Friends & Foundations Fact Sheets

The following Fact Sheets cover a variety of topics of interest to Friends Groups and library Foundations. If you would like to suggest a topic for a future Fact Sheet, please email bnawalinski@ala.org.

• 1: How to Organize a Friends Group
   
• 2: Fundraising Campaigns
   
• 3: A Checklist for Planning Successful Programs
   
• 4: How to Organize an Academic Friends Group
   
• 5: How to Organize a Teen Friends of the Library Group
   
• 6: How to Organize a Friends of a School Library Group
   
• 7: How to Revitalize Your Friends Group
   
• 8: Getting Involved with Literacy Programs
   
• 9: Planning a Book and Author Event
   
• 10: The Role of the Friends Board
   
• 11. The Role of Library Trustees
   
• 12. Designating a Literary Landmark
   
• 13. Checklist for Advocacy
   
• 14. Friends Board Development
   
• 15. Moving To Center Stage in the Community and on Campus
   
• 16. How to Organize a Foundation
   
• 17. Getting and Keeping Members
   
• 18. Branch Friends of the Library
   
• 19. A Checklist for Friends Board Strategic Planning
   
• 20. Friends Board Diversity
   
• 21. State Friends
   
• 22. Guidelines for Giving
   
• 23. Advocacy Campaigns: Legal Limits on Spending for Non-Profits
   
• 24. Planned Giving: What You Need to Know
   
• 25. Sample Memorandum of Understanding
   
• 26. Library Support for Friends Activities
   
• 27. When Friends Aren't Friendly