Donating to Your Library
CADL accepts monetary donations, donations of services, and donations of books and other materials.
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Cash, check and in-kind donations can be made in person at your local library using our CADL Donation Form (PDF*)
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You can also help support CADL by volunteering or joining our Friends' organizations.
Why donations are important
The Capital Area District Library actively develops and uses supplemental funding sources to help finance enhanced collections, new technologies, expanded or renovated facilities, enriched library programming and innovative demonstration projects.
These supplemental funding sources include: individual or corporate gifts given directly to the library; funds from local library trusts, foundations or endowments; funds raised by Library Friends; and grant awards from state and federal governments or private foundations.
Although supplemental funding may play a key role in supporting library services it cannot replace public funds which support basic public library service.
The Capital Area District Library welcomes gifts of money, securities, library materials, equipment, furnishings, services, and other items that assist in the provision of library service to the community in accordance with the Library’s mission, values, goals, and policies.
Donors may designate their gift to any valid need of the library. These donations will be used for the purposes identified. Gifts made for other purposes need to be approved in advance by the Director in consultation with the Library Board.
The Capital Area District Library reserves the right to refuse any gifts within its discretion that may not be in keeping with its mission, values, goals, and policies.
The Library values and respects its donors. The purpose of the recognition program is to thank donors, to encourage others to give, and to build healthy long-term relationships between the library and its donors. Every effort will be made to ensure that recognition is timely, meaningful to the donor, appropriate and equitable. Recognition of donors will be bestowed in accordance with established guidelines.
All records pertaining to established and potential donors will be kept confidential to the extent allowed by law.
Donors who wish to remain anonymous will be listed as “Anonymous” on recognition plaques and in library publications.
REL 107 Gifts and Donations Policy
