September 2015 June 2016 Grantees Sorted by State Organization Name City Zip Reading Selection Grant Alabama Birmingham-Southern College Charles Rush Library Birmingham 35254-0002 Emily Dickinson $16,200 Arizona Literacy Connects Tucson 85705-3650 Edgar Allan Poe $16,200 California City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles 90012-2623 Fahrenheit 451 $16,200 Oceanside Public Library Oceanside 92054-2824 True Grit $20,000 OC Public Libraries Santa Ana 92705 Into the Beautiful North Page 1 of 9
Rancho Cucamonga Library Rancho Cucamonga 91730-1401 The Joy Luck Club San Leandro Public Library San Leandro 94577-4706 The Maltese Falcon Connecticut Beardsley & Memorial Library Winsted 06098-1509 When the Emperor Was Divine Hartford Public Library Hartford 06103-3075 The Grapes of Wrath $16,200 Florida Florida Center for the Book at Broward County Library Fort Lauderdale 33301-1830 A Wizard of Earthsea $16,200 Miami Book Fair Year-Round @ Miami Dade College Miami 33132-2204 Brother, I'm Dying $16,200 The University of Central Florida Orlando 32826 Their Eyes Were Watching God Volusia County Public Library Daytona Beach 32124 To Kill a Mockingbird Georgia Chattahoochee Valley Libraries Columbus 31906 A Lesson Before Dying $16,200 Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Brunswick 31520 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Page 2 of 9
Seven Stages, Inc. Atlanta 30307-1925 Fahrenheit 451 University of Georgia Athens 30602 Robinson Jeffers $16,200 Illinois Columbia College Chicago Library Chicago 60605-1900 The Maltese Falcon $16,200 DeKalb Public Library DeKalb 60115-3369 In the Time of the Butterflies Evanston Public Library Evanston 60201-3886 Into the Beautiful North Galesburg Public Library Galesburg 61401-4515 Sun, Stone, and Shadows $9,000 Indian Trails Public Library District Wheeling 60090-4467 Into the Beautiful North $11,200 Peoria Public Library Peoria 61602-1070 The Things They Carried $10,000 The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University University Park 60484-0975 Fahrenheit 451 $12,100 Waukegan Public Library Waukegan 60085-4306 Fahrenheit 451 $8,000 Indiana Ball State University Muncie 47306-1022 Fahrenheit 451 Page 3 of 9
Iowa Davenport Public Library Davenport 52801-1409 The Great Gatsby $10,000 Kansas Wichita Public Library Foundation Wichita 67202-3715 Into the Beautiful North $20,000 Kentucky Owen County Public Library Owenton 40359-9096 Edgar Allan Poe $10,800 Paramount Arts Center Ashland 41101-1546 Emily Dickinson $12,000 Pennyroyal Arts Council, Inc. Hopkinsville 42241 To Kill a Mockingbird $16,200 The Boyle County Public Library Danville 40422-1407 Edgar Allan Poe $7,010 Maryland Chesapeake Children's Museum Annapolis 21403-1117 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Worcester County Library Foundation Snow Hill 21863-1062 Emily Dickinson Massachusetts Attleboro Public Library Attleboro 02703-2218 A Wizard of Earthsea $10,000 Page 4 of 9
Peabody Institute Library Peabody 01960-5553 In the Time of the Butterflies $13,600 Michigan Albion College Albion 49224 A Wizard of Earthsea $8,500 Cromaine District Library Hartland 48353 The Call of the Wild $10,000 Dearborn Public Library Dearborn 48126-2723 Edgar Allan Poe $10,000 Hope College Holland 49423-3607 The Things They Carried $16,200 Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency Wyandotte 48192-4064 A Lesson Before Dying $10,000 Minnesota ArtReach St. Croix Stillwater 55082-4807 The Grapes of Wrath Metropolitan State University St. Paul 55106-5003 Their Eyes Were Watching God $14,200 Scott County Historical Society Shakopee 55379-1320 The Things They Carried $6,130 Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg 39406-0002 Edgar Allan Poe $10,000 Page 5 of 9
Missouri Mid-Continent Public Library Independence 64050-2057 Fahrenheit 451 Springfield-Greene County Library District Springfield 65810-1723 True Grit $10,000 Montana Lewis & Clark Library Helena 59601 True Grit $16,200 New Jersey Grounds For Sculpture Trenton 08619-3451 Into the Beautiful North Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Camden 08102-1405 To Kill a Mockingbird New York Just Buffalo Literary Center Buffalo 14203-1400 The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York dba The Center for Fiction New York 10017-1920 The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Research Foundation of State University of New York Fredonia 14063 Their Eyes Were Watching God Staten Island OutLOUD Staten Island 10301-1516 The Great Gatsby $8,000 The Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York New York 10009 A Wizard of Earthsea Page 6 of 9
North Carolina Catawba County Library Newton 28658-3331 To Kill a Mockingbird $11,800 Wake County Public Libraries Raleigh 27610-2913 The Maltese Falcon $10,000 Ohio Hiram College Hiram 44234 Into the Beautiful North Massillon Museum Massillon 44646-6633 In the Time of the Butterflies Oklahoma East Central University Ada 74820-6999 The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town $12,600 Kaw Nation Kaw City 74641-0050 The Things They Carried $8,817 Oregon Fishtrap Enterprise 97828 The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town $10,500 Pennsylvania Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia 19130-3936 Edgar Allan Poe $11,600 Page 7 of 9
South Carolina Beaufort County Library Beaufort 29902-5556 Their Eyes Were Watching God $16,200 South Dakota Matthews Opera House and Arts Center Spearfish 57783-2445 The Maltese Falcon $12,500 Tennessee City of Germantown, TN Germantown 38138 A Wizard of Earthsea $10,000 Friends of the Knox County Public Library Knoxville 37902-2505 A Lesson Before Dying Virginia Arts Herndon, Inc. Herndon 20170-4676 Bless Me, Ultima $10,000 Jefferson Madison Regional Library Charlottesville 22902 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter $7,750 Radford University Radford 24142 The Things They Carried Washington County Public Library Abingdon 24210 True Grit $20,000 Washington King County Library System Foundation Issaquah 98027-2702 The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Page 8 of 9
Wisconsin Kenosha Public Library Kenosha 53141-1414 To Kill a Mockingbird $16,200 Waukesha Public Library Waukesha 53186 A Wizard of Earthsea $13,800 Young Auditorium at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater 53190-2122 My Antonia Page 9 of 9