At the Pima Library Foundation, we know that strong public libraries provide so much more than books—they are centers of community, incubators for progress, and gateways to economic opportunity.
Every day we work to raise the philanthropic support for our public libraries to go beyond books. Through the foundation, you can help everyone in Pima County to access skills, experiences, and opportunities to enhance their lives and build the cultural, civic, and economic vitality of our communities.
Programs like:
Join us in reimagining libraries that go beyond books.
The Pima Library Foundation (PLF) is the non-profit (501 c3) philanthropic partner to the 27-branch Pima County Library System. Formed in 1999 to ensure the continuing vitality and excellence of our library system, the Foundation developed and maintains a permanent endowment fund for the long-term benefit of the Pima County Public Library system. Learn more here.
Our public libraries receive funding from three crucial sources:
community like you, which is where we come in.
Your contribution to the Pima Library Foundation ensures that Pima County’s libraries can create and expand programs, services, and spaces that go beyond books. Funding through the Foundation enables our libraries to provide so much more than could with tax dollars alone. Your support fuels the cultural, civic, and economic vitality of Pima County.
Whether your interest is in providing financial support, your time, or your voice — there are many ways to get involved with the Pima Library Foundation in support of our Pima County Public Libraries.
As the private philanthropic partner to the Pima County Public Library, the Foundation makes sure that your gift is used where it is needed most. Our staff is able to assist you in making your gift, whether it is cash, insurance, real estate, or a bequest.
Gifts to the Pima Library Foundation are used to fund critical strategic Library initiatives that would not be otherwise funded.
The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, and all gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. (Federal Tax ID #86-1034492)
By joining our Board of Directors, you’re investing in the future cultural, civic, and economic vitality of Pima County. Join us in reimagining our libraries to go beyond books.
Generous gifts by individual donors, foundations and corporations to the Pima Library Foundation support programs,
services and materials identified as strategic priorities by Pima County Public Library leadership.
