Public Libraries in the United States
Overview & Insights on Library Foundations by Walter Dillingham. Learn about important trends in the public library sector and some observations on public library foundations.
We all hope that we can get that one big gift and be done with fundraising. But fundraising is about relationship building and it is an ongoing, lifetime, dialogue. Approaches to fundraising should be systematic, consistent, and diverse. Here are a few tools that might help you make your foundation stronger.
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Library Endowments
What exactly are they and why should Library advocates be interested? This presentation was given by United for Libraries at the 2012 ALA conference and explains why, how and when to establish endowments.
Fundraising Tools
This is a presentation showing basic tools of fundraising that are easily accessible by Foundation Boards.