Saugus Public Library Foundation

A Long Proud Tradition of Community Support

"Be a little careful about your library, Do you foresee what you will do with it Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears and your curiosity, And turn you inside out or outside in." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

About the Saugus Public Library Foundation

The Trustees of the Saugus Public Library have created the Saugus Public Library Foundation to enhance the projects, activities, collections and services of the Library. The Foundation provides a vehicle for the Library to administer existing endowments and promote and carry out charitable and fundraising activities.

Through the Foundation, the Trustees have created a means to acknowledge and grow these gifts to preserve donors' bequests in perpetuity. The Foundation enables the Board of Library Trustees to use a portion of the combined interest of unrestricted funds to benefit the entire Library Community.

The Foundation was established in 2004 through significant gifts from the estates of Douglas Lockwood, Josephine Kibbey, and Marie Weeks, as well as funds turned over by the environmental non-profit group, NO-BLAST, upon its dissolution.

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Mission

The mission of the Foundation is to accept donations, raise funds, and create an endowment. Endowment funds are invested to enhance the overall value of the contributions, which maximizes the benefit to the Patrons of the Library. The Foundation authorizes the expenditure of the endowment interest for the Library Trustees to apply toward the betterment and improvement of the library.

How Can I Help the Endowment Grow?

Gifts to the Foundation

A gift to the Foundation is a lasting expression of appreciation for the Library. Private support enriches Library services beyond public funding.

Annual Giving Pledge

I would like to support the Saugus Public Library Foundation through an annual giving pledge of $_____.

Contributions

I would rather make a single contribution of
$1000 _____ $500____ $250___ 100____Other______.

All contribution to the Saugus Public Library Foundation are fully tax deductible.

Bequests

Gifts through a will remain the most commonly proactive and simplest way to provide for those institutions that are important to you. Bequests to the Library Foundation serve as a legacy to future generations.