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| Why Join the Freedom to Read Foundation? | How to Join/Renew Membership | Online Giving | Phone Giving | Check/Money Order | Carolyn Forsman Jewelry | Frank Zappa Memorial Fund | FTRF Personal Member Brochure (PDF)| FTRF Organizational Member Brochure (PDF) |
Why Join the Freedom to Read Foundation?
By joining FTRF, you will
- Help defend the First Amendment in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court
- Support librarians around the country besieged by attempts to restrict library materials and services
- Expand the freedom to read by offering legal and financial help in cases involving libraries and librarians, authors, publishers, and booksellers.
- Receive the quarterly Freedom to Read Foundation News, which includes articles and timely reports on censorship trends, current court cases, and more.
- Vote for and be eligible to run for trustee in the annual board elections.
Membership Levels
Our personal membership levels are: FTRF Personal Member Brochure (PDF)
Student member = $10
Regular Member = $35
Contributing Member = $50
Sponsor = $100
Patron = $500
Benefactor = $1000
Our organizational membership levels are: FTRF Organizational Member Brochure (PDF)
$100
$250
$500
$1000
Online Giving
Click on the orange "GiveDirect" button to above to access FTRF's online donation site and make your donation to the Freedom to Read Foundation. You can use this link to join FTRF, renew your membership dues, or make a donation (you can specify the purpose of your contribution on the online form).
Please note that GiveDirect uses a secure server to process credit card transactions. Your credit card will be billed as GIVEDIRECT instead of Freedom to Read Foundation.
Phone Giving
|Want to talk to a live person?
Call us at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4226. We will process your membership over the phone. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express accepted.
Check/Money Order
Use the good old-fashioned Postal Service. Make your check/money order payable to:
50 EAST HURON STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60611
When we receive your donation, we will send you an acknowledgement in the mail for tax purposes.
Thank you for your support!
For more information, call Jonathan Kelley at 800-545-2433, ext. 4226, or write to jokelley@ala.org.
Carolyn Forsman Jewelry
Carolyn Forsman, jewelry designer and long-time supporter of the Freedom to Read Foundation, is offering a chance to purchase her jewelry and simultaneously contribute to the Foundation. Simply mention the Freedom to Read Foundation in the “special instructions” section when you order her jewelry at http://www.carolynforsman.com, and Carolyn will donate 50 percent of the proceeds to the Foundation!
Carolyn's jewelry is sold in over 100 museum shops. She has been selling her jewelry at ALA Annual Conferences and contributing the proceeds to the Foundation for 15 years.
Frank Zappa Memorial Fund
The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation have been designated by the Frank Zappa family as among the organizations to receive contributions made in his memory.
The Foundation has established the “Frank Zappa Memorial Fund” to receive such contributions. The Office for Intellectual Freedom coordinates ALA programs in the area of intellectual freedom. It provides guidance and information to librarians and trustees dealing with censorship issues, maintains a database of incidents of censorship and publishes a newsletter that reports on incidents related to First Amendment rights. The Freedom to Read Foundation was established by ALA in 1969 as a legal defense organization to promote and protect freedom of speech and freedom of the press, to protect the public’s access to library materials and to safeguard libraries’ right to collect and make available all works that may be legally acquired. The Foundation leads efforts to stop censorship wherever it arises by defending First Amendment freedoms in court and providing legal and financial help in cases involving libraries and librarians, authors, publishers and booksellers.
Contributions may be sent to the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Contributions to the Freedom to Read Foundation/Frank Zappa Memorial Fund should be sent to: Freedom to Read Foundation, Frank Zappa Memorial Fund, at the same address. If you are donating in memory of Frank Zappa, please be sure to designate this.
Links to non-ALA sites have been provided because these sites may have information of interest. Neither the American Library Association nor the Freedom to Read Foundation necessarily endorses the views expressed or the facts presented on these sites; and furthermore, ALA and FTRF do not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these sites.