More than 5,000 people make use of Hennepin County Library resources every day. With the generous support of our corporate and foundation partners, the Friends of HCL provides support to our libraries for capital projects, collections purchases, literacy initiatives, and cultural programs that bring new patrons into our libraries and foster the free exchange of ideas. Your gift would enable us to fulfill our united priorities in the coming year including:
- Sponsor Homework Hub tutors and programs at 13 community libraries to provide after-school assistance to K-12 students.
- Raise funds for new books and other materials to ensure that when library doors are open the shelves are stocked with current materials that are responsive to the neighborhood the library serves.
- Provide multilingual outreach programs to immigrant communities encouraging economic self-sufficiency and civic participation through an adult literacy center based in the Franklin Community Library; Library Links, a multilingual outreach program to immigrant communities; Conversation Circles; and more.
- Keep children reading all summer long overcoming “summer reading loss,” with programs designed to keep children ages 10 and under reading all summer long and to keep them coming back to their libraries year-round.
- Host exciting cultural programs such as Talk of the Stacks at the Minneapolis Central Library; Childish Films series for children ages 3 and up and their families; and lecture series on globalization, living arts, architecture, history of the Minneapolis music scene, to name a few.
- Coordinate and operate the book stores, staffed by community volunteers; the proceeds from used books, materials, and merchandise benefit the library system.
We hope that you feel, as we do, that the work we’ve done together has set a high standard for an energized support organization to help ensure the delivery of the highest quality library services to all residents.
To learn how you can support the work of the Friends of HCL and the Hennepin County Library, or to learn about sponsoring one of our programs, please contact our Interim Director Kathy Graves at 612-543-8104 or kgraves@hclib.org .
Thank you Foundation and Corporate Supporters
Donations received between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010
$50,000+
Professional Librarians Union of Minneapolis
$20,000 – $49,999
Best Buy Children’s Foundation
Comcast Foundation
Investor Protection Trust
Minnesota State Arts Board
Otto Bremer Foundation
$10,000 – $19,999
Comcast
Friends of Edina Library
Friends of Rockford Road Library
Friends of Southdale Library
Hennepin County Employees
Meristem
Minnesota Twins
Poehler / Stremel Trust
The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank
Xcel Energy Foundation
$5,000 – $9,999
The Baker Foundation
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary
Eunice L. Dwan Trust
Friends of Plymouth Library
National Endowment for the Arts
Qwest Foundation
RBC Wealth Management
Richards Family Advised Fund
S.F. Perkins Fund of the
Minneapolis Foundation
$2,500 – $4,999
Anime Twin Cities, Inc.
Friends of Golden Valley Library
G & K Services
Lyndale Neighborhood
Association
Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
R.C. Lilly Foundation
Target Community Relations
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation
$1,000 – $2,499
Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation
Dorsey and Whitney Foundation
The Dungan-Hansen Family Fund of the Lutheran Community Foundation
Fredrikson and Byron Foundation
Friends of Champlin Library
Friends of Maple Grove Library
Friends of Minnetonka Library
Friends of Wayzata Library
Hognander Foundation
Kopp Family Foundation
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
Minnesota Association of Library Friends
The David B. Gold Foundation
The Spiller L’Chaim Fund
Under $1,000
2309 Grand Associates Co-op
American Association of University Women
Ameriprise Financial Annual Giving Campaign
Association of Professional Piano Instructors
Better World Books
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Employees
Bossardt Corporation
Buyers Consultation Service
Charles B. Sweatt Foundation
Cousins Brick and Stone, Inc.
Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation
Friends of Brooklyn Park Library
Friends of Eden Prairie Library
Friends of Excelsior Library
Friends of Hopkins Library
Friends of Osseo Library
Friends of Oxboro Library
Friends of Penn Lake Library
Friends of Ridgedale Library
Friends of Rogers Library
Friends of St. Louis Park Library
Friends of Westonka Library
Identifax Research Services
Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation
Lerner Foundation
MN Association of Professional
Employees Local 501
Moms Club of Eden Prairie
Padilla Speer Beardsley
Pauly, Devries Smith and Deffner LLC
Prudential Foundation
RSP Architects, Ltd.
Singer Family Foundation
Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
Target Payroll Deductions
The Pines
UnitedHealth Group Employee Giving
Unity Intergroup
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
Whitney Foundation
Matching Gifts
Ameriprise Financial
BAE Systems
Bank of America
General Mills
ING Community
IBM Corporation
Macy’s Inc.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Quaker Hill Foundation
TCF Foundation
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Xcel Energy Foundation
In-Kind Support
A/B Geist
Around Town Agency
Barnes and Noble
Gabriel deGrood Bendt
Google
Graywolf Press
Hennepin County Library
KARE-11
Jagged Edge
LarsonAllen LLP
Marquette Hotel
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnpost.com
Mintàhoe Hospitality Group
Minnesota Parent
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Norton Stillman/Nodin Press
Radisson Plaza Hotel –
Minneapolis
Renaissance, The Depot Hotel –
Minneapolis
Secrets of the City
Touchpoint
Weston Woods Studio
Whole Foods Market