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Make Your 2021 Gift To Milwaukee Public Library Foundation

Milwaukee Public Library Foundation is proud to invest in Milwaukee’s anchor institution that continually works to strengthen our community in the critical areas of literacy, opportunity and inspiration. The Foundation funds more than 6,000 programs for 2 million people who visit the library annually. Award-winning lifelong learning programs for families, job seekers, researchers, and reading enthusiasts, as well as enhancements to new library branches for our neighborhoods are examples of how the synergistic public-private partnership between the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation is working to create positive social change.

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Good Hope Donor Wall

Add Your Name To The Good Hope Branch Library Donor Wall

Good Hope Support Form

Good Hope Library

Located on the northwest side of Milwaukee, the Good Hope Branch at 7715 W. Good Hope Road is a powerful symbol of community.

Visitors to the library will read about your legacy gift on the donor recognition wall for gifts of $100 - $5,000. Making a tribute gift is a meaningful way to honor someone special to you, or in memory of a loved one. Please show your support today! The size of your donor wall listing will correspond to gift amount.

You will provide inspiration and opportunity, as your gift supports special enhancements to the library’s amenities requested by the community, such as:

Community Room
Fireplace
Maker Space
Teen Room
Conference Rooms
Children’s Room
Puppet Theater
Programming
Collections

Please call the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation at (414) 286-3784 for more information on sponsorship opportunities. Make a pledge today and be recognized among this exclusive honor roll of Good Hope donors.

Make a Gift

Friends Membership

Be a Member

Join the Friends, renew your annual membership, or give the gift of membership today!

Gifts of Stock

Make a Gift of Stock

If you have securities that have appreciated in value, please consider giving those shares to support Milwaukee Public Library Foundation.

To donate a stock gift, please contact your financial institution/broker, use the institution’s stock transfer form, and contact Ryan Grall at BMO Harris Bank: (414) 287-8489.

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Planned Giving

Join the Legacy Leaders Society

Caring citizens who value the positive impact of the Milwaukee Public Library can make a planned gift to support lifelong learning for our community today, and for generations to come. Call Patricia Swanson, Deputy Director (414) 286-3066.

Legacy Leaders Society Members

Patricia S. Algiers
Susan J. Comstock
Ryan E. Daniels
Julia A. Ihlenfeldt
Joan R. Johnson
Paula A. Kiely
Konrad K. Kuchenbach
Annelise Lawson
Gerald E. Nagy
Dennis L. Paul
Helen Peter Love
Kathleen M. Raab
Delores Robillard
Virginia C. Schwartz
Barbara A. Stein
Patricia Swanson

Sponsorship

Corporate Sponsorship

For thirty years, generous sponsors have demonstrated their commitment to the Milwaukee Public Library through contributions to the Foundation. These valued partners recognize the library’s importance in the community, and help to advance their mission of improving lives and contributing to a strong Milwaukee. The Foundation is proud to continue its original vision of seeking private-sector support—the result is improved collections, expanded programs, enhanced services for lifelong learning, and modern 21st Century Libraries, which would not be possible on public funding alone.

COVID-19 Relief Fund

Milwaukee Public Library Foundation has developed the COVID-19 Relief Fund to support the library’s innovative recovery programs for the community in response to the pandemic – especially for our most vulnerable neighbors.

Click HERE learn more about how you can help.