Reminder - WiLS Ideas to Action Grants Still Open

Do you have an idea that needs a boost or one you’d like to begin but don’t have funding? Through the Ideas to Action Fund, WiLS provides grants of up to $5,000 so libraries and cultural organizations can bring their ideas to life.

WiLS seeks innovative or collaborative proposals from libraries and cultural organizations of all types, including public libraries and public library systems, in order to support the good work of the diversity of WiLS members. Here are just a few examples of public library projects funded in recent years:

• Hartland Public Library's Biking Along the Ice Age Trail with the Hartland Public Library (2023)
• Lake Geneva Public Library's Leaves and Sheaves: Papermaking for Art and the Environment (2023)
  
• Kimberly Public Library's Celebrate Native American Heritage (2022)
• Marathon County Public Library's Digitizing Oral Histories and Transcripts (2022)
• La Crosse Public Library's Threads of Tradition: Connecting Hmong Generations Through the Textile Arts (2021)

Your idea could be next! The 2024 Ideas to Action Fund application period is open through June 3rd. The proposal form and reporting are built to be simple and quick so awardees can focus on the success of the work and the benefits to their communities.

Wondering if your project idea is a good fit? Read about the projects funded since 2018. Want more details on how to prepare your proposal? Watch this helpful webinar. Have any other questions or want more information? Drop a line to information@wils.org.