The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation created Minigrants — awards of $500 given to public schools and public libraries for projects that foster creative expression, working together, and interaction with a diverse community.

The article "Public Libraries Explore New Ways To Raise Revenue" offers creative ideas you might consider at your library.  Here are some highlights:

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant
Grant: multiple copies of approximately 100 titles by African American authors and illustrators, including a full set of the year's winning and honor titles
Deadline: January 31, 2012
Application form & details

1. Libraries are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2012 National Library Week theme, "You belong @ your library®".  National Library Week is April 8-14, 2012.

Ron McCabe presented a Public Library Funding and Budgeting workshop for Winnefox a few weeks ago, and mentioned ALA's  new Frontline Fundraising Toolkit as a good resource for smaller libraries.   Here's where you can find it:

"Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved" Grant This Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) award consists of a $3,000 grant to assist a library in conducting exemplary outreach to underserved populations through a new program or an expansion of work already being done.

What does your library charge for items on your library's book sales?  Take a look the responses that Robin Yuran (Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT) got from her post on the PubLib discussion group: