Here are some grant opportunities for libraries with deadlines during the next couple of months or with ongoing application periods:
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Community Enhancement Grants
Deadline: June 15, 2026
This program funds public libraries and library foundations in Rocky Mountain Power’s geographical scope, which includes Wyoming.
National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: July 9, 2026
This grant provides direct support to libraries serving rural and historically marginalized communities that have experienced a loss or threat to public funding.
Walmart Spark Good Local Grants
Deadline: July 15, 2026
The Wish You Well Foundation supports adult and family literacy in the United States by fostering the development and expansion of new and existing adult literacy and educational programs.
USDA Rural Development – Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants
Deadline: June 30, 2026
This program is available to eligible entities that provide education or health care through telecommunications, including nonprofit organizations and groups of eligible entities working together, which can include libraries if they are providing those services in rural communities.
Doris Ann Norris We Love Libraries Prize
Deadline: Ongoing
This $500 grant is funded by the Sisters in Crime writing network.
The Freedom to Learn Foundation Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
This grant provides direct support to libraries serving rural and historically marginalized communities that have experienced a loss or threat to public funding.
National Leadership Grants for Libraries
Deadline: Ongoing
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that develop, enhance, or disseminate replicable practices, programs, models, or tools to strengthen library and archival services for the American public.
The Community Heart & Soul Grant Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant Program provides $10,000 in funding for resident-driven groups in small cities and towns to start the Community Heart & Soul model. Grant funding requires a $10,000 cash match from the participating municipality or a partnering organization.
Believe in Reading – Grants for Literacy Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Grants are made to organizations with 501(c)(3) status or its equivalent for educational institutions, including public libraries.
Rural Technology Education & Assistive Technology (AT) Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
Grants are typically $500 – $2,500 for staff and student-led projects in public schools and libraries designed to help spark student interest in technology-based careers like computer science, computer engineering, information technology, programming, cyber security, robotics, or similar areas.
Wyoming Humanities’ Indian Education for All Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Wyoming Humanities will offer one-time compensation to support the inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge Keeper in the classroom, including a $350 honorarium and $200 in travel funds (if 100+ miles roundtrip.)
Wish You Well Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
The Wish You Well Foundation supports adult and family literacy in the United States by fostering the development and expansion of new and existing adult literacy and educational programs.
Scholastic Possible Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
The Scholastic Possible Fund was established to provide a single repository of quality children’s books to be donated to charity partners that share the Company’s mission to improve global literacy and put books into the hands of children who might otherwise have none.
Art Resources Transfer’s Library Program
Deadline: Ongoing
This program provides free books on contemporary art to public institutions nationwide, including public libraries, public schools, prisons, and reading centers that self-define as under-served are eligible to order free books through our Library Program. I
The Pilcrow Foundations Children’s Book Project Program Grant
Deadline: Rolling
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.
Black Hills Corporation Community Giving
Deadline: Ongoing
Areas of focus are arts and culture, civic and community development, education, environment, human services, and youth development. Giving limited to Black Hills Energy service areas.
BNSF Railway Foundation Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
These grants are given to organizations and programs that support and improve the general welfare and quality of life in the communities in which BNSF Railway Company operates.