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Who can apply: Intended for all performance levels of compulsory schooling, from kindergarten to 10th grade.
Bibliomedia Switzerland is a public foundation that supports reading promotion and library development across Switzerland, mainly by providing loaned media collections and practical infrastructure support rather than traditional cash grants. Its funding is especially oriented toward starting, re-opening, or strengthening municipal and public libraries, with an emphasis on access to books, literacy, and culturally responsive library services. It also appears to support partner organizations and field-building initiatives that improve library practice, reading animation, and mediation formats for children, youth, and multilingual communities.
Primarily in-kind support through long-term loans of starter media collections, typically for about 3 years, with recipients paying a modest annual supporter contribution. Support is program-based and Switzerland-only, focused on new or reorganized public libraries and related field-strengthening initiatives rather than open, unrestricted grantmaking.
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Approach this as a specialized library-development program, not a general grantmaker: eligibility is centered on municipal/public libraries in Switzerland that are starting up or reopening. Applicants should be prepared to describe the library concept, local need, and how the borrowed starter collection will be used over the 3-year period; expect an in-kind loan arrangement plus an annual contribution rather than a standard cash award.
Current and upcoming funding from Bibliomedia Switzerland that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Intended for all performance levels of compulsory schooling, from kindergarten to 10th grade.
Who can apply: Supported for new foundations or reorganizations of municipal libraries when the project cannot be realized without outside help, long-term operating and collection financing is secured, and the library follows Bibliosuisse guidelines.
Who can apply: Available to public libraries, school libraries, schools, childcare institutions, hospitals, care homes, and prisons; specific borrowing limits and tariff/abonnement terms apply by institution type.
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