Corporate Giving

Gifts from businesses and corporate partners are critical to the Library’s success in advancing the workforce through the power of literacy.

Your investment produces valuable results.
Providence Public Library operates as a public / private partnership. The investment of business leaders supports nationally recognized programs and services in each of our 10 neighborhood branches. Your gift will help to ensure the skilled, educated workforce upon which a strong Rhode Island economy depends.

Click to learn more about what $1,000 can do!

Corporate Leadership Circle
Providence Public Library has proudly launched the Corporate Leadership Circle to recognize annual gifts of $500 or more from corporate and business partners.

By supporting the Library's nationally recognized programs and services, our Corporate Leadership Circle members are helping the current and future workforce to develop critical literacy and technology skills - contributing to a strong Rhode Island economy.

Recently, our Circle co-sponsored a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce Business Over Easy Breakfast featuring Laurie Puhn, Harvard Graduate and author of Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words and Your Life. The Library continues to reinforce the impact of our corporate partners' investments in advancing the workforce through the power of literacy.

Thank you to our Corporate Leadership Circle members!
Learn more about the Corporate Leadership Circle and membership benefits by contacting Maureen Krasnow, Director of Development, (401) 455-8011, mkrasnow@provlib.org

Corporate Leadership Circle Benefits
$500 Giving Level Certificate of recognition

• Listing on PPL website (over 1,000,000 hits / year)
• Invitation to annual 'Meet the Director' Networking Breakfast
• Bookplates with your company name placed in 10 new library books

$1000 Giving Level

• All benefits received at $500 level
• Recognition on Central Library Corporate plaque
• Listing on PPL website with link to your corporate website
• Customized presentation by Library specialists to your employees and/or customers at your site
• In addition to bookplates with your company name in 10 new library books, you have the opportunity for placement of 10 additional bookplates in honor, memory or tribute of individual(s) of your choice - with a letter sent informing honoree of your company's tribute

Learn more about a unique and meaningful way to honor customers, employees and colleagues through the Library's "Name in a Book" tribute program

$5000 Giving Level

• All benefits received at $1000 level
• Explore sponsorship or naming of area, collection, subscription or program

Funding a program or project
The specific philanthropic priorities of your company can be aligned with the needs of over sixty programs and services and a broad range of patrons served or capital projects like the upcoming renovation and improvement of Knight Memorial Library. We can work with you to ensure that your gift will have an impact in an area that fits with your charitable giving priorities.

Gifts may be directed to specific programs or projects. We also welcome the opportunity to discuss giving levels for naming or sponsoring a program with a major gift as these corporations have done.

For more information on funding a program or project, contact Nancy Ponte, Development Manager at (401) 455-8003 or nponte@provlib.org.

Providence Public Library Corporate Leadership Circle Members
(gifts / pledges received July 1, 2004 through April 1, 2005)

Major gifts funding a Program or Capital Need: (gifts of $10,000 +)
The Amgen Foundation
Bank of America
Beacon Mutual Insurance Company
CVS/Pharmacy Charitable Trust
Citizens Bank Foundation
Dimeo Construction Company
EDS Foundation
Hasbro Charitable Trust
Providence Journal Foundation
Textron Charitable Trust
Verizon
Washington Trust Company

Corporate Leadership Circle Members (gifts of $500 - $10,000)
Advertising Ventures
Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Bank Rhode Island
Benefits Unlimited
Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Capital Properties
Citizens Bank
Dimeo Properties Inc.
Fidelity Investments
Home Loan, A Division of Ocean Bank
McCormick & Schmick Restaurant
McLaughlin & Moran
PODER 1110 - Videomundo
Providence Business News
Providence Equity Partners, Inc
Residential Properties
Sovereign Bank
Technic, Inc.
Verve, Inc.