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The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries is sponsored by George W. Bush Institute (supported by Communities Foundation of Texas). This foundation provides grant funding to expand, diversify, and update school library book and print collections.
Schools use the grant awards to update their collections through various formats, including Braille volumes, audiobooks, dual language books, publication subscriptions, and e-books.
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Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Opens 2025-2026 Grant Application | George W.
Bush Presidential Center 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. The George W.
Bush Institute is a solutions-oriented nonpartisan policy organization focused on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening democracy, and advancing free societies. Housed within the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the Bush Institute is rooted in compassionate conservative values and committed to creating positive, meaningful, and lasting change at home and abroad.
We utilize our unique platform and convening power to advance solutions to national and global issues of the day. Learn more at bushcenter. org.
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