Budgets & Funding

Calculator and checkbook

The budget is the backbone of library operations, pulling together short-, medium-, and long-range goals, all of which help to fulfill the organization's vision and mission. This section is dedicated to helping you find funding resources and work to secure a stable and sufficient budget, including how to work with local officials and make a clear case for funding needs.

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Winning Library Grants

 Webinar / Last Modified: 29 April 2013

Archive and associated resources for May 4, 2011 webinar with Stephanie Gerding on process and resources for winning library grants.

Grant Process Cycle Graphic

 Document / Last Modified: 26 March 2013

From Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM by Stephanie Gerding and Pamela MacKellar, shared with particpants of Rural Forum ALA 2006 and here with permission from the authors.

Celebrating Access at the Toronto Public Library

 Document / Last Modified: 26 March 2013

This PDF file describes how a large and busy public library (Toronto's is the second busiest in the world) defines and quantifies its impact on its community.

Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz Podcast

 Document / Last Modified: 26 March 2013

A podcast recording of Stephanie Gerding's presentation at the Rural ALA Forum 2006. Note: this is a large file and it may take a while to download.