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This year,
Sincerely, David Leonard President, Boston Public Library Central Library in Copley Square
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Thank you. The Boston Public Library (BPL) thrives when the community values and invests in its success. This past year, your generous support of our mission through the Boston Public Library Fund helped patrons find the books, spaces, and services they needed to become informed, educated, and engaged members of society. This year, we expanded our role as a community resource and attracted 125,000 new BPL users. We hosted more than 4,800 virtual and in-person programs for more than 213,000 patrons. Generous contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations helped expand English language classes, provided new resources to support budding entrepreneurs, developed workforce preparedness initiatives, and connected individuals to reliable internet service. In partnership with the Boston Public Library Fund, I look forward to continuing our work with you, our donors, to meet the rapidly changing needs of the community. You are critical to ensuring that the Library remains agile, relevant, inventive — and free to all.
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Philanthropic support of the Boston Public Library Fund is vital to the future of Boston and our community. Your generosity this past year celebrated civic engagement and activated democracy. Thanks to you, the Library preserved and shared treasures that illuminate social and cultural issues and spark conversation about our collective history. With your partnership, patrons explored topics on justice and resiliency by attending the Lowell Lecture Series. They learned English through in-person and virtual classes, gained expanded access to historical newspapers, found jobs, and wrote their memoirs. Some of our younger patrons learned new technologies and shared these skills with peers. On the following pages, we tell these stories and recognize how your support unlocked opportunities for individuals and their communities.
More than ever, libraries play a pivotal role in American society. They are places bursting with information, programs, and resources — free to all — where learning and opportunity are born and nurtured. They are vital centers of equity and diverse thought where people become more informed, involved, and engaged. They are a place where voices are heard and respected.
Jeffrey B. Hawkins Board Chair, Boston Public Library Fund Paula S. Sakey Executive Director, Boston Public Library Fund
The Boston Public Library and the Boston Public Library Fund are dedicated to building on that trust to help people become more informed and active participants in civic life. Together, we are improving the communities in which we all live. Thank you for embracing this noble cause.
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As recent polling shows, libraries are perceived by the public today to be among the last truly trustworthy, fully democratic institutions in American society.
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Tapping Into the Power of People
“The work that patrons and I do together often has direct, tangible impacts on problems they’re facing or a need they’re trying to address,” she says. “My role lets patrons know that someone cares about what they’re going through and is here to help them navigate next Anothersteps.”new staff member is Literacy Instructor Cody VanWinkle, who teaches English to a growing population of immigrants eager to unlock their potential. “My students strengthen new skills in real time every time they come to my class,” he says. “In the long term, I’m thrilled to see them gain more confidence in their communication and improve their opportunities in the community.”
Private donors support new staff positions and expand the Library’s role in advancing social and economic equity.
UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITY
In recent years, patron demand has outpaced the Library’s capacity for certain critical and innovative services and resources. To meet this growing need, forward-thinking private donors have funded several new staff positions, accelerating the Boston Public Library’s response to community needs. These staff members are now connecting with more Boston residents and helping them learn new skills, find housing, and apply for jobs.
“The Library is often the first stop for individuals seeking employment or new skills,” says Deandra. “Now, more than ever, they need library staff to serve as guides, and we’re ready and excited to immediately connect them with trusted community partners.”
As the Boston Public Library’s new Career Counselor, Deandra Williams plays an essential role in linking patrons to the resources and services they need to advance their careers. Her position centers on building even stronger relationships with partner organizations that provide workforce training and development opportunities.
Generous donors have also funded the first Library Social Worker. Taylor Morris develops services for patrons exhibiting indicators of homelessness, mental health concerns, and addiction issues.
Shown here are some of the staff members hired through private philanthropy. (l–r): Founding Research Collection Project Manager Hepzibah Rapoport; Teen Technology Coordinator Bri Skywall; Literacy Instructor Cody VanWinkle; Library Social Worker Taylor Morris; Nutritional Literacy Specialist Stephanie Chase; and Career Counselor Deandra Williams.
SETTING TEENS ON THE PATH TO TECH CAREERS
The Boston Public Library’s Teen Tech Mentors, Teddy Lourie, William Toussaint, and Daniela Acuna, spent the past year learning and then teaching other teens and tweens to use a vast array of software programs and hardware, freely accessible at the BPL. The experience opened the mentors’ eyes to potential technology careers — and helped them develop lifelong leadership skills beyond tech.
“I learned how to communicate as part of a team and deal with setbacks,” says Teddy, a rising senior at Boston Latin Academy. Funded by generous donors, mentors in the program become paid staffers within Teen Central, a unique community space providing services to more than 14,000 teens in Grades 6–12 annually. Mentors each devise a class for teens and tweens and create a “passion project” that benefits both the mentor and the Library.
William (he/him), also a rising senior at Boston Latin, says he has become more open to trying new things, including software. William, who loves video games from the ’80s and ’90s, developed a teaching session for tweens and teens on the 3D modeling software Blendr. “The main lesson was making a Pacman animation in 3D,” he says, laughing. His passion project is creating a 3D virtual online tour of Teen Central.
Tech Mentors Daniela, William, and Teddy in Teen Central
Teddy (they/them) developed an online class to teach teens to use Scratch, a programming language, to develop interactive stories, games, and animations. Their passion project is to design a physical and digital space where teens can display audio, visual, and physical art, including 3D art using one of the Library’s 3D printers.
Access to the latest technology unlocks opportunity.
“I became more confident generally, and about learning software,” says Daniela (she/her), also a rising senior at Boston Latin Academy. As a Tech Mentor, she employed her love of graphic design to teach photo-editing tools, among them Pixlr E, Pixlr X, and Photoshop. Her passion project is developing a teen magazine using software such as Illustrator and Photoshop.
All three say they’ll consider a career in STEM or an adjacent field. William, for example, is interested in the movie industry, which uses technology to generate special effects. “I learned a lot about engineering,” says Teddy. “I might go in that direction.”
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Support for the Boston Public Library Fund provides resources to ensure that the Boston Public Library remains a trusted source of information, enabling patrons to learn more about the world around them and the part they play in Giftsit. to the Boston Public Library Fund enabled the Library to engage patrons in new ways:
• A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will power the Boston Public Library to join the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a long-running effort coordinated by the Library of Congress to build a free online digital library of historical newspapers from across the United States. BPL staff, working with other experts, will now identify significant newspapers from the Library’s extensive microfilm and print archives for inclusion in the Chronicling America collection, which provides full-text searching and display of more than 18 million pages from some 6,000 newspaper titles published from 1777 to 1963. This archive will be of significant benefit to historians, students, and the public.
• Thanks to funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Eastern Bank Foundation, and the Verizon Foundation, the BPL will now enhance and expand its in-person and virtual English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs. As one of the few 100 percent cost-free ESOL programs in the city, the Library’s effort enables Boston’s growing and diverse population to participate more fully in democracy and community life. The funding will support additional staff, attract and coordinate more volunteers, and increase the number of branches that offer ESOL coursework.
ACTIVATING
• With funding from the Lowell Institute, the Library’s Lowell Lecture Series explored themes of equity, hope, resilience, and healing with large audiences via Zoom and in person over the past year. A range of speakers centered their talks on thought-provoking topics, such as justice and policing following the death of George Floyd; healing for communities in crisis; the power of optimism; and the science of happiness.
Built by the People Libraries play an increasingly pivotal role in civic society.
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• A generous gift from Granite Telecommunications is fueling the Library’s efforts to close Boston’s digital divide. In a society more reliant than ever on the internet for news, to apply for a job, to attend a class, and to exchange ideas, 46 percent of Boston households with an income of less than $30,000 a year don’t have a computer and 20 percent of all Bostonians say they’re unable to pay for internet access. Granite’s support will make it possible for the Library to provide additional Home Connectivity Kits — each consisting of a laptop, a hot spot, and a quick-start guide — so that more residents can use their library card to obtain a computer and internet access for home use.
DEMOCRACY
Funding from private investors expanded programs and classes for English-language learners.
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In 2021, Bea decided to capture her life’s story as part of the Boston Research Center’s East Boston Memoir Project. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Memoir Project is a partnership with the Boston Public Library (BPL), Northeastern University Library, the East Boston Social Centers, and GrubStreet, a Boston-based creative writing center. The 16-week course, developed by Maria Pinto, a writer and instructor with GrubStreet, supports East Boston residents in writing and sharing their stories with their neighbors, both as a means of artistic expression and as a way of adding their voices to the historical record.
Bea, with Maria’s help, is now finalizing her memoir. “I want to see my finished story, just a little book to share with my family and friends so they know what I went through. Writing helped me get my fears out of my system,” she says. “I don’t have nightmares anymore.”
Bea added, “I wrote everything down long form in my notebook. Then I would type up my notes on my computer and I would remember more and more as I wrote. Writing brought out my memories in a new way.”
Dory Klein, the BPL’s Community History and Digitization Specialist, oversees the East Boston Memoir Project. “By choosing what stories to preserve, how we describe them, and how we make them accessible for future generations, we can either reinforce or challenge existing historical narratives,” she says. “There’s immense power and generosity in telling one’s story. Bea wrote of a childhood set against a backdrop of war, of finding home and building a life in a community of immigrants, and of raising a family on her own, thousands of miles from her home country. These stories help us deepen our understanding of our shared past. They also have resonance today — our local and global communities are filled with stories that parallel Bea’s.”
A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities funded the East Boston Memoir Project.
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EVERYONE HAS A STORY
Beatrix (Bea) Doran rarely mentioned her experience as a child in Indonesia during World War II, but her nightmares wouldn’t let her forget. After the war, she resettled in the Netherlands with her family, and at 19 set out for America, to her aunt’s home in East Boston. Bea raised two children on her own and retired from Bank of New England after 41 years. She now lives in East Boston with her husband of 38 years, Francis J. Doran.
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“Writing was new to Bea,” says Maria, “and English is not her first language. I watched her writing progress from tentative to confident. She’s truly phenomenal.”
Starting in the spring of 1979, the Library again renewed its efforts to modernize access to the collection by transferring the catalog cards to microfiche. Forty-six full-time staff members were hired with funding from the Strengthening Research Library Resources grants administered by the U.S. Department of Education. Today, similar to the projects of the past, outside funders have recognized the collection’s significance and supported necessary upgrades. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor through the Boston Public Library Fund and donations from the Associates of the Boston Public Library, the entire project is funded to cover approximately 150,000 items. As more and more materials are cleaned and cataloged, Hepzi is eager to share the remarkable collection with scholars and researchers from around the world. “The history of this collection,” she says, “truly tells the story of the Library and of Boston since 1848.”
* Manthorne, Jane. “Evolution of a catalogue: from folio to fiche. Report on the Research Library Catalogue Project.” 1981. Boston Public Library.
Project Manager Hepzibah (Hepzi) Rapoport explains that there have been several points in time when tools used to access the Library’s materials needed modernizing. “As retrieval methods evolved over time, the Library secured additional resources and staff to make these critical conversions.”
Preserving the Library’s Origins SHARING TREASURES
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From 1935 to 1943, the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) hired 700–1,200 workers to reclassify the collection to Library of Congress Classification. These workers doubled the number of regular Library staff and occupied a large building in the South End. “Apart from its central object of relief, the project made an inestimable contribution to the immediate and future value of the Library as a workshop for scholarship.”*
Funders improve long-term access to the Founding Research Collection. In an exciting new preservation effort, the Founding Research Collection — some of the earliest collected materials in the Boston Public Library — is currently being cleaned, inventoried, and cataloged to improve long-term public access.
POET AND ARTIST HONORED IN BATES HALL
As a South End resident for 55 years, Jean Gibran thinks of the Boston Public Library as an important and special place. A teacher, she often brought her Hurley Elementary School students to the South End branch.
Jean Gibran pays tribute to her family’s connection to the Library.
Jean and her husband, the artist Kahlil George Gibran, considered the Central Library a research hub when they composed a biography of her husband’s cousin, the poet Gibran Kahlil Gibran. “Our love of art and research was nourished and encouraged here,” she says. “We discovered that when Gibran Kahlil Gibran arrived in Boston, in 1896, as a Lebanese immigrant, he also enjoyed visiting the McKim Building and was warmly welcomed.”
Jean recently named a green reading lamp in Bates Hall to honor her late husband and his cousin. She says, “It feels natural for me to give back to an institution that has given my family so much for generations.”
The Boston Public Library Fund is offering “Illuminating Bates,” a limited opportunity to honor a family member or friend by dedicating one of Bates Hall’s 56 iconic green lamps with a distinctive engraved brass plaque. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Deputy Executive Director Carol Estes-Schwartz, at 617-8592032 or cestes@bplfund.org.
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Marlene Kaplan gives back to her neighborhood with a gift in her will. At a young age, Marlene Kaplan knew the North End was special. She remembers celebrating feast days, eating pizza for lunch, and buying slushies on street corners. As an adult, she recalled her fondness for the North End and purchased a home in this beloved neighborhood. A few years later, she moved her accounting business to a small space on Commercial Street. “Living and working here,” she says, “I run into neighbors all the time, and I walk everywhere with my dog, Recently,Hershey.”Marlene finalized her will and considered how she could leave something to benefit the North End community. “I’m a voracious reader and currently support the Boston Public Library with an annual contribution,” she says. “Including the Boston Public Library Fund in my will, and earmarking the North End branch, was a logical way for me to extend this support into the future and give back to the neighborhood I Marlenelove.” is excited about the innovative ways the Library staff will use her gift. “I can’t anticipate what’s going to be needed at the branch in the years to come,” she says. “Maybe it will be a capital improvement or a program to feature local cookbook authors, but I trust the BPL to use my gift wisely and to consider all the possibilities.” For more information on gift strategies, please contact Carol Estes-Schwartz, Deputy Executive Director, at 617-859-2032.
Marlene Kaplan at the North End Branch
1848 SOCIETY
Anonymous (2) JamesHannaandBartlett Howard Cooper* Steve L. Csipke Angel Manuel Dejesus Arlene Hines* Mary Alice TerenceHowardM.Janericco
The 1848 Society recognizes and honors individuals who have included the Boston Public Library Fund in their long-term financial and estate plans through a charitable bequest, beneficiary designation, or other legacy gift.
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Future Possibilities
Louise H. Allen Fund BPL General Fund Fidelity Fund Lynch Fund Diane Martel Fund for Children’s Programs Leonard and Barbara McCue Fund
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THANK YOU
These enlightened funders committed to the 2019 launch of the Boston Public Library Fund through generous, capacity-building grants. Their investment demonstrates their steadfast belief in growing private resources to bring the Boston Public Library to new heights of innovation and BankAnonymousachievement.ofAmericaCharitable Foundation Barr Foundation
NAMED ENDOWED FUNDS
Endowed fund donors provide a lasting gift with both immediate and long-term benefits to the Boston Public Library Fund. Gifts are maintained in perpetuity and are a powerful, permanent legacy of financial support for the Fund.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT
Dorothy F. Alker Trust Fund for the Uphams Corner Branch
In Fiscal Year 2022, the Boston Public Library Fund received gifts and commitments totaling $9,068,661, including more than $5,695,000 from supporters who have named the Fund in their estate plans. These generous gifts from 2,574 donors enable the Fund to provide support to the Library for important strategic priorities immediately; estate gifts help power the organization’s capacity to provide future support. The Fund incurred expenses of $1,487,702 in Fiscal Year 2022, which ended on June 30, 2022.
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DONORS OF $50,000 TO $99,999 Anonymous (2) Institute of Museum and Library Services^
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INSTITUTIONAL
DONORS The following individuals, foundations, corporations, and organizations made gifts and commitments to the Boston Public Library Fund between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. We deeply appreciate their generosity and support.
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DONORS OF $10,000 TO $24,999 AmyJohnAnonymousAbeleandDavid C. Abrams Charity Alker James and Hanna Bartlett Jenna and Aaron Bates Anita and Josh Bekenstein Deborah H. Bornheimer Lewis and Rinda Burleigh Barry Canton and Reshma Shetty Charles Cooney and Peggy MichaelReiser^F.Cronin Richard W. Donoho Grace and Ted Fey Marilyn Fife Cragin and John Cragin^ Jean Gibran Michael and Martha Keating Myrna K. and Roger Landay Barbara and Leonard McCue Mark D. and Nancy L. Myers Christian and Sophie Westra FELLOW DONORS OF $5,000 TO $9,999
Margaret Murphy Sally Muspratt Patricia Nakache Susan M. O’Connor Dorothy and John J. Remondi Michael Roitman Aparna and Philip A. Rolfe Alina Roytberg Emily Schabacker Becky Silverstein Paul Sorum Kerry and Peter Sullivan KatherineBenjaminandTaylor^ Paula Thompson and David B. Chosiad^ Catherine Thut and Derek Lessing Henry Tonks Richard Voos Emily V. Wade
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INDIVIDUAL DONORS
DONORS OF $25,000 TO $49,999
Donovan Sandra and Paul Edgerley Hannah and Jack Grove Ida and Palmer Hale Terence M. Janericco Elizabeth L. Johnson Janet and David Offensend Lia and William Poorvu Susan D. Prindle^ Bernie and Sue Pucker^ Greg Shell Karen A. Vagts^ Nancy and John Webster PATRON DONORS OF $2,500 TO $4,999 Lynne Brainerd and Michael Douvadjian Mack L. Davidson III Robert and Jill Gallery Caroline Grassi and Matthew Wills William Kaelin Paul and Mimi La Camera Leo Liu and Pendred Noyce Sandy Moose Jane R. and William S. JanetMosakowskiandDavid Offensend Jennifer M. and Victor Paci Philip W. Rosenkranz Paula and Robert Sakey Katherine Grace Welch Dyann and Peter K. Wirth DONORS OF $1,000 TO $2,499 Anonymous (5) Nancy S. Adams and John A. Burgess Mary T. and S. James Adelstein Martina Albright Zamawa Arenas and Murray Forman Nancy JacquelynBalerBorck and Howard B. Cutler Kathleen Brennan and Gerald DanielleKellyKarenAllieMarianneCiancioloM.CallahanandTomCampbellCarterandRushChewningChowand
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Deborah and Martin Hale Cynthia M. Jones James T. Knowles Susan G. Kohn Jennifer Koonz Jane Kuchefski Katharine and Tom Kush Theodore H. Kwan Dayne Lamb and Gardner N. Stratton Roy Y. MichaelLiuT. Loconto James F. and Katherine S. McHugh Colleen KimberlyMcKiernanM.Mooney
Benjamin Harris Jennifer Chow and John F. Papandrea Carolee Coleman Kymm Coveney Mary E. Curtis Michelle Davenport^ Mary N. and Alphonse DePalma Ellen Donaghey Priscilla Douglas Laura V. Dowd and David L. Gallogly Anne Drazen and Leonard Singer^ Laurie and Michael A. Ewald Patrice and Frederick Ficken Ginda and Benji Fisher Nicole Frahm and Steven Gwost Penny and Richard Garver Laurie Gould Alice L. Hageman
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Patrons of the Courtyard recognizes annual leadership donors who are committed to ensuring that the Library remains viable, engaging, accessible, and free to all
FOUNTAIN CIRCLE DONORS OF $100,000 OR MORE LindaAnonymousandDaniel Cummings Sherry and Alan Leventhal^ DONORS OF $50,000 TO $99,999 Anonymous (3) Jeffrey and Christa Hawkins Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine Michelle and Henry J. Nasella^
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CONSERVATORS
Ronald Koltnow Anush Krishnan James Lawton Rebecca A. Lee Gareth and Howard Levy Laurie MacDougall Connal M. McCullough Courtney Minden Donald Mitchell Kali JennyYvonneNaveNgandDavid Norcott Jonathan Palazzolo Jack Paleczny Ray Pfeiffer Sally G. Portle Al Prince Susan Pritchard
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Conservators are a group of individuals who have made a commitment to support the Boston Public Library Fund all year long through automatic monthly donations.
Members of the Emerging Leaders meet with Nutrition Literacy Coordinator Stephanie Chace (third from left) at the Nutrition Lab, in the Roxbury Branch. The Boston Public Library Fund launched the Emerging Leaders Board, a group of young Bostonians dedicated to supporting the Library’s crucial role in the city. Through a series of curated events and social engagements, the group is raising awareness, generating enthusiasm, and raising funds for the Library’s programs, services, and collections. On October 14, 2022, the Emerging Leaders will host the inaugural Night in the Stacks event. The evening is an opportunity to enjoy the McKim Building after dark while raising funds to catapult the Library to new heights of innovation and achievement. To learn more about the Emerging Leaders, please visit bplfund.org/emerging-leaders.
BOARD of DIRECTORS Jeffrey B. Hawkins, Chair Hannah Grove, Vice Chair Lewis Burleigh, Clerk Grace Fey, Treasurer Barry LindaCynthiaDouglasCantonCarneyClarkeCummings Priscilla H. Douglas Robert Gallery Adrienne Zak Hunt Michael Keating David Leonard, ex officio Donna Harris Lewis Leo GregLouisLiuMaiuriShell Kerry Herlihy Sullivan Doree and Julia Barton Faye RichardBeverlyJohnClareLauraJeanetteBobroffCardiaAugustaCarnesCarrMcLaughlinA.ChristiansClearyMareanCoveney Victoria T. Cronin Robert Francis Dixon Barbara Dugan William A. Dwiggins Bob Geene Elizabeth B. Griffin Edward Johnson Jane Caroline Kiley Colleen McGrath Michael R. Mellone Laura JosephineMontiMurphy Brian Patrick Murphy James & Helen Neenan Joan Onthank Brian Reilly Leonid WilliamRoytbergWright,Jr. Nahide Yildirim MEMORIAL GIFTS Paula S. Sakey, Executive Director Carol Estes-Schwartz, Deputy Executive Director Lisa Kernan, Director of Annual Giving & Digital Engagement Kyle Lindsay, Assistant Director of Advancement Services Theresa Meckel, Director of Advancement Services Katie Miller, Associate Director of Communications & Donor Relations Elizabeth Swanson, Development Associate Benjamin Wind, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations BPLF Staff Writing Katie Miller Julie Rafferty Copy Editing Doris Troy Photography Aram Boghosian Steve SpenserGilbertHasak Design Joshua Cleaver IMPACT REPORT Contributors BPLF Impact Report 2022 | 15
The mission of the Boston Public Library Fund is to provide financial support to the Boston Public Library, ensuring that it remains viable, engaging, accessible, and free to all. The Fund fulfills this mission by working in partnership with the Library, donors, and other funders in supporting Boston Public Library programs and special initiatives. Support from the Fund supplements, but does not supplant, other Boston Public Library resources, including City of Boston funding. Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
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