Every time you purchase a book, we donate a book to someone in need.Money for Madagascar
Famous for its unique flora and fauna, Madagascar remains one of the poorest countries on… Read more »
Millions of dollars worth of grant requests and hundreds of applications are reviewed by the Better World Books Literacy Council. While there are countless worthy projects, a handful emerge each year as the winning grant recipients. We are pleased to share their stories with you and collectively celebrate their victory.
2018 Nonprofit Grants
Books For Africa
Better World Books donated 22,000 books to Books For Africa. This sea container went to… Read more »
Aussie Books For Zim
Aussie Books For Zim (hereafter ABZ) is working in collaboration with Chatsworth community in Zimbabwe and Knit For Life in a bid to establish a fully functional library to serve the rural disadvantaged community’s needs.
The Need2Read Program, Inc.
The Need2Read Program, Inc. is a breath of fresh air to homeless youth and both… Read more »
Rwanda Prefer Society
Rwanda Prefer Society is a Canadian registered charity, PREFER is a not for profit, registered… Read more »
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
For every 100 books a sighted child has, a blind child may have only five…. Read more »
Riley Orton Foundation
The Riley Orton Foundation (ROF) aims to generate positive, sustainable change in the Obunga slum… Read more »
LitWorld International, Inc.
LitWorld partner’s with Museo Rayo, in Roldanillo, Colombia, to run programs that bring the community together in the face of paramilitary and community violence.
2018 Library Grants
King County Library System Foundation, USA.
“Thank you so much for Better World Books’ support of the King County Library System… Read more »
Lancashire County Council Libraries
The Sharing Stories project aims to develop adult literacy around Lancashire. The project will work… Read more »
2017 Nonprofit Grants
LitWorld
LitWorld operates in 26 countries to create permanent, positive change by implementing innovative solutions to… Read more »
Kenya Self Help Project
Our Primary School Resources program improves literacy and high school eligibility of 11,500 children at… Read more »
Heartbound Ministries
The Little Readers program meets the special needs of children living through the hardships of… Read more »
The Curiosity Circle
For over a year, the Curiosity Circle has been helping Nicaraguan families fall in love… Read more »
2017 Library Grants
The Cavendish School – Primary Library
It is our belief that books should be introduced to children at the earliest opportunity… Read more »
Inclusive Communication Essex (ICE) part of Essex County Council Libraries
The ICE Resource Service specialises in helping to improve communication for people with learning disabilities…. Read more »
The Charter School Library
Recent research proves that the most powerful place for a young person’s reading journey to… Read more »
Our Lady’s RC Primary School
Our Lady’s Primary School serves an area in Dundee which has been highlighted as an… Read more »
Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development of Communities
Education is one of the core human rights that everyone should have access to. However,… Read more »
The society of friends of Mvumi Hospital
At DCT Mvumi Institute of Health Sciences we prepare nurse-midwives, clinical officers and laboratory technicians… Read more »
Pass it On Trust Uganda
Pass It On Trust Uganda was founded in 2014 with the aim of promoting education… Read more »
Dream Big Ghana Foundation
The Dream Big Community Learning Centre serves the farming and fishing communities of two villages… Read more »
Chimding Foundation (Stichting Chimding in Dutch)
All children have a right to quality education. Learning to read is one of the… Read more »
Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library
We plan to establish a new literacy service designed to reconnect people living with dementia… Read more »
Delray Beach Public Library
Young Adult services of the Delray Beach Public Library is designing a Coding Program for… Read more »
Walker Memorial Library
Our project will create sensory-friendly programming for local families, especially focused on Autistic participants. Our… Read more »
2016 Nonprofit Grants
Soroptimist International of Dunfermline
It gets very dark, very early at the equator. These Primary 7 children desperately want… Read more »
The Turning Point Trust
Laini Saba Community Library is located in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya and is surrounded… Read more »
Money For Madagascar
In rural Madagascar, 90% of the population are living in extreme poverty and are often… Read more »
Pass It On Trust
Pass It On Trust Uganda (PIOTU) will use the books to raise literacy levels in… Read more »
The Pars Foundation
The Pars Foundation was launched in 2013. Our initial goal was to deliver a range… Read more »
Denniston International
Denniston International works to eliminate obstacles to children and youth’s educational and social development. The… Read more »
Mariposa DR Foundation
Based in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, the mission of the Mariposa DR Foundation is to educate… Read more »
Zaman International
Zaman International is a nonprofit organization addressing the basic needs and empowerment of marginalized women… Read more »
Drumming for Your Life Institute
The Drumming for Your Life Institute (DFYL) is a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California… Read more »
2016 Library Grants
Culford School Library
The Good News Malawi Library project aims to develop and maintain a community library at… Read more »
The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library
The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library has around 7000 books in 65 languages (and counting). Our… Read more »
Leeds Library & Information Services
Leeds Library and Information Service are helping people to tell stories, share their experiences and… Read more »
Swindon Libraries
The Book of Memories project is an idea formulated around the notion that wellbeing is… Read more »
Hillcroft Learning Resources Center
100 Years of Women’s Literacy – challenging histories, creating futures: a Hillcroft Women’s College campaign… Read more »
Newport Cultural Center
“Cards for Kids” is a literacy initiative designed to encourage kids to use their local… Read more »
Library Nueva Providencia
A great school library is the heart of a school and a center for a… Read more »
Manitowoc Public Library
The Manty Teen Arts Corps (M-TAC) is an exciting new project of teen-directed community-based arts… Read more »
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque, Iowa will launch a Changing Lives Through Literature program (CLTL)…. Read more »
Harris County Public Library
We will create a Living Library at Finnigan Park Community Center, located in Houston’s 5th… Read more »
Effingham Public Library
Part of our library’s strategic plan is to reach underserved populations within our community, and… Read more »
2015 Nonprofit Grants
Library For All
Mission Statement Making knowledge accessible to every person on the planet through our digital library…. Read more »
Yspaniola
Mission To design and implement a literacy music curriculum for the younger students at the… Read more »
Read Indeed
Mission Purchase new bilingual books for low-income children. More than 300 organizations and schools serving… Read more »
Books to Prisoners
Mission Statement Books to Prisoners will use these funds to purchase and mail books to… Read more »
Soroptimist International of Dunfermline
Soroptimist International of Dunfermline is part of a global volunteer movement of women, working together… Read more »
Sólás
Sólás delivers practical supports across educational and social programmes, to those children and young people… Read more »
Let Us Shine
Providing opportunities in education, training and access to employment for some of the poorest children… Read more »
Etatu
Etatu works in Msambweni, Kenya. We aim to build a resourceful community. Our focus is… Read more »
Africa Educational Trust (AET)
Africa Educational Trust (AET) is working for education for all in the face of conflict… Read more »
2015 Library Grants
Room to Read
Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries… Read more »
Malta Township Public Library
Mission The mission of Malta Township Public Library is to enhance community life and development… Read more »
Madison Public Library
Mission We will target and reach children with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)… Read more »
Pinewoods Library & Learning Center
Mission Serving the literacy and educational needs of the Latino immigrant population in Athens, GA…. Read more »
St. Marys Library
Mission To provide children with early literacy skills before they enter Kindergarten by encouraging families… Read more »
Horton Public Library
Mission Our mission statement for the Horton Public Library used to be wordy and so… Read more »
Fife Cultural Trust
We will use 10 Lenovo tablets in our literacy work in schools and libraries. Last… Read more »
Wigan Libraries
The Welcome Group is a support, development and social group for young people for whom… Read more »
Middlesbrough Council – Library Service
The project will see Middlesbrough Libraries come together with Middlesbrough Community Learning and the local… Read more »
Waddesdon C of E Secondary School
In the last couple of years the library of Waddesdon School has been completely refurbished… Read more »
Aberdeenshire Libraries
Our project is titled ‘Love to Read’ because this is the ethos we aim to… Read more »
2014 Nonprofit Grants
READ International
Makumbusho school is based in the city of Dar-es-Salaam. It is a day school and… Read more »
Book Aid International
Open Doors is our new appeal to create library environments for children in Africa in… Read more »
Tembo-Kenya
Our aims: to encourage reading for pleasure and information to enable children in disadvantaged schools… Read more »
Folk and Sprak
Most parents in Papua New Guinea (=PNG) don’t know what to do with their deaf… Read more »
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
We train 1,000 in-service teachers each year in rural districts of Afghanistan. We have seen… Read more »
West Philadelphia Alliance for Children
WePAC renovates and opens closed elementary school libraries, collects and donates books to the libraries,… Read more »
2014 Library Grants
Barnet Libraries (Early Years Team)
Our service should enable easy access to information, and provide services through high quality spaces… Read more »
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Libraries
We are looking to run a series of Adult courses with a view to aid… Read more »
Leeds Library and Information Service
Leeds Library and Information Service have introduced a weekly Reading Together group for migrants and… Read more »
London Borough of Camden
Camden Libraries’ ReadMission project is an ambitious project aimed at readdressing the imbalance of adult… Read more »
Union Beach Memorial Library
Union Beach is a town that was severely affected by Hurricane Super Storm Sandy in… Read more »
Larchmont Public Library
We are going to hold a sensory storytime series, develop a collection of resources for… Read more »
Puertas del Saber Library
Imagine you are a kid growing up in rural Nicaragua where the literacy rate is… Read more »
St. Louis County Library
The Outreach Department of St. Louis County Library has developed a relationship with the St…. Read more »
Biblioteca Comunitaria
Biblioteca Comunitaria Dr. William House is a community library functioning under the NGO, Learn Across… Read more »
2013 Nonprofit Grants
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Although some of our children may be blind or visually impaired and come from low-income… Read more »
Literate Earth Project
Our project is to build another library in Uganda. This time it will be in… Read more »
2013 Library Grants
Josephine Community Libraries
When the Josephine County government was forced to close its entire library system in 2007… Read more »
Houston Public Library system
The advancement of literacy is at the heart of library services and is a strategic… Read more »
West Dunbartonshire Education Development & Support Unit
We are a school library service which lends novels and non-fiction books, CDs, DVDs and… Read more »
Akili Youth Group
The LEAP Grant is a dream come true for us at Akili Youth Group, we… Read more »
Swea City Public Library
Our library is in a very rural part of Iowa, right next to the Minnesota… Read more »
Sandvoort Primary School
In order to meet literacy targets, we are creating the first ever school library in… Read more »
2012 Nonprofit Grants
Las Manos de Christine
Impact: Our preschool will expose the children to routine, teach basic concepts, develop early literacy… Read more »
Santi School Project
Impact: The Santi School Project (SSP) has proposed a specialized training program for 100 primary… Read more »
2012 Library Grants
Niles District Library
It’s like an ice cream truck – only with books. It’s like a bookmobile –… Read more »
READ Bhutan
READ (Rural Education and Development) Bhutan is non-profit organization affiliated with READ Global based in… Read more »
Cuyahoga County Library
The task of reprinting the Preschool Kit will start immediately. Distribution will begin by identifying… Read more »
2011 Nonprofit Grants
Feed the Children
Impact: Eight Muskogee Oklahoma Schools received high quality children’s books that were distributed to families… Read more »
Prison Book Program
Impact: 220 prisoners will receive GED test preparation materials and dictionaries so they can earn… Read more »
Robinson Community Learning Center
The Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) provided Better World Books’ very first location to store… Read more »
Worldfund
Impact: The grant will help over 500 students enhance their education through literacy and the… Read more »
National Center for Family Literacy
Impact: Families who attend programs in 20 local communities across the United States will learn… Read more »
Room to Read
Impact: Two new libraries will be built in India and Laos, impacting an estimated 500… Read more »
Room to Read
What’s the Impact? 10,000+ copies of 3 original children’s books written and designed by locals… Read more »
Invisible Children
Impact: Enhanced training and resources for 6 teachers affecting over 300 students, and this effect… Read more »
Books for Africa
Impact: This is really 4 grants that combined will ensure 81,000 books, valued at $607,500,… Read more »
2011 Library Grants
South Park Township Public Library
According to the American Institute of Research the number of public school students diagnosed with… Read more »
Palms for Life Fund
The project will set up and stock two Mobile Libraries in Quito, the capital, and… Read more »
Limitless Horizons
LHI opened the first library in the rural, indigenous community of Chajul, Guatemala in 2010…. Read more »
Knox County Library
The Knox County Public Library in cooperation with the Knox County Court Appointed Special Advocate… Read more »
Hughes County Pierre School District
Pierre is a rural community of approximately 17,000 residents located in central South Dakota’s Hughes… Read more »
District of Columbia Library
The STAR Club will be offered at 10 libraries and/or at community-based sites. Each session… Read more »
2010 Nonprofit Grants
Invisible Children
For over two decades, a man named Joseph Kony and his rebel army have terrorized… Read more »
Cooperative for Education
Indigenous children in rural Guatemala suffer from low literacy and high dropout rates. They typically… Read more »
2009 Nonprofit Grants
Intermountain Therapy Animals
In the R.E.A.D. program, each child reads aloud to a therapy dog in either their… Read more »