The 2025 grant season is closed. Applications are no longer being accepted as of December 10, 2024. Thank you to all who applied.
RRLC Grant Season is here! The total amount available for our grant programs is approximately $80,000; in order to fund as many projects as possible, RRLC may offer partial funding for some projects. View each of the individual grant pages below for more information on the specific grant and the requirements and deadlines.
RRLC Action & Innovation Grant
The Action & Innovation Grant supports projects that take action on issues impacting the community served by your organization. Projects that take action in an innovative way are preferred. Projects that collaborate with other RRLC members or community organizations will receive priority consideration.
Learn more about the 2025 Action & Innovation Grant
RRLC Collections & Access Grant
The Collections & Access grant supports member projects that improve access to collections. Projects must make collections more accessible and freely available to end users, preferably through one of the ongoing statewide projects. Projects that highlight underrepresented voices receive priority consideration.
Learn more about the 2025 Collections & Access Grant
RRLC Capacity Building Grant
**Application was updated as of 10/30/24**
The Capacity Building Grant supports projects that take action to help increase your library’s capacity by developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes, and resources for your organization to survive, adapt, grow, and thrive in this fast-changing world. RRLC believes in our members, and we want to help you build capacity in order to better fulfill your mission.
Now accepting grant applications.
Learn more about the 2025 Capacity Building Grant
RRLC Internship Grant
We want to introduce students to the wide variety of career opportunities in libraries, archives, museums, and cultural heritage organizations, and help provide meaningful work experience that helps build professional skills.
Now accepting grant applications.
Learn more about the 2025 Internship Grant.
RRLC Special Project Grant
We offer special project grants to members who want to undertake a project that will help the organization fulfill its mission; projects with a potential impact on the larger RRLC community are given first priority.
Now accepting grant applications.
Learn more about the 2025 Special Project Grant.
Harold Hacker Fund for Advancement of Libraries
Funded by the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library
Each year the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (FFRPL) offers a grant opportunity for Rochester area libraries who want to further education and professional development for library staff or to implement innovative library projects and programs. RRLC administrates this grant on behalf of the FFRPL.
This grant is offered on a different timeline from RRLC-funded grant programs; this grant will open in Spring 2025.
Learn more about the Harold Hacker Fund for Advancement of Libraries.