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Institutional Giving

The Boston Public Library Fund is proud to partner with institutions across Greater Boston and beyond to pioneer innovative programs and enhanced community services at the Boston Public Library. Private philanthropy is essential to the Library, enabling a multitude of special programs and multiplying impacts for communities across the City of Boston.

Why Give?

Institutional support allows the Library to go above and beyond what is possible through City funding alone, accelerating the Library’s work in unlocking opportunity, activating democracy, and sharing treasures, while ensuring it remains 100% free to all.

Institutional Giving

BPL Fund Institutional Giving

The Boston Public Library Fund is proud to partner with institutions across Greater Boston and beyond to pioneer innovative programs and enhanced community services at the Boston Public Library. Private philanthropy is essential to the Library, enabling a multitude of special programs and multiplying impacts for communities across the City of Boston. 

Why Give?

Institutional support allows the Library to go above and beyond what is possible through City funding alone, accelerating the Library’s work in unlocking opportunity, activating democracy, and sharing treasures, while ensuring it remains 100% free to all.

Public Programs

Private support allows the Library to go above and beyond what is possible through City of Boston-funding alone, accelerating the Library’s work in Unlocking Opportunity, Activating Democracy, and Sharing Treasures. Corporate and Foundation giving through the Boston Public Library Fund provides new opportunities for the people of Boston while ensuring that the Library remains 100% Free-to-All.

Learn More

Please contact Benjamin Wind, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at bwind@bplfund.org to discover ways your institution can become a philanthropic partner of Boston Public Library Fund. 

Special Thanks to our Institutional Partners

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The Boston Foundation
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Barr Foundation
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  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals
  • Amalgamated Charitable Foundation
  • American Tower
  • Arent Fox
  • AT&T New England
  • Bain Capital
  • Children’s Charity, Ltd.
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Citizens Bank
  • Crocker Electrical Co. Inc.
  • Delaware North
  • Edgerley Family Fund
  • Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund
  • Ernst & Young
  • F5 Networks
  • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
  • Fiduciary Trust Co.
  • FJC
  • Ginkgo Bioworks
  • Goldman Sachs & Co
  • Goulston & Storrs
  • Haldane Central School
  • Harvard Community Gifts
  • Intel Foundation
  • John H. & H. Naomi Tomfohrde Foundation
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • M & T Charitable Foundation
  • Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
  • MFS Investment Management
  • MFS Investment Management Matching Gifts Program
  • Network for Good
  • Newmark Knight Frank
  • Red Sox Foundation
  • Saquish Foundation
  • Shawmut Street Charitable Gift Fund
  • Stanhope Garage Inc
  • The Big Quiet
  • The Denver Foundation
  • The Highland Street Foundation
  • The Klarman Family Foundation
  • The Learning Project Elementary School
  • The Lowell Institute
  • The Mabel Louise Riley Foundation
  • Tiny Tiger Foundation
  • Tufts Health Plan Foundation
  • United Way of MA
  • Verizon Foundation
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  • Walking Stick Family Fund
  • WGBH
  • William J. and Lia G. Poorvu Foundation
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals
  • Amalgamated Charitable Foundation
  • American Tower
  • Arent Fox
  • AT&T New England
  • Bain Capital
  • Children’s Charity, Ltd.
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Citizens Bank
  • Crocker Electrical Co. Inc.
  • Delaware North
  • Edgerley Family Fund
  • Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund
  • Ernst & Young
  • F5 Networks
  • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
  • Fiduciary Trust Co.
  • FJC
  • Ginkgo Bioworks
  • Goldman Sachs & Co
  • Goulston & Storrs
  • Haldane Central School
  • Harvard Community Gifts
  • Intel Foundation
  • John H. & H. Naomi Tomfohrde Foundation
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • M & T Charitable Foundation
  • Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
  • MFS Investment Management
  • MFS Investment Management Matching Gifts Program
  • Network for Good
  • Newmark Knight Frank
  • Red Sox Foundation
  • Saquish Foundation
  • Shawmut Street Charitable Gift Fund
  • Stanhope Garage Inc
  • The Big Quiet
  • The Boston Foundation, Inc.
  • The Denver Foundation
  • The Highland Street Foundation
  • The Klarman Family Foundation
  • The Learning Project Elementary School
  • The Lowell Institute
  • The Mabel Louise Riley Foundation
  • Tiny Tiger Foundation
  • Tufts Health Plan Foundation
  • United Way of MA
  • Verizon Foundation
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  • Walking Stick Family Fund
  • WGBH
  • William J. and Lia G. Poorvu Foundation

Institutional partnerships with the Boston Public Library Fund make possible unique corporate social responsibility activities, employee volunteerism, event and program sponsorships, and a host of other community engagement offerings.

The Boston Public Library’s Homework Assistance Program (HAP) provides free, 100% accessible academic support for thousands of K-8 students in the city. HAP also provides employment and post-secondary skills development for over 50 high-achieving Boston 'Teen Mentors' each year. These exceptional youth deliver a cumulative 10,000 group and one-on-one tutoring lessons annually.

Sponsorship levels:

Presenting Partner: $25,000
Title sponsorship of the Homework Assistance Program 
All the benefits below, plus:
  • Employee Engagement: Meet and greet with future leaders of Boston’s workforce at the Teen Mentor year-end celebration!
  • Corporate branding on public advertising
Community Partner: $10,000
Sponsors community learning at four virtual locations
All the benefits below, plus:
  • Corporate branding on program materials, supplies, and t-shirts
  • Corporate branding on program’s virtual conferencing platform
After-school Success Partner: $5,000
Sponsors one week of the HAP
All the benefits below, plus:
  • Corporate branding on print marketing
  • HAP 2020-21 outcomes reporting
Teen Mentor Sponsor: $2,500
Sponsors one Teen Mentor
  • Acknowledgement of Boston Public Library Fund website & 2021 annual report
  • Personalized reporting and success stories from Teen Mentor sponsor
  • IRA tax-deductible receipt

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Valentine’s Day is almost here! Celebrate the library lover in your life by dedicating a bookplate in their honor with a donation of $50 or more. We will print their name and a personalized message inside a book circulating in the Boston Public Library. Learn more using the link in our bio.

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Valentine’s Day is almost here! Celebrate the library lover in your life by dedicating a bookplate in their honor with a donation of $50 or more. We will print their name and a personalized message inside a book circulating in the Boston Public Library. Learn more using the link in our bio.

The Boston Public Library Fund recently received two anonymous gifts to expand the BPL’s Homework Assistance Program, which provides academic support for Boston’s K-8 students. The Program is funded entirely through philanthropic gifts and has been a core educational component for the city’s ...

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The Boston Public Library Fund recently received two anonymous gifts to expand the BPL’s Homework Assistance Program, which provides academic support for Boston’s K-8 students. The Program is funded entirely through philanthropic gifts and has been a core educational component for the city’s students since the 1990’s. We are #grateful for this generosity! @bplboston @bostonschools

Today, the Boston Public Library Fund recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. and the extraordinary contributions he made to create a more equitable, inclusive, and just society. Each and every day we strive to support the Library’s mission to welcome its four million visitors equally regardless of ...

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Today, the Boston Public Library Fund recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. and the extraordinary contributions he made to create a more equitable, inclusive, and just society. Each and every day we strive to support the Library’s mission to welcome its four million visitors equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status. 📸 'Strength to Love' by Martin Luther King Jr. was published in 1963 as a collection of his sermons. Check it out at your local branch! Boston Public Library @king_boston_1965 #martinlutherkingday

On this day in 1856, #JohnSingerSargent was born in Florence, Italy. Today, thousands of visitors enjoy what many consider his masterwork, the Triumph of Religion murals, on the third floor of the Central Library’s McKim Building.

We invite you to visit the Sargent Gallery, free of ...

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Jan 12

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On this day in 1856, #JohnSingerSargent was born in Florence, Italy. Today, thousands of visitors enjoy what many consider his masterwork, the Triumph of Religion murals, on the third floor of the Central Library’s McKim Building. We invite you to visit the Sargent Gallery, free of charge, during regular Library hours. 📷 John Singer Sargent, by James E. Purdy, sepia matte print on card mount, 1903, National Portrait Gallery, London

Take flight with this brand new video footage, featuring sweeping shots of Copley Square and the Boston Public Library’s McKim Building, a National Historic Landmark.

Made possible by @bankofamerica, this drone sequence is just a teaser for a larger project, which includes a 360-degree ...

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Jan 11

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Take flight with this brand new video footage, featuring sweeping shots of Copley Square and the Boston Public Library’s McKim Building, a National Historic Landmark. Made possible by @bankofamerica, this drone sequence is just a teaser for a larger project, which includes a 360-degree interactive virtual experience, as well as a narrative tour for patrons near and far.

We are excited to share with you a unique and limited opportunity to honor a family member or friend in one of Boston’s most photographed and well-known spaces – Bates Hall – located in the McKim Building at the Central Branch.

For a short time, you can dedicate one of the 56 iconic ...

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Jan 7

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We are excited to share with you a unique and limited opportunity to honor a family member or friend in one of Boston’s most photographed and well-known spaces – Bates Hall – located in the McKim Building at the Central Branch. For a short time, you can dedicate one of the 56 iconic green lamps located in Bates Hall with a distinctive engraved brass plaque. Learn more using the link in our bio /illuminatingbates

Happy 2022 from your friends at the Boston Public Library Fund!

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Jan 1

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Happy 2022 from your friends at the Boston Public Library Fund!

Now is the time to make your gift to the Boston Public Library Fund! Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, all gifts received by midnight tonight will be DOUBLED dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. With just a few hours to go, we are $4,000 away from this goal. Link to give in bio.

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Dec 31

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Now is the time to make your gift to the Boston Public Library Fund! Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, all gifts received by midnight tonight will be DOUBLED dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. With just a few hours to go, we are $4,000 away from this goal. Link to give in bio.
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