Libraries without borders

French non-governmental organization

Organizationnonprofit organizationQ2901568

Also known as Bibliothèques Sans Frontières

Founded: January 2007
Founded by: Patrick Weil
Headquarters: Paris
Country: France
Chair: Patrick Weil
Revenue: €13.6M(2025)
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1.Stated in EU Transparency RegisterRetrieved 2026-10-06
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, €8.5M(2021)
Website: bibliosansfrontieres.org

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Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (BSF), known as Libraries Without Borders (LWB) in English, is a charitable organization based in Montreuil, France that provides access to information and education for refugees in humanitarian crises and under-resourced communities in the developed world. Founded in 2007, the organization distributes books, develops innovative technologies, creates customized programs, and builds digital learning platforms in more than 50 countries. The U.S. branch, opened in 2008, is based in Washington, D.C., and listed as a non profit 501(c) organization under U.S. law. The organization received the Library of Congress' International Literacy Award in 2016.

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Short name: BSF
Legal form: declared association criterion used: legal categories in France
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1.Stated in SIRENE
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Industry: other voluntary membership organizations (France) criterion used: Nomenclature d'activités française, rév. 2
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1.Stated in SIRENE
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Member of: Offline Internet Consortium
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1.offlineinternet.org/partners/Retrieved 2024-10-23
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Funder: Open Society Foundations(2022) prize money: $600,000 · award rationale: to provide general support
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1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2022-84651Retrieved 2025-01-21
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Open Society Foundations(2020) prize money: $600,000 · award rationale: to provide general support
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1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2020-71729Retrieved 2025-01-21
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Open Society Foundations(2019) prize money: $300,000 · award rationale: to provide general support
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1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2019-62473Retrieved 2025-01-21
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Open Society Foundations(2018) prize money: $1.8M · award rationale: to support the implementation of the Ideas Box project in districts of Bangladesh where Rohingya refugees are concentrated.The Ideas Box project will improve the overall access to information, education and cultural resources for the refugees and Bangladeshis living there
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1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2018-43326Retrieved 2025-01-21
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Official name: BIBLIOTHEQUES SANS FRONTIERES criterion used: company name under French law
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1.Stated in SIRENE
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Awards: Q139620555(2022)
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1.prix-montluc.fr/edition-2022/
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