Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Opens 2025-2026 Grant Application
School libraries across the country can now apply for a grant for library funding
DALLAS, TEXAS — Today, the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries opened the application for grants to help school libraries update and diversify their book collections. Since its inception in 2002, the Laura Bush Foundation has awarded $23 million to over 4,000 schools across the country.
Grant applications are accessible to public schools, including charter and magnet schools, as well as private, and parochial schools that have a school library. Public schools must hold a Title I designation, and private schools must have at least 50% of their student body qualifying for financial aid to be eligible. The application period will remain open until December 31, 2025. For further information and to submit an application, please visit www.bushcenter.org/lbf.
In the 2024-2025 grant cycle, the Laura Bush Foundation awarded over $1 million in grants to 220 school libraries across 38 states. Grant-awarded librarians have utilized the funds to enhance their library collections by incorporating additional in-demand books, including e-books and Spanish-language publications.
The George W. Bush Institute’s Education and Opportunity work is anchored in the belief that all children can learn and succeed – and that young people deserve agency in their futures. We use data and research to showcase the need for assessment and accountability, the importance of reading instruction grounded in the science of reading, and ways to increase quality pathways from education into the workforce.
The Laura Bush Foundation is managed as a restricted fund at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas.
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