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12 funders with a record of paying for “storywalk”
Where the money went
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,065 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to NUECES COUNTY — to support the nueces county library's 202-'25 storywalk and summer reading programs.
Walker Area Community FoundationJasper, ALCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to CARL ELLIOTT REGIONAL LIBRARY — storywalk project, libby, and security cameras.
First Community Foundation PartnershipWilliamsport, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $23,475 · through 2024Largest: $12,450 to JAMES V BROWN LIBRARY — bilingual storywalk at young's woods park
Largest: $10,000 to LAURENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS — storywalk project
Largest: $5,000 to WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY — new storywalk with naming rights
Largest: $5,000 to BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — storywalk at belmont es
Largest: $12,790 to COPPER QUEEN LIBRARY (CITY OF BISBEE) — copper queen library storywalk
Largest: $25,000 to Lenoir-Greene County Partnership for Children — to create a storywalk in greene county and update the existing storywalk in lenoir county.
Wichita FoundationWichita, KSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $62,587 · through 2022Largest: $62,587 to WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — preservation assessment grant, replace storywalk boards/vandalized, general purposes, for support of mobile library project
Southwest Initiative FoundationHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $44,750 · through 2021Largest: $44,750 to CITY OF TYLER — new tractor; storywalk experience
Largest: $18,100 to ADAMS COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM — storywalk e berlin, carroll
Friends of the Library VirginiaVirginia Beach, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,520 · through 2023Largest: $12,520 to CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH (LIBRARIES) — storywalk stations
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →