More than $104 Million in Grants Awarded Under Giannoulias’ Administration
Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias has awarded nearly $22 million for library services and $6 million for literacy programs throughout the state.
The grants for library services include funding to enhance online catalogues, support day-to-day operations, expand interlibrary loan programs and equip vision-impaired individuals with narrations of newspaper content. The literacy grants are designed to promote basic reading, math, writing and English language skills.
“Equipping our libraries with the resources they need to increase services and expand offerings is essential to enhancing the accessibility of learning materials for all Illinois residents regardless of their geographic location, accessibility needs, income status or educational level,” Giannoulias said. “Meanwhile, increasing the state’s literacy level results in opportunities for individual success and makes communities stronger.”
While libraries in other states face attempts to significantly decrease budgets, reduce hours and services, and restrict materials, Illinois libraries have received more than $104 million in grant funds to expand library services under Giannoulias’ administration during the past 18 months.
The most recent grant funding includes:
More than $18 million allocated to library systems across the state. Libraries systems use this funding to support day-to-day operations and assure resource sharing occurs between public, school, academic and special libraries, which enables library patrons across Illinois to request materials from any participating library free-of-charge. Last fiscal year, more than 11 million items were shared between libraries throughout the state.
Nearly $5.8 million in literacy grants that support adult, family and workplace literacy programs awarded to volunteer organizations, community colleges and school districts, and not-for-profit entities.
More than $2.3 million to expand online catalogues and interlibrary resource sharing between public, school, academic, and special libraries, providing more variety in the types of resources Illinoisans can access.
More than $500,000 for technology-focused mentorship programs at public libraries to help middle and high school students.
More than $350,000 to provide narration of local newspaper content to individuals who cannot read standard print material due to visibility challenges or other accessibility needs.
Nearly $50,000 to support veteran’s home libraries that provide books, magazines, computers and internet access to veterans in long-term care and their spouses.
The Secretary of State’s office awarded grants for library and literacy programs using combined state funds and federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
A complete list of grants can be found here:
City
Institution
Grant Category
Amount Awarded
Arlington Heights
The Center
Literacy
$85,000.00
Arlington Heights
Township High School District 214
Literacy
$50,000.00
Arlington Heights
Township High School District 214 Community Education
Literacy
$100,000.00
Aurora
Dominican Literacy Center, Aurora
Literacy
$55,000.00
Beardstown
Beardstown Houston Memorial Library
Library Services
$12,109.00
Belleville
MindEye Radio
Library Services
$93,626.00
Belleville
Southwestern Illinois College
Literacy
$84,384.00
Bensenville
Bensenville Community Public Library District
Library Services
$10,993.00
Bloomington
Regional Office of Education 17
Literacy
$92,000.00
Blue Island
Corazon a Corazon
Literacy
$25,000.00
Bradley
Bradley Public Library District
Library Services
$8,410.00
Bradley
Kankakee Community College
Literacy
$68,000.00
Brimfield
Brimfield Public Library District
Library Services
$14,400.00
Burr Ridge
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Library Services
$11,871,713.71
Burr Ridge
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Library Services
$109,342.00
Burr Ridge
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Library Services
$104,283.00
Canton
Spoon River College
Literacy
$58,976.00
Carbondale
Carbondale Public Library
Library Services
$31,531.00
Carbondale
WSIU-Southern Illinois Radio Information Service
Library Services
$21,353.00
Carol Stream
World Relief Chicagoland
Literacy
$100,000.00
Carterville
Anne West Lindsey District Library
Library Services
$17,135.00
Carterville
John A. Logan College
Literacy
$41,336.00
Centralia
Kaskaskia College
Literacy
$74,560.00
Champaign
Board of Trustees of the UofI (at Urbana-Champaign)
Library Services
$1,227,841.00
Champaign
Board of Trustees of the UofI (DBA Illinois Radio Reader)
Library Services
$31,370.00
Champaign
Parkland College
Literacy
$87,191.00
Chicago
Aquinas Literacy Center
Literacy
$80,000.00
Chicago
Arab American Action Network
Literacy
$50,000.00
Chicago
Association House of Chicago
Literacy
$50,000.00
Chicago
Centro Romero
Literacy
$87,500.00
Chicago
Centro Romero
Literacy
$50,000.00
Chicago
Chicago Public Library System
Library Services
$2,573,253.46
Chicago
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
Literacy
$60,000.00
Chicago
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
Literacy
$50,000.00
Chicago
Erie Neighborhood House
Literacy
$85,000.00
Chicago
Family Legacy Foundation
Literacy
$70,500.00
Chicago
Heartland Human Care Services
Literacy
$100,000.00
Chicago
Howard Area Community Center
Literacy
$78,447.00
Chicago
Indo-American Center
Literacy
$75,000.00
Chicago
Instituto del Progreso Latino
Literacy
$41,000.00
Chicago
Instituto del Progreso Latino
Literacy
$50,000.00
Chicago
Jane Addams Resource Corporation
Literacy
$58,677.00
Chicago
Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center
Literacy
$69,459.00
Chicago
Literacy Chicago
Literacy
$100,000.00
Chicago
Literacy Volunteers of Illinois
Literacy
$53,800.00
Chicago
Literacy Works
Literacy
$60,000.00
Chicago
Poder Learning Center
Literacy
$80,000.00
Chicago
Rohingya Culture Center
Literacy
$40,000.00
Chicago
Safer Foundation/PACE Institute
Literacy
$59,004.00
Chicago
scaleLIT
Literacy
$30,000.00
Chicago
South-East Asia Center
Literacy
$67,949.00
Chicago
The Chicago Lighthouse
Library Services
$68,599.00
Chicago
The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago
Literacy
$40,000.00
Chicago
The HANA Center
Literacy
$66,000.00
Chicago
The Learning Center/House of Connections
Literacy
$73,164.00
Chicago
The Vietnamese Association of Illinois
Literacy
$81,383.00
Chicago
Touch Gift Foundation
Literacy
$78,819.00
Chicago
United For Better Living, Incorporated
Literacy
$32,995.00
Chicago
Universidad Popular
Literacy
$49,122.00
Chicago
Universidad Popular
Literacy
$41,809.00
Chicago
Universidad Popular
Literacy
$41,809.00
Chicago
Universidad Popular
Literacy
$41,809.00
Chicago Heights
Prairie State College
Literacy
$74,113.00
Chicago Ridge
Chicago Ridge Public Library
Library Services
$26,000.00
Cicero
Morton College
Literacy
$85,000.00
Clifton
Central Citizens’ Library District
Library Services
$39,990.00
Collinsville
Mississippi Valley Library District
Library Services
$11,709.00
Crystal Lake
McHenry County College
Literacy
$80,312.00
Danville
Danville Area Community College
Literacy
$70,600.00
Decatur
Baby TALK
Literacy
$50,000.00
Decatur
Richland Community College
Literacy
$85,000.00
DeKalb
Northern Illinois Radio Information Service
Library Services
$28,273.00
Des Plaines
Oakton Community College
Literacy
$15,865.00
Des Plaines
Oakton Community College
Literacy
$8,072.00
Des Plaines
Oakton Community College
Literacy
$16,135.00
Des Plaines
Oakton Community College
Literacy
$8,049.00
Dixon
Sauk Valley Community College
Literacy
$67,884.00
East Moline
Black Hawk College
Literacy
$49,000.00
Edwardsville
Illinois Heartland Library System
Library Services
$166,321.00
Edwardsville
Illinois Heartland Library System
Library Services
$3,919,852.02
Edwardsville
Illinois Heartland Library System
Library Services
$709,016.00
Edwardsville
Illinois Heartland Library System
Library Services
$175,573.00
Effingham
CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation
Literacy
$75,000.00
Elgin
Literacy Connection
Literacy
$50,000.00
Elgin
The Literacy Connection
Literacy
$85,485.00
Elgin
YWCA Elgin
Literacy
$50,000.00
Elgin
YWCA Elgin
Literacy
$50,000.00
Evanston
Evanston Public Library
Library Services
$39,887.00
Fairfield
Frontier Community College
Literacy
$77,000.00
Freeport
Highland Community College
Literacy
$81,150.00
Galesburg
Regional Office of Education 33
Literacy
$57,128.00
Galesburg
Regional Office of Education 33
Literacy
$50,000.00
Galesburg
Regional Office of Education 33
Literacy
$50,000.00
Galesburg
Regional Office of Education 33
Literacy
$15,025.00
Godfrey
Lewis and Clark Community College
Literacy
$75,000.00
Godfrey
Lewis and Clark Community College
Library Services
$17,438.00
Godfrey
Lewis and Clark Community College
Literacy
$50,000.00
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Public Library District
Library Services
$5,202.00
Highwood
Highwood Public Library
Library Services
$40,000.00
Joliet
Joliet Junior College
Literacy
$34,888.00
Joliet
Joliet Junior College
Literacy
$66,297.00
Kankakee
Kankakee Public Library
Library Services
$34,000.00
La Grange
TEACH (Tutoring English to Advance Change)
Literacy
$86,850.00
Macomb
Board of Trustees of WlU (WIUM/WIUW RIS)
Library Services
$36,968.00
Marion
Marion Carnegie Library
Library Services
$27,978.00
Mascoutah
Mascoutah Public Library
Library Services
$34,840.00
Matteson
Matteson Area Public Library District
Library Services
$23,100.00
Mattoon
Mattoon Public Library
Literacy
$42,932.00
Melrose Park
Dominican Literacy Center, Melrose Park
Literacy
$27,500.00
Moline
Moline Public Library
Library Services
$16,000.00
Mount Carmel
Wabash Valley College Radio Information Service
Library Services
$27,185.00
Mount Prospect
Hanul Family Alliance
Literacy
$55,900.00
Mount Vernon
Southtown Youth Program Center
Literacy
$50,000.00
North Riverside
North Riverside Public Library District
Library Services
$6,967.00
Northbrook
Northbrook Public Library
Library Services
$100,000.00
Pekin
YWCA of Pekin
Literacy
$82,177.00
Peoria
Neighborhood House
Literacy
$74,483.00
Peoria
Peoria Public Library
Library Services
$12,500.00
Peoria
Regional Office of Education 48
Literacy
$66,570.00
Petersburg
Petersburg Public Library
Library Services
$26,024.00
Quincy
John Wood Community College
Literacy
$77,000.00
Red Bud
Regional Office of Education 45
Literacy
$42,945.00
Red Bud
Regional Office of Education 45
Literacy
$40,835.00
Richton Park
Richton Park Public Library District
Library Services
$13,580.00
River Grove
Triton College
Literacy
$55,000.00
Rock Island
APRIS, Augustana Public Radio Information Service
Library Services
$28,613.00
Rock Island
Rock Island Public Library
Library Services
$5,950.00
Rockford
YWCA Northwestern Illinois
Literacy
$85,000.00
Roselle
Metropolitan Asian Family Services
Literacy
$40,000.00
Skokie
Oakton Community College
Literacy
$100,000.00
South Holland
South Suburban College
Literacy
$58,342.00
South Holland
South Suburban College
Literacy
$19,973.00
South Holland
South Suburban College
Literacy
$14,456.00
South Holland
South Suburban College
Literacy
$12,983.00
Sparta
Sparta Public Library
Library Services
$13,911.00
Springfield
Fishes & Loaves Outreach Ministries
Literacy
$60,000.00
Springfield
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Library Services
$50,000.00
Springfield
Lincoln Land Community College
Literacy
$65,538.00
Springfield
Lincoln Library
Library Services
$18,360.00
St. Charles
Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley
Literacy
$45,050.00
Thornton
Thornton Public Library
Library Services
$35,600.00
Wheaton
Literacy DuPage
Literacy
$100,000.00
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