Donate Materials | Donate Money | Memorial Gifts | Support Groups | Foundations & Endowments
Donate
Materials
The Santa Clara County Library District is grateful for your donations of books and other library materials.
- Donated materials must meet the same selection criteria as purchased materials to be added to the library's collection.
- Authors: please see our Guidelines for Authors page to suggest your book for the library's collection.
- Donated materials not added to the library collection may be sold at one of the Friends of the Library book sales, unless the donor specifies otherwise.
- Funds generated by the Friends' book sales financially support the library.
Contact your local library location for information about:
- Types of materials accepted
- Where to bring your donation items
Money
Cash donations allow the most needed materials to be purchased systematically for the library. This reduces processing costs and provides the strongest collection.
Donations are tax-deductible. The Federal Tax I.D. number for the Santa Clara County Library District is 35-2345011.
- Online: Donations can be made online using a credit or debit card, by visiting our Donations Payments page.
- Cash/Check: If you wish to make a gift of money by cash or check, please fill out the Gifts of Money form and return it to any Santa Clara County Library District location, in-person or by mail.
- Wills and Trusts: Please call (408) 293-2326 ext. 3003 for more information about bequeathing to the library.
Memorial Gifts
A memorial gift may be used to memorialize a loved one, to celebrate an important occasion in the life of a friend or relative, or to enrich the library's resources.
If you wish to make a memorial gift, fill out the Memorial Gift Form, opens a new window and return it to one of our Santa Clara County Library District locations.
- Contributions are used to provide books, magazines, and other useful materials for your community library.
- A bookplate inscribed with the name of the donor and the person honored is placed in each volume purchased with your gift.
- The person honored or the family of the one memorialized is notified of the gift without mention of the amount. Donors receive an official acknowledgement from the Santa Clara County Library.
- Each donation enables groups and individuals to share with the community as well as to mark occasions of recognition and remembrance through a thoughtful and enduring gift to the library.
- Donations are tax-deductible. The Federal Tax I.D. number for the Santa Clara County Library is 35-2345011.
Support Groups
Would you like to take a more active approach to supporting your local library? Consider joining one of the Friends of the Library groups listed below!
Each Friends group is independently operated to help support a local library through fundraising, volunteering, and awareness. Friends of the Library groups also invite the community to Used Book Sales, with proceeds supporting library services.
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Learn about your library's Friends of the Library group as well as Used Book Sales:
Friends of the Campbell Library
Friends of the Cupertino Library
Friends of the Library of Los Altos
Friends of the Milpitas Library
Friends of the Morgan Hill Library
Friends of the Saratoga Libraries
Foundations and Endowments
Santa Clara County Library District Foundation
The SCCLD Foundation, opens a new window is a not-for-profit organization that provides additional financial support for innovative programs to inspire reading.
This group provides the following type of support for the Santa Clara County Library District:
- Materials for the learner participants of The Reading Program
- Classes in Spanish to teach valuable computer skills
- Bookmobile services
- Lunch at the Library
- Innovative programs benefiting many, including at-risk youth and families in need
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Santa Clara County Library District Foundation, opens a new window
Community Support
Two of our communities, Cupertino and Los Altos, have formed Library Foundations and Endowments in order to provide additional financial support for their local libraries.
These endowments provide the following type of support for their local libraries:
- Furnishing newly renovated libraries
- Financing additional hours of operation
- Providing further funding for library materials
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