End of Year Giving
Why Your Gift Matters
Every day our libraries feed our minds, while providing an enormous range of programs and services to everyone who needs them, entirely for free.
The Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries are the nonprofit partner of our whole 10-branch Santa Cruz public library system.
The Friend’s commitment to fundraising, advocating, and volunteering for our libraries is passionate and unwavering. Your contributions directly fuel and grow our capacity!
Please support our annual End of Year Giving campaign by making an unrestricted, tax deductible gift by the end of 2025.
Ways to Give
Mail a Check to:
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries PO Box 8472, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Designating “End of Year Campaign” or “Where needed most” on the memo line is appreciated.
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Inc. Our Tax ID is 94-2612557
Your Impact
This year your generous donations allowed us to fully fund our Library system’s high quality literacy-centered programming at all branches, covering the cost of programs focus on literacy and school readiness, provide library services for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth and adults, Summer Reading, Bookmobile outreach, and all library branches.
Summer Reading and R.E.A.D. are important keystone library programs that promote reading and literacy over the summer months to mitigate "Summer Slide" in students and promote library engagement to all ages. R.E.A.D. is a comprehension program for students grades K-12. Students receive individual instruction from a California credentialed teacher.
“Thank you for our Felton Library’s “Make and Explore” STEAM program. It is an incredible program! …those 30 minutes of experiential, hands-on learning (especially in this digital era) are priceless for a child.” -Brygn Ellwanger, Library Patron
- Throughout the system, Friends covered the cost of library programs, film licensing fees, expert presenters, hands-on materials, additions to the book and digital collections, and lendable special equipment like telescopes.
- Thanks to community generosity this year, the Friends have met 75% of our goal in our separate capital campaign to fund the new Downtown Library.
- Friends advocated for our libraries at myriad public meetings and events, partnered to deliver programs like Our Community Reads and The CZU Fire 5th Anniversary.
More Ways to Give
Mail a Check to:
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
PO Box 8472, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Designating “End of Year Campaign” or “Where needed most” on the memo line is appreciated.
Direct a donor advised fund to Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Inc. Our Tax ID is 94-2612557
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Our work
- In the last five years, the Friends’ have contributed over $1.8 million to accessible, diverse Library programs.
- Friends have contributed 15,000 volunteer hours in the past year as advocates, fundraisers, and champions for our local library system.
- Neighborhood Friends Chapters give special support and attention to their local Branches. Fundraising activities are organized to support programs such as Our Community Reads and Summer Reading, to purchase equipment, and add to the library collections.
Photographers
Thank you to these photographers who have contributed to the Friends' website:
Sean McLean Photography
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Jim Bourne
Mary Andersen
