The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation, Inc. foundation annually awards grants to rural and urban public libraries serving at-risk children. Awards range from $500 to $5,000, and are awarded to libraries with real need and limited book budgets to purchase books for young people. The purchases can be used to expand the greater collection or to focus on specific areas.

The organization does not have its own web site, but the 2-page application, due October 15, 2007, is available for download (.pdf format) thanks to the New York Library Association web site. For more details about the grant, contact Joel D. Sharrow with Moses & Singer LLP at 212-554-7809.