grants have been reviewed by ARSL for applicability for rural and small libraries. Information is provided by 3rd party organizations and subject to change without
notice. Always review the grantor’s website to ensure full understanding of grant requirements, obligations, and deadlines before applying. </span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">September 15</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Geographic Scope:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">All U.S. Public Libraries</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Opportunity Criteria/Synopsis:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created in 2019 to
recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">One winning library will receive $250,000 in unfettered grant monies and will also be profiled in the March 2026 issue of Library Journal and online.
Honorable mentions may also be named.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The winning library will be identified based on the degree of its impact on the community in the following key areas:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Engagement with the community to develop library services<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.7pt;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;align-self: start">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Inclusive service that supports broad community interests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.7pt;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;align-self: start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Leadership development to perpetuate the library's organizational strength and dynamism<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.7pt;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;align-self: start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Environmental sustainability and leadership in sustainable thinking<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.7pt;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;align-self: start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Inventiveness as exemplified by one of the library's services which is particularly original, both strategically and tactically<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.7pt;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;align-self: start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Resilience in the face of challenges<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Nominator (nominations submitted by civic officials or other significant individuals external to the library are welcome)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nominations will be accepted through the end of August, and winners will be notified by October 15, with a public awards ceremony occurring in November, 2025. Awardees will be publicly celebrated on the Let’s Move in Libraries webpage in perpetuity.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Any public library partner, anywhere in the world, is eligible.<br>
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<b>Opportunity Criteria/Synopsis:<br>
</b>Every Summer, the I Partner With My Public Library Award invites you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional partners. Each year, 10 are honored at an online ceremony held in their honor.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Brief application including community need being addressed, community impact and relationships with partner organizations.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Annual application deadlines for grant cycles are April 1 and October 1 (postmark date).<br>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries must be located in a rural area within the 50 United States, have a limited operating budget, have an active children’s department, and raise
$200-$400 through a local sponsor. Libraries with total operating budgets of less than $50,000 will receive funding priority; however, town libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 may also apply for grants.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Pilcrow Foundation, a national non-profit public charity, provides a 2-to-1 match to rural public libraries that receive a grant through its Children’s
Book Project and contribute $200-$400 through a local sponsors for the purchase of up to $1,200 worth (at retail value) of new, quality, hardcover children’s books.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Pilcrow Foundation provides a list of over 500 quality hardcover children’s books from which Children’s Book Project grant recipients can select books best suited for their community. The book list includes award-winning and star-reviewed titles from educational
and literary organizations.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">A brief application can be completed online or via mail. Application requests library details, children’s programming and circulation,
budget details, and matching funds information. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">All grant recipients are required to submit a one-page narrative report within 6 weeks of receiving the new books.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Applications will be open quarterly with the following schedule: Spring Applications open January–March; Summer Applications open April–June; Fall Applications
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Small U.S. Towns. The project must be located in towns with less than 50,000 people and should provide a community benefit where it might otherwise be
difficult to secure funding.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">T-Mobile is committing up to $25 million through 2026 to support small towns, villages, and territories across America by funding community projects
to jumpstart projects and build stronger communities. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The T-Mobile Hometown Grants program funds projects to build, rebuild, or refresh community spaces that help foster local connections in your town. Projects
should be shovel-ready, physical builds or improvements that can be completed within 12 months of receiving Hometown Grants funding.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Examples of eligible projects include but are not limited to adaptive uses of older and historic buildings into community gathering spaces, improvements to outdoor parks or trails, and technology projects for the public library.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Funds may not be used for engineering and architectural plans or fees, salaries or annual operating expenses, or reimbursement for projects that have already been completed.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">3-5 page proposal must include plans, budget, timeline, anticipated impact, and up to five letters of support.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Selected winners will provide status updates on their projects at 6 and 12 months. Plans must be able to be executed within 12 months of receiving funds.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Important Dates:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Open year-round</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Geographic Scope:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Support is available throughout the U.S., including Puerto Rico, with some opportunities focusing on the following target locations:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Washington, DC.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Opportunity Criteria/Synopsis:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Social Impact Funds comprise an impact-focused venture program that supports organizations tackling social drivers of health so that more people
have the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives. We fill a critical gap in the financial ecosystem for traditionally overlooked and underfunded nonprofit organizations. Through purposeful funding, we catalyze solutions that overcome barriers to health
care, food security, and economic empowerment.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Health Care Access & Quality - Overcoming barriers to high-quality, affordable, accessible health care that is age, gender and culturally appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Economic Empowerment - Promoting economic health through skill upleveling, financial literacy, violence prevention, housing support and more.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Selections are based on the strength of four factors:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">A meaningful and trusted connection to the target community.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.7pt;mso-list:l16 level1 lfo5;align-self: start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Potential to scale and achieve sustainability for maximum health impact.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">A few short paragraphs about the health challenge, how you are addressing it, the expected impact/outcomes and the program/project budget. There are
no required documents, but there is a space to upload supporting materials. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Each funded organization is paired with a Social Impact Funds principal. Quarterly check-ins are used to review progress to goals and provide feedback
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Organizations are connected with the Association’s vast data resources and network of experts as additional supports in navigating challenges and accelerating
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Open September 1-September 30. Award letters and checks sent in November/December.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Be a 501(c)(3) public charity, school, or unit of government located in the following areas:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">West Region: 6 California counties—Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Glenn, Butte, and Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Organizations may apply for grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 (average grant awarded is typically between $5,000 to $10,000). Organizations supporting
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">This grant is intended to support the vibrancy of rural communities. Applicants from organizations headquartered in rural towns with less than 50,000
residents are welcome to apply. Applicants located in a town or small city with 50,000-200,000 residents that are 1) not a suburb that’s part of a larger urban area and 2) are located in a primarily rural county are also eligible to apply.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Priority is given to organizations primarily focused on rural communities, per OMB definitions<i> (see application for definition)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Friday, Dec. 12, 2025</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Organizations within a 30-mile radius of company facilities in FL, GA, IN, IA, MD, MI, MN, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, SD, TX, VA, WI</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Grants of typically $5,000 - $30,000 for these program focus areas:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Hunger: Programs that reduce food waste, fight food insecurity, and expand health and nutrition access and education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Heroes: Programs that support U.S. military servicemembers, Veterans and their families; community leaders including teachers, law enforcement, firefighters, healthcare workers and blood donors;
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Hope: Programs that support career training and pathways, a more sustainable environment, and engagement and belonging<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Friends of and Library Foundations with 501c3 status may apply. Application requires a cover letter, proposal narrative, staff and board details, budget,
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2025 3:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) <<a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: ARSL Grant Opportunities Digest - August</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Karren Reish</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Library Grants Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">517-241-0021 / <a href="http://www.mi.gov/lsta">
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2025 3:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reish, Karren (MDE) <<a href="mailto:ReishK@michigan.gov">ReishK@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: ARSL Grant Opportunities Digest - August</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xelementtoproof" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Youth Services Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Library of Michigan<br>
702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915</span><br>
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<p class="xelementtoproof" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up!
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2025 3:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) <<a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: ARSL Grant Opportunities Digest - August</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Karren Reish</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2025 3:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reish, Karren (MDE) <<a href="mailto:ReishK@michigan.gov">ReishK@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: ARSL Grant Opportunities Digest - August</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxelementtoproof" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Youth Services Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxelementtoproof" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Library of Michigan<br>
702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915</span><br>
<i><span style="color:black;background:white">My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See </span>
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<p class="xxelementtoproof" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxelementtoproof" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up!
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">All U.S. Public Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Opportunity Criteria/Synopsis:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created
in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">One winning library will receive $250,000 in unfettered grant monies and will also be profiled in the March 2026 issue of Library Journal
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The winning library will be identified based on the degree of its impact on the community in the following key areas:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Engagement with the community to develop library services</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Community recognition</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Inclusive service that supports broad community interests</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Leadership development to perpetuate the library's organizational strength and dynamism</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Environmental sustainability and leadership in sustainable thinking</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Inventiveness as exemplified by one of the library's services which is particularly original, both strategically and tactically</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Resilience in the face of challenges</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Nominator (nominations submitted by civic officials or other significant individuals external to the library are welcome)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Library data: population in service area, physical area served, per capita expenditure, number of patrons served, number of FTE, hours of volunteer service contributed to the
library each year, types of existing funding sources with their relative percentages within total funding, and days and hours open per week.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Multiple author submissions are permitted. Please indicate whether AI was used significantly in the development of the application.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Detailed answers to criteria-focused questions.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Three letters of support from community partners and/or civic leaders, with at least one from an elected official.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Optional: Supporting materials such as photographs/images of the library and surrounding community; press coverage, brief videos (not exceed three minutes), etc. These materials
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Nominations will be accepted through the end of August, and winners will be notified by October 15, with a public awards ceremony occurring in November, 2025. Awardees will be publicly celebrated on the Let’s Move in Libraries webpage in perpetuity.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Any public library partner, anywhere in the world, is eligible.<br>
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</b>Every Summer, the I Partner With My Public Library Award invites you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional partners. Each year, 10 are honored at an online ceremony held in their honor.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Brief application including community need being addressed, community impact and relationships with partner organizations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Grants will be awarded and grant recipients will be posted by April 15 and October 15.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries must be located in a rural area within the 50 United States, have a limited operating budget, have an active children’s department,
and raise $200-$400 through a local sponsor. Libraries with total operating budgets of less than $50,000 will receive funding priority; however, town libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 may also apply for grants.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Pilcrow Foundation, a national non-profit public charity, provides a 2-to-1 match to rural public libraries that receive a grant through
its Children’s Book Project and contribute $200-$400 through a local sponsors for the purchase of up to $1,200 worth (at retail value) of new, quality, hardcover children’s books.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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The Pilcrow Foundation provides a list of over 500 quality hardcover children’s books from which Children’s Book Project grant recipients can select books best suited for their community. The book list includes award-winning and star-reviewed titles from educational
and literary organizations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">A brief application can be completed online or via mail. Application requests library details, children’s programming
and circulation, budget details, and matching funds information. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">All grant recipients are required to submit a one-page narrative report within 6 weeks of receiving the new books.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Applications will be open quarterly with the following schedule: Spring Applications open January–March; Summer Applications open April–June;
Fall Applications open July–<b><i>September 30</i></b>; and Winter Applications open October–December.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Small U.S. Towns. The project must be located in towns with less than 50,000 people and should provide a community benefit where it might
otherwise be difficult to secure funding.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">T-Mobile is committing up to $25 million through 2026 to support small towns, villages, and territories across America by funding community
projects to jumpstart projects and build stronger communities. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The T-Mobile Hometown Grants program funds projects to build, rebuild, or refresh community spaces that help foster local connections
in your town. Projects should be shovel-ready, physical builds or improvements that can be completed within 12 months of receiving Hometown Grants funding.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Examples of eligible projects include but are not limited to adaptive uses of older and historic buildings into community gathering spaces, improvements to outdoor parks or trails, and technology projects for the public library.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Funds may not be used for engineering and architectural plans or fees, salaries or annual operating expenses, or reimbursement for projects that have already been completed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">3-5 page proposal must include plans, budget, timeline, anticipated impact, and up to five letters of support.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Reporting Requirements:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Selected winners will provide status updates on their projects at 6 and 12 months. Plans must be able to be executed within 12 months
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Open year-round</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Support is available throughout the U.S., including Puerto Rico, with some opportunities focusing on the following target locations:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">The west coast of Florida and southwest Florida</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Atlanta, GA</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;align-self:start">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Washington, DC.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Opportunity Criteria/Synopsis:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Social Impact Funds comprise an impact-focused venture program that supports organizations tackling social drivers of health so that
more people have the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives. We fill a critical gap in the financial ecosystem for traditionally overlooked and underfunded nonprofit organizations. Through purposeful funding, we catalyze solutions that overcome barriers
to health care, food security, and economic empowerment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Health Care Access & Quality - Overcoming barriers to high-quality, affordable, accessible health care that is age, gender and culturally appropriate.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo13;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Food Security - Increasing access to healthy, affordable food via mobile markets, food hubs, food as medicine and more.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo13;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Economic Empowerment - Promoting economic health through skill upleveling, financial literacy, violence prevention, housing support and more.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Selections are based on the strength of four factors:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Demonstrated ability to drive change in under-resourced communities.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo14;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Strength and quality of team, program design and operational plan.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo14;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">A meaningful and trusted connection to the target community.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo14;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Potential to scale and achieve sustainability for maximum health impact.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">A few short paragraphs about the health challenge, how you are addressing it, the expected impact/outcomes and the program/project budget.
There are no required documents, but there is a space to upload supporting materials. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Reporting Requirements:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Each funded organization is paired with a Social Impact Funds principal. Quarterly check-ins are used to review progress to goals and
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Organizations are connected with the Association’s vast data resources and network of experts as additional supports in navigating challenges
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<h1 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Available Grants</span><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"> -
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<h2 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Land O’Lakes Community Vitality Grants</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Open September 1-September 30. Award letters and checks sent in November/December.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Geographic Scope:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Be a 501(c)(3) public charity, school, or unit of government located in the following areas:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">East Region: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo15;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">West Region: 6 California counties—Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Glenn, Butte, and Riverside</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Opportunity Criteria/Synopsis:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Organizations may apply for grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 (average grant awarded is typically between $5,000 to $10,000). Organizations
supporting rural communities are prioritized.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">This grant is intended to support the vibrancy of rural communities. Applicants from organizations headquartered in rural towns with less
than 50,000 residents are welcome to apply. Applicants located in a town or small city with 50,000-200,000 residents that are 1) not a suburb that’s part of a larger urban area and 2) are located in a primarily rural county are also eligible to apply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Community gardens and local food systems</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Community Vitality- Organizations committed to strengthening community resources and opportunities, especially in rural areas
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">4-H, FFA, and ag education programs</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo16;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Schools and educational institutions</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo16;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Economic development programs</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Priority is given to organizations primarily focused on rural communities, per OMB definitions<i> (see application for definition)</i></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo17;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Referral from a Land O’Lakes member-owner enhances application
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Current 501c3 Public Charity tax exempt nonprofit status through the Internal Revenue Service required.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Reporting Requirements:<br>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Friday, Sept. 12, 2025<br>
Friday, Dec. 12, 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Geographic Scope:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Organizations within a 30-mile radius of company facilities in FL, GA, IN, IA, MD, MI, MN, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, SD, TX, VA, WI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Grants of typically $5,000 - $30,000 for these program focus areas:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Hunger: Programs that reduce food waste, fight food insecurity, and expand health and nutrition access and education</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l17 level1 lfo18;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Heroes: Programs that support U.S. military servicemembers, Veterans and their families; community leaders including teachers, law enforcement, firefighters, healthcare workers
and blood donors; SpartanNash frontline heroes and Associate volunteers; and disaster relief efforts</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="color:black;line-height:140%;mso-list:l17 level1 lfo18;align-self:start">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Hope: Programs that support career training and pathways, a more sustainable environment, and engagement and belonging</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Application Requirements:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Friends of and Library Foundations with 501c3 status may apply. Application requires a cover letter, proposal narrative, staff and board
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">For too long, the overriding question has been why national philanthropy was leaving rural communities out. Recently, particularly in
the past five years, rural champions in national philanthropy, enterprising, place-based foundations and innovative intermediaries have begun to create the multilevel collaborative infrastructure required to end the rural philanthropy gap.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Writing a successful grant application is about more than filling out forms; it’s about telling your community’s story in a way that resonates
with funders. Whether you're new to grant writing or just looking to strengthen your next proposal, these tips can help you put your best foot forward.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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dollars. Their work focuses on documenting and sharing stories by working directly with local organizations to identify stories and talk with local people to hear in their own voice why they’ve taken on this work and what they’ve achieved in their community.
By documenting and sharing these stories, Resource Rural will ensure communities and local people see that their contributions are recognized and valued, and that more people learn about the inspiring ways in which rural and Indigenous people are using federal
investments to make the places they live in and love stronger.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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