In keeping with the Foundation’s Charitable Purpose of maintaining public museums and libraries, the Rural/Small Library Initiative was conducted in 1999 and again in 2005. Grants were intended to improve library collections, upgrade facilities, and technology.
Eleven small libraries in the Kronkosky counties of interest were awarded grants totaling $459,615 in May 1999.
Eleven small libraries in the Kronkosky counties of interest were awarded grants totaling $445,750 in September 2005 (nine of which received funding in the earlier iteration).