Mellon Foundation Awards EveryLibrary Institute a $600,000 General Operating Support Grant
The EveryLibrary Institute NFP is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $600,000 general operating support grant from the Mellon Foundation. This funding will help strengthen and expand the organization’s national efforts to champion libraries of all kinds, promote reading in libraries, safeguard library funding, and support library professionals and staff.
Over the past year, the EveryLibrary Institute has worked diligently to secure this new grant funding to enhance its capacity for research, training, and advocacy programs. The recognition from the Mellon Foundation underscores the significance and growing impact of the EveryLibrary Institute’s mission on libraries, library workers, and the communities they serve.
“The Mellon Foundation’s support is a powerful endorsement of our current efforts and a vote of confidence in our future,” said John Chrastka, Executive Director of the EveryLibrary Institute. “This investment will allow us to address immediate needs while also building a more effective, strategic, and sustainable future for our organization and the libraries and the readers we serve.”
The EveryLibrary Institute NFP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and training organization dedicated to promoting library funding, access to information, and the right to read. Its initiatives include public policy advocacy, data analysis, professional development, and coalition-building on behalf of the library and education sectors.
The EveryLibrary Institute NFP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to building public and political support for library funding and access. Through original research, training, and publishing, the Institute empowers library stakeholders to advocate effectively for strong public, school, and academic libraries. Its mission is to advance a pro-library agenda in education, policy, and civic life by supporting data-driven campaigns, developing resources for the library field, and fostering cross-sector partnerships that sustain the future of libraries and librarianship. For more information, visit www.everylibraryinstitute.org.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.