Community support is integral to our ability to continue providing services and programs. Your gift will enable the library staff to continuously support our core mission of empowering our community through learning, collaboration, and enriching experiences.
Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact us at director@swarthmorepubliclibrary.org or call 610-543-0436.
Gifts to the Swarthmore Public Library, a 501(c)(3) entity, are tax deductible.
Checks can be made out to Swarthmore Public Library and mailed with the form to 121 Park Ave. Swarthmore, PA 19081.
More Ways to Give
Friends of SwPL
Employer Matching Gifts
Planned Giving
Book Adoptions
Become a Story Sponsor
Sharon Ford Concert & Lecture Series
Friends of SwPL
The Friends of the Swarthmore Public Library is a separate 501(c)(3) organization that raises funds and provides ample support to the library throughout the year. Use the link below to donate to the Friends’ Annual Appeal.
Employer Matching Gifts
Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it completed and signed with your gift. We will do the rest. Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.
Planned Giving
Planned giving is any deferred gift intended to benefit the future of the Swarthmore Public Library. There are a variety of financial arrangements that will allow you to make a planned gift.
- Bequest in Your Will: You may make a bequest of cash, stocks and bonds, real estate, personal property, or a percentage of your estate.
- Life Insurance: You may designate the Library as beneficiary on your insurance policy or transfer the policy outright.
- Individual Retirement Accounts: You may designate the Library as beneficiary of all or a portion of your account.
- Trusts: A trust may be established to benefit the Library now or at a later time.
- Annuities: You may make an outright gift to the Library and receive annuity payments until a specified time in the future.
Talk to your lawyer or financial adviser to learn more.
Book Adoptions
Book adoptions are an excellent way to commemorate an occasion, celebrate a milestone, or honor a great achievement, while supporting the mission of the Swarthmore Public Library. When you adopt a book, you or a person you choose will be acknowledged on a bookplate in your selected item. If you would like to adopt a book in honor of or in memory of someone, please indicate this during your adoption. All book adoption donations are tax-deductible.
Please use the form below to adopt your book.
Become a Story Sponsor
Become a Story Sponsor for our Storybook Walk! A sponsorship of $100 covers our costs to install a new story. In exchange, the Library will feature your family or business as the Story Sponsor, with your message or logo displayed on all 17 pages of the Storybook Walk and the Library’s website.
Your Sponsor Listing will be displayed for the three months the story is installed in the Storybook Walk while your donation directly supports family literacy.
Please use the form below to become a Story Sponsor.
Sharon Ford Concert & Lecture Series
Provided for by the Friends of the Swarthmore Public Library, the Sharon Ford Concert & Lecture Series honors former Library Director, Sharon Ford. The series has brought several performances and lectures to the Library that would otherwise be out of reach due to cost. Performances include Irish trio Meara Meara, Balkan Brass trio WP(trio)O, Scottish Country Dancing, and a Bee Education Family program by Don the Beekeeper.
The only way we can continue this series is through your generous donation.
Don’t forget to write a note that you would like the money to be earmarked for the Sharon Ford Fund. Thank you for your support!