Support Your Library
Celebrate our 100th Anniversary
Our core community programs and services are largely supported by donors like you. Help us empower individuals and communities by providing opportunities for all to read, learn, create and connect.
Make your mark with a 100th anniversary giftGifts of $100 or more in 2022 will be recognized in our online library catalog as a special, one-time Catalog of CCPL Foundation Donors. Establish your place among your favorite authors by adding your name to the library catalog!
Gifts of $100 or more in 2022 will be recognized in our online library catalog as a special, one-time Catalog of CCPL Foundation Donors. Establish your place among your favorite authors by adding your name to the library catalog!
Our ImpactThis year, our Foundation has designated more than $200,000 for critical programs. Kindergarten Club, a highly successful program that ensures early childhood success and family engagement, is one of the programs our Foundation funds so it can continue to help families and children in need.
This year, our Foundation has designated more than $200,000 for critical programs. Kindergarten Club, a highly successful program that ensures early childhood success and family engagement, is one of the programs our Foundation funds so it can continue to help families and children in need.
Ways to Donate
Donate Online
Make a secure gift online using your Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover card. We use industry-standard technology to protect your information and provide a safe and secure environment for online donations.
Memorial Gifts
Memorial gifts honor the memory of a loved one, special person or occasion. Gift letters are sent to the donor and the honoree or family of the person memorialized. Check the box under Tribute Gift to dedicate your donation.
Start a Fundraiser
Create your own online fundraising page and invite friends and family to donate through our JustGiving account. Celebrate an occasion or memorialize a loved one by raising dollars for the Library.
Donate by MailPlease make your check payable to the Cuyahoga County Public Foundation
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Finance Department
2111 Snow Road
Parma, Ohio 44134
Please make your check payable to the Cuyahoga County Public Foundation
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Finance Department
2111 Snow Road
Parma, Ohio 44134
Join Our Generous Community
Ex Libris Society
The Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation established the Ex Libris Society to honor and show appreciation to its most loyal and generous donors. Their support and commitment sustains the Library’s programs and services for future generations.
Library Loyalist
Donate every month and become a Library Loyalist! New Library Loyalists will get a signed book of their choice.
1922 Society
Individuals who make a commitment to the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation’s future through a bequest or planned gift become members of the 1922 Society, named for the year the Library was established.
Other Ways to Support
Donor-Advised Funds
Direct Your DAF designation to CCPL Foundation. Our EIN is 26-0042432. When you make a DAF gift, please send us a note at [email protected] when you’ve made a gift so we can make sure to thank you and ensure that your gift gets to where it is intended.
Matching Gift
Your employer may offer a matching gift program. Click the button below to find out if your employer will double your donation!
Stocks & Securities
A gift of Stocks/Securities may help you avoid paying tax on capital gains.
Fundraising Events
Flourish
Flourish is Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation’s culinary fundraiser that raises funds to support our youth literacy programs. Look forward to a night of amazing food and phenomenal silent auction items that are all for a good cause!
Reading the Green
Reading the Green is the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation’s annual golf outing and is always a sellout. Held at the beautiful Lakewood Country Club, the event is always filled with great golf, friends and food!
The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series
The Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation’s signature event — the William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series — brings the literary world’s best writers, journalists and storytellers to the Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University.
Volunteer
Opportunities
We have volunteer opportunities available for our programs 1-2-3 READ, Homework Centers, and STEAM activities.
Join a Friends Group
Our Library has 25 individual Friends of the Library organizations associated with our branches. The Friends organizations throughout our system fund programs in part through used books sales.
