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This Year’s National Book Fund Recipients Announced

May 19, 2025

We are excited to announce that through this year’s National Book Fund cycle, we have awarded more than $72,000 worth of instructional materials to 39 adult literacy organizations in the US and Canada.

Each of this year’s grantees were chosen based on their plans to use the award to build the capacity of their programing to serve more adults in need of literacy and language services. With the National Book Fund grants, this year’s recipients will help adults improve basic literacy and English language skills, build up high school equivalency programs, guide newcomers toward US citizenship, empower workers to upskill, provide instructors with resources to better understand and serve adult learners, and more.

The impact of the 2025 National Book Fund grants will touch hundreds of adult learners and set them on paths to meaningful employment, financial independence, improved self-confidence, and a new vision for the future.

We are pleased to share this year’s outstanding group of National Book Fund recipients:

Adult Education and Workforce Programs of Literacy Connects

Adult Learning Center of Mesa County Libraries

Alachua County Library District

Alaska Literacy Program

Blue Ridge Literacy

Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle

Community ESL Program

Edson and District Community Learning Society

Emily Griffith Foundation

Empowerment Through English Initiative (EEI)

English Language Learners on the Rise program

Flint & Genesee Literacy Network 2Gen ESL

Fond du Lac Adult Literacy Services

IHM Center for Literacy

Iosco Regional Educational Service Agency Adult Education

Lake Region State College Region III Adult Learning Center

Lamplight Women’s Literacy Center

LEAPS: Literacy Education and Parenting Success

Literacy Council of Medina County/DBA Project: LEARN of Medina

Literacy for Life

Literacy of Northern New York, Inc.

Literacy Together

Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley

Literacy Volunteers of America, Laclede Literacy Council

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester

Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County

Mississippi County Literacy Council, Inc.

Rose City Learning Center

Saskatoon Open Door Society (Language Training Unit)

The Circle [Issaquah Cultural Circle]

The Literacy Council of Central Alabama

The READ Center

Tompkins Learning Partners

Tri-County Literacy Center

Trident Literacy Association

United Community Ministries, Inc.

Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota

VITENDO4AFRICA

Whitecourt Community Adult Learning Program (CALP), NorQuest College

Grants like the National Book Fund are critical to programs’ ability to build stronger communities through literacy. Given the uncertainty of current funding streams, grant programs like this are more important than ever.

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