Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant

How to apply

The Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant is closed for 2025. It will reopen for 2026 applications in the fall of 2025.

Applications and supporting materials, including an itemized budget and the required signature form, are due on November 15, 2024. The recipient will be announced via press release.

• Application Link: Please do not fill out the application until you have all the necessary materials to complete your application.
• Signature Form: Download the Word document and complete.
• Please see here for an example itemized budget.
  

If you have questions about your application, please reach out to the co-chairs of the ALSC Program and Services Recognition committee, Jennifer Knight ([email protected]) and Tammie Benham ([email protected]).

Criteria

Each application will be judged on the following:

• The plan and outline submitted for a theme-based summer reading program in a public library
• The committee encourages innovative proposals involving children with physical and/or developmental disabilites