The Pilcrow Foundation

Our Mission Statement: The Pilcrow Foundation was founded in 2013 to continue the work of The Libri Foundation. Our mission is to provide new, quality, hardcover children’s books to rural public libraries across the United States. We recognize the importance of public libraries in rural communities. Libraries are often the center of the community, where people come together to learn and share ideas. Providing quality children’s books to rural public libraries ensures an opportunity for active engagement within the community and lifelong learning. We know that reading to and with children everyday and providing them with frequent opportunities to read on their own are important activities for literacy development. Literacy is the greatest gift we can give to our children; the public library is where we can start. The Pilcrow Foundation supports rural public library communities through our Children’s Book Project. We ask libraries, in partnership with the Friends of the Librar...

October 2017 Children’s Book Project Grant Awards Arley Public Library, Arley AL Barlow City Library, Barlow KY Bennett Public Library, Bennett IA Cando Community Library, Cando ND Colchester District Library, Colchester IL Dutton Community Library, Dutton AR Faith Memorial Library, Wallace NE Frances O’Brien Memorial Library, Blue River OR Gooding Public Library, Gooding ID Hansford County Library, Spearman TX Hermitage Library, Hermitage AR Hillsboro Public Library, Hillsboro IL Hubbard Public Library, Hubbard IA Jeff Davis County Library, Fort Davis TX Keene Valley Library, Keene Valley NY Meagher County City Library, White Sulphur Springs MT Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library, McEwensville PA Mott Public Library, Mott ND Newell Public Library, Newell IA Prattsburg Free Library, Prattsburgh NY Prentiss Public Library, Prentiss MS Rio Abajo Community Library, La Joya NM Royalton Memorial Library, South Royalton V...

   The Pilcrow Foundation is pleased to offer a limited number of special non-matching grants through our Children’s Book Project program to libraries serving rural communities in the United States affected by recent tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, or other natural disasters. Libraries qualified to receive a Children’s Book Project: Disaster Relief grant can select $800 worth of new, quality, hardcover children’s books from The Pilcrow Foundation’s booklist. Locally sponsored matching funds are not required for the disaster relief grants. Libraries qualify for the Children’s Book Project: Disaster Relief grant on an individual basis. To qualify for the grant, libraries in disaster affected areas must be located in a rural area within the 50 United States, have a limited operating budget, and have the intent to rebuild an active children’s department. A rural community is typically more than 25 miles from an urban area (population over 50,000) and not a part of a me...