Sausalito Library Foundation

The Sausalito Library Foundation ensures the sustained excellence of the Sausalito Public Library by securing a permanent revenue source to enhance the Library’s programs, materials and environment.

Governed by a 9-member Board of Directors and supported by a 11-member Advisory Council, the Foundation is organized as a public charitable organization, entitled to receive fully tax-deductible contributions. The Foundation fund has been built by contributions from individual donors and community grants. Thanks to careful investment strategies and the generosity of our donors, this fund has grown each year. Please lend your support!

Foundation Projects

Strategic Plan. To expand, deepen, and diversify the Library’s connection to the community, we funded a long-range strategic plan in 2007 that now serves as a blueprint to help staff prioritize resources and activities and guides the Foundation’s grant-making decisions.

Compulab. Together with grants from the Sausalito Art Festival Foundation and Frank Howard Allen-Sausalito, in 2007 we underwrote the purchase of laptop computers and support hardware, software and technical assistance to initiate a program that provides free group instruction in computer skills and use of online resources.

Newspaper Digitization. In 2009, in partnership with the Sausalito Historical Society, we funded a program to digitize the Sausalito News from 1895 to 1922. These issues of the newspaper can now be searched online, by date or by subject matter.

Early Childhood Services at the Library. Under the Foundation’s 2009 grant to bolster library services for children, specialist Natalie McCall has been developing children’s programs and working to enhance their book and audio-visual materials collection. Learn more.

Foundation Reports

Each year we send a report of Foundation activities to our past and prospective supporters. If you have any questions about the Foundation, please contact Barbara Geisler by email or phone: 415.331.8505.

2009 Annual Report and Summary
2008 Annual Report and Summary
2007 Annual Report and Summary