In the last 19 years, the Mortenson Center has raised more than $2.4 in grants from multiple foundations which have allowed the staff to travel all over the world to work with librarians in different types of libraries and settings. 

• Central America: In 1997, the Center received funding to work with librarians in four countries in Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The Staff Provided professional development training for librarians locally and also trained trainers from the region to deliver sessions on trends and best practices in libraries. 
• South Africa: In 2001, the Center and the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) established the South African Library Leadership Project (SALLP). The goal of this project was to develop leadership qualities in current and future managers of academic, public/community, and national library services in South Africa and to provide training to refine communications and advocacy skills, highlight current best practices in management of library services, and to learn about change management and organizational structures.
• East and West Africa: In 2005 and 2006, the Center received grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York to work with 10 libraries in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. The goal of the project was to provide researchers and students with better access to information with the help of new technologies.
• Namibia, Myanmar, and Armenia: In 2014, the Center received funding to implement the Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders (SILL) project. Over the course of three years, Mortenson staff are designing a set of leadership materials for public and community libraries. The training is being pilot tested in Namibia, Myanmar, and Armenuia, as well as India, Nepal, and Bhutan. The final product will be freely available to librarians around the world in 2017.