Ann Arbor, MI – ABRAMS is launching #HELPABOOKSELLER, a fundraising challenge to benefit BINC (Book Industry Charitable Foundation), a nonprofit organization dedicated to booksellers in need, in order to raise more than $100K to help booksellers during this critical time as our country is affected by the detrimental impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Booksellers have been greatly affected […]
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ATTENTION: If you are requesting assistance related to COVID-19, please fill out the expedited online application here. Ann Arbor, MI – Questions are being asked about Binc’s role and capacity to help bookstores during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and assistance requests have started coming in. The Binc Foundation will continue to help booksellers according to our policy […]
Due to the ongoing public health emergency, this event has been postponed until further notice. Ann Arbor, MI – Calling authors, illustrators, comic book artists, and celebrities to help booksellers and comic retailers across the country by participating in the 2020 Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s Bank on Booksellers piggy bank auction. The online auction will go […]
Due to the ongoing public health emergency, this award has been postponed until further notice. Ann Arbor, MI – The Binc Foundation and Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade-book publisher, announce applications are being accepted for INDIES WITH IMPACT, an award to fund a community outreach project for an independent bookstore working with a community […]
When a loved one passes away, it’s a hard time for a family no matter the circumstances. And when their loved one’s death was unplanned for, it can fall hard on the grieving family when the funeral expenses create hardship. When savings are limited, this unexpected and often large expense creates a further burden on […]
If you have been a caregiver for a child, spouse, partner, or parent, you know first-hand that it can strain not only your emotional and physical energy but your pocketbook as well. We hear from many booksellers and comic retailers who are struggling with their family life and their job, while also being the primary […]
Ann Arbor, MI—Applications are currently being accepted and will be accepted through March 11th, 2020 for the Binc Foundation’s annual higher education scholarship program. The 2020 scholarship program supports booksellers and comic retailers’ dependents, spouses, and partners in pursuing their higher education goals. Binc will again this year award seven (7) $3,500 scholarships to the dependents of booksellers or comic retailers […]
In 2019 Binc awarded Matching Grants of $2,000 each to ten booksellers to help with a variety of financial emergencies, from car repair to medical bills. For booksellers and comic retailers facing a financial hardship that falls outside of our “regular” qualifying events, Matching Grants can be a life-saver. Matching Grants were incorporated into Binc’s […]
vol.8 // January ’20 In 2019 we received more assistance requests for help paying for medical care than any other category of emergency assistance. According to a recent Gallup survey, a third of U.S. adults say their family couldn’t afford care in the past year. When booksellers and comic retailers delay or forgo required medical treatment, problems escalate […]
Ann Arbor—The new year brought with it many changes to the Binc board and staff. Binc welcomes ABA board member Chris Morrow as the newest member of the Binc Board of Directors. Morrow runs the Northshire Bookstores in Manchester Center, Vermont, and Saratoga Springs, New York. He received a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College […]