Library
Endowment Funds
(L4L)
You will find related information at the following Links for Libraries: Library Foundations and Fundraising.
Background
Mission,
Role, and Purpose of ALA's Endowment Fund
The history and operating guidelines of ALA's Endowment Fund provide useful
information for any library considering the establishment of an Endowment Fund
or evaluating an existing one.
Hickory
(NC) Public Library's Endowment
This site is included as an example of a library endowment fund that is one
part of Leave a Legacy
Catawba Valley and Catawba
Valley Community Foundation, which in turn is an affiliate of the North
Carolina Community Foundation.
Endowment
Funds Go On Forever --- An Endowment Campaign Should Not
"The key to successfully completing an endowment campaign on or before its established
and public deadline is, in a word, organization." The author of this article,
who writes from the perspective of a non-profit organization consultant, tells
how to organize a successful campaign and describes pitfalls along the way. At
the end of the article are further online resources, and you may want to browse
his home page for other
potentially useful articles.
Supporting public libraries in Outagamie and Waupaca counties