The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation awards grants to organizations that operate a lending bookmobile that travels into neighborhoods populated by underserved youth.
Donor Name: The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The bookmobile grant program provides grants for purchasing children’s fiction or non-fiction books. The books are to be available for checkout by young people for pleasure reading or, perhaps, as a source of information for a school assignment. The library grant program DOES NOT provide grants for book distribution programs (book gift programs), atlases, dictionaries, basal readers or similar texts, workbooks or similar instructional tools, magazine subscriptions, or for textbooks or encyclopedias.
Funding Information
Grants range from $500 to $3000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The LLCF bookmobile grant program provides grants for the purchase of books for children preschool through grade 8 [Early Reader books through Young Adult and Hi-Lo books].
- Only organizations operating and serving areas within the United States, its territories, or commonwealths are eligible.
- Grant awardees will be asked to return a brief questionnaire and to provide documentation of grant spending.
For more information, visit The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation.
