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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 Founding Investors

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The Boston Foundation
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Barr Foundation
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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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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and we hope that you’ll support us! A gift to the Boston Public Library Fund during this season of giving is a heart-warming way to support your community.

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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and we hope that you’ll support us! A gift to the Boston Public Library Fund during this season of giving is a heart-warming way to support your community. When you make a donation of any size, we’ll send you a bookmark featuring silhouettes of our treasured BPL branches as a thank you for your generosity. Visit bplfund.org/give to make your gift! #BPL #boston #bostonpubliclibrary #givingtuesday2022 #massachusetts

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and we hope that you’ll bookmark us! A gift to the Boston Public Library Fund during this season of giving is a heart-warming way to support your community.

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Nov 28

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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and we hope that you’ll bookmark us! A gift to the Boston Public Library Fund during this season of giving is a heart-warming way to support your community. When you make a donation of any size, we’ll send you a bookmark featuring silhouettes of our treasured BPL branches as a thank you for your generosity. Visit bplfund.org/give to make your gift!

@bplmaps is hosting an evening reception to celebrate the opening of Soft City, a pop-up exhibition by @amandaugorji and @swchien -- and you're invited!

Learn more and secure your spot by visiting www.leventhalmap.org.

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@bplmaps is hosting an evening reception to celebrate the opening of Soft City, a pop-up exhibition by @amandaugorji and @swchien -- and you're invited! Learn more and secure your spot by visiting www.leventhalmap.org.

On Wednesday, November 30 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., author Neal Gabler and @bplboston President David Leonard will discuss “Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009.” Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with Gabler’s work at the Central Library in Copley Square! ...

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Nov 26

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On Wednesday, November 30 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., author Neal Gabler and @bplboston President David Leonard will discuss “Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009.” Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with Gabler’s work at the Central Library in Copley Square! Register at bpl.org to secure your spot!

During this time of reflection and giving thanks, all of us at the Boston Public Library Fund wish to thank you for your friendship and support. May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Image credit:
Harper's Bazar: Thanksgiving
Louis John Rhead, 1894
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During this time of reflection and giving thanks, all of us at the Boston Public Library Fund wish to thank you for your friendship and support. May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. Image credit: Harper's Bazar: Thanksgiving Louis John Rhead, 1894 Lithograph Arts Department, Boston Public Library

Give the gift of legacy this holiday season by naming a seat after a loved one in the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Hall.

The perfect gift for the library lover in your life, your seat dedication—marked by an engraved silver plaque— is a meaningful way to give back to the BPL. All ...

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Give the gift of legacy this holiday season by naming a seat after a loved one in the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Hall. The perfect gift for the library lover in your life, your seat dedication—marked by an engraved silver plaque— is a meaningful way to give back to the BPL. All funds raised from this opportunity will fund Library programming that is free to all patrons. Start your holiday shopping now and visit bplfund.org/rabb to secure this gift.

What does the Boston Public Library mean to you?

During this season of gratitude, we’re especially thankful for the Boston Public Library staff who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional services to people of all ages and across the Commonwealth—and we know you are too.

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What does the Boston Public Library mean to you? During this season of gratitude, we’re especially thankful for the Boston Public Library staff who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional services to people of all ages and across the Commonwealth—and we know you are too. Visit bplfund.org/notes to share a virtual sticky note of gratitude and tell us why you love the Boston Public Library!

What does the Boston Public Library mean to you?

During this season of gratitude, we’re especially thankful for the Boston Public Library staff who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional services to people of all ages and across the Commonwealth—and we know you are too.

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Nov 16

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What does the Boston Public Library mean to you? During this season of gratitude, we’re especially thankful for the Boston Public Library staff who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional services to people of all ages and across the Commonwealth—and we know you are too. Visit bplfund.org/notes to share a virtual sticky note of gratitude and tell us why you love the Boston Public Library!
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