Guidelines and Applications

2011 Grant Application

The cutoff deadline for our next funding period will be January 15, 2011.

Applications are accepted year round, but the cut off deadlines are January 15th and June 1st. Short extensions can be obtained by contacting the Foundation Office. (fax, letter or email preferred). Please visit our Projects & Collaborations page to see a list of recent grant recipients.

Final Reports for Grants

See Final Grant Report document for filing your final report on the completion of your grant.


2011 TLA Travel Stipend

The Tocker Foundation has provided funds to the Texas Library Association to award stipends to persons in each of the 10 Texas Library Systems to attend TLA Annual Conference. The 2011 TLA annual conference will be held in Austin, April 12-15th, 2011. Persons from libraries that serve a population of 12,000 or less qualify to apply for this grant. Staff directly involved in the day to day operation of the library are the primary focus of this grant.

2011 TLA Travel Stipend Application: Word Doc

For registration and information visit the TLA Conference Web Site


2010 Small Library Management Training Program

The Small Library Management Training Program is an ongoing, voluntary program that provides management skills to nonMLIS library staff of small community (25,000 or less population) libraries in Texas. Since 1994 more than 350 library directors have taken part in the program, and 165 have completed the entire series.The Tocker Foundation offers assistance for library personnel to attend certain Texas State Library Workshops. Requests will be considered from public libraries serving populations of 12,000 or less. Funds are to be used for expenses incurred attending the workshop.
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR EACH WORKSHOP:   5 DAYS BEFORE EACH EVENT

Dates & Locations:

Andrews September 27-28, 2010
Denton September 30- October 1, 2010
Abilene October 14-15, 2010
Mission October 21-22, 2010
San Antionio October 28-30, 2010
Missouri City November 8-9, 2010
Waco December 6-7, 2010

For registration and information visit the TSL Web Site

Grant applications are available online in MS Word format.  Applications are also available from the
Texas State Library and the Texas Library Association.


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