Support Cultural Communities

ALA's Cultural Communities Fund (CCF) supports the library programs that bring us all together and make us think a little bigger.

As you make your end-of-year donations, help our communities shine a little brighter with a tax-deductible donation at ala.org/CCF.

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What kind of community do you want? Cultural Communities Fund. ALA Public Programs Office

What is CCF?

Created by ALA's Public Programs Office, CCF supports excellence and innovation in community-focused library programming. With the generosity of individual and corporate donors, the fund has grown to $2 million, providing crucial support for:

  • grants and awards that recognize excellence and promote innovation in library programming and community engagement
  • professional development opportunities, both in-person and online, for library workers at libraries of all types
  • this very website, ProgrammingLibrarian.org, ALA's online community dedicated to library programs
  • and much more

If you are reading this website — or if you have taken part in a Programming Librarian webinar, applied for an ALA Public Programs Office grant or taken part in the Programming Librarian Interest Group's Facebook page — you have benefited from CCF.  Donate online.

Ways to give

Please join our network of CCF supporters by making a tax-deductible contribution on this 2023 Giving Tuesday.

Donate online through ALA's simple online donation system.

You may also mail a check to ALA, Attn: Cultural Communities Fund, 225 N Michigan Ave Suite 1300, Chicago, IL 60601. Please make checks payable to "ALA" and write "CCF" in the memo line.

Thank you for your support!