Governor’s Proposed State Aid to Libraries Fiscal Year 2026 The Governor’s proposed FY26 state budget (State Budget Executive Summary, see page D-6) includes funding for State Aid to Libraries at 24.53% of local appropriations and expenditures and eligible endowment funds expended in FY2024 as described in RIGL 29-6-2(a). Municipality Previous Year State Aid Second Preceding Fiscal Year Appropriation and Expenditure Tax-based Endowment Total Barrington $374,472 $1,440,988 $353,136 $3,247 $356,383 Bristol $218,673 $914,574 $224,131 $0 $224,131 Burrillville $237,425 $905,159 $221,823 $0 $221,823 Central Falls $37,296 $118,825 $29,120 $7,562 $36,682 Charlestown $68,182 $276,516 $67,765 $1,033 $68,798 Coventry $269,635 $1,082,316 $265,238 $0 $265,238 Cranston $801,676 $3,186,998 $781,023 $48,243 $829,266 Cumberland $362,208 $1,505,214 $368,876 $3,140 $372,016 East Greenwich $153,342 $553,760 $135,707 $12,800 $148,508 East Providence $457,226 $2,059,035 $504,598 $0 $504,598 Exeter $65,245 $276,769 $67,827 $0 $67,827 Foster $42,989 $179,845 $44,074 $0 $44,074 Glocester $99,016 $395,127 $96,832 $980 $97,812 Hopkinton $44,300 $142,000 $34,799 $9,997 $44,796 Jamestown $121,534 $474,633 $116,316 $3,183 $119,499 Johnston $130,296 $539,954 $132,324 $2,665 $134,989 Lincoln $273,980 $1,090,753 $267,306 $0 $267,306 Little Compton $44,558 $193,352 $47,384 $0 $47,384 Middletown $180,903 $723,613 $177,333 $0 $177,333 Narragansett $246,158 $855,055 $209,544 $0 $209,544 Newport $500,366 $2,052,332 $502,956 $3,048 $506,003 New Shoreham $118,589 $451,469 $110,639 $0 $110,639 North Kingstown $325,575 $1,391,286 $340,956 $17,687 $358,643 North Providence $243,155 $979,810 $240,118 $1,826 $241,944 North Smithfield $98,289 $393,245 $96,371 $0 $96,371 Pawtucket $513,563 $2,065,001 $506,060 $9,846 $515,906 Portsmouth $139,256 $560,304 $137,311 $4,203 $141,515 Providence $1,528,268 $3,995,000 $979,037 $493,061 $1,472,097 Richmond $32,604 $102,000 $24,997 $4,523 $29,520 Scituate $137,687 $583,778 $143,064 $0 $143,064 Smithfield $375,697 $1,529,215 $374,758 $445 $375,203 South Kingstown $262,439 $1,028,126 $251,958 $22,962 $274,920 Tiverton $150,750 $615,000 $150,715 $0 $150,715 Warren $78,191 $306,019 $74,995 $3,185 $78,180 Warwick $925,461 $3,566,344 $873,988 $35,688 $909,676 Westerly $453,238 $415,000 $101,702 $352,690 $454,393 West Greenwich $71,408 $297,258 $72,848 $0 $72,848 West Warwick $210,823 $886,108 $217,154 $10,108 $227,263 Woonsocket $235,701 $951,857 $233,267 $0 $233,267 Apportionment: 24.53%Previous Year State Aid: $10,630,172Second Preceding Fiscal Year Appropriation and Expenditure: $39,083,638Tax-Based Grant-in-Aid: $9,578,050Endowment-Based Grant-in-Aid: $1,052,122Total Grant-in-Aid: $10,630,172Statewide Reference Resource Center: $1,145,585Institutional Library Grant-in-Aid: $79,671State Aid to Public Libraries: $11,855,428Public Library Construction Reimbursement$2,115,628Total State Aid to Libraries: $13,971,057Executive Summary: Executive Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Proposal