Send a Fully Private Donation to Friends of the Berkeley Public Library!
About
Friends’ Mission:
The Friends of the Berkeley Public Library is a 501(c)(3) California nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support and expand the educational, cultural, and outreach programs of the Berkeley Public Library. The Friends work with Library staff to build collections, support programming, and stimulate interest in the Library. Our volunteers staff two bookstores, selling gently used books, CDs, and DVDs. We welcome you to join the Friends, to volunteer with us, to bring us your donations, and to shop at our stores!
The Friends’ federal tax ID number is 51-0193030.
What the Friends do:
Money raised by the Friends helps pay for many of the events at the Berkeley Public Library.
- Children’s programming in the libraries, including the Summer Reading Program, puppet shows, craft programs, and storytellers
- Teen programming and book clubs
- Adult programming including author talks, poetry readings, Berkeley history lectures, and lunchtime concerts
- Library staff scholarships for library-related studies
Silent Donor is proud to have already facilitated tens of thousands of dollars in donations to the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library to date!
Welcome to Silent Donor! To send your fully anonymous donation, select your preferred payment method below and proceed to our short donation form. Simply type in Friends of the Berkeley Public Library as the recipient organization for your donation on the form.
How it works: Your donation will first flow to our federally registered 501(c)(3) charitable fund that we created to protect the privacy of our donors called the AnonDo Fund. Then, the AnonDo Fund will send the donation to Friends of the Berkeley Public Library, but it will come as a donation from our fund – and will not contain any of your information at all! You will receive your tax-deductible receipt from the AnonDo Fund.
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