At the Pima Library Foundation (PLF), we know strong public libraries provide much more than books. They are centers of community, incubators for progress, and gateways to economic opportunity.
Every day we work to raise support for our Library. Through PLF, you can help Pima County residents access skills, experiences, and opportunities to enhance their lives and build the cultural, civic, and economic vitality of our communities.
Join us in reimagining libraries that go beyond books.
The Pima Library Foundation works to raise the necessary funds for programs, projects, services, facilities and strategic priorities that enhance our Pima County Public Library and that go unfunded by tax revenue. Our mission goes beyond immediate needs. We also strive to grow our endowment that will ensure the vitality and excellence of our Library for generations to come. Together, we can cultivate a thriving community resource that nurtures learning, creativity, and connection for all.
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.
