Planned Giving

Planned giving is a way for you to contribute money to the Indian Prairie Public Library Foundation & Friends while simultaneously realizing some of your estate and financial planning goals. 

By including the Indian Prairie Public Library Foundation & Friends in your will or estate plan, you can create a legacy in our community and ensure that the library will be enjoyed for generations to come. We recommend that you consult your financial advisor, accountant, or tax attorney for information on how your planned gift can help you maximize your tax benefits in a way that is most suitable to your financial circumstances.

For information on making a planned gift to the Indian Prairie Public Library Foundation & Friends, call 630/887-0945 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Honorary & Tribute Gifts

Honorary and tribute gifts are a thoughtful way to pay tribute to someone you care about or express your sympathy. They are also a great way to give someone a personalized, one-of-a-kind gift. A personalized letter will be sent to the individual or family being honored, and your gift will be listed on the Foundation & Friends’s website and in the library’s newsletter. To make an honorary or tribute gift, call 630/887-0945 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

There are several ways to honor a special person or occasion, memorialize a loved one, recognize a business or organization, or have your name become a lasting part of the library:

• Donate $25 and add your name or that of someone you care about to a library book. We'll put a special bookplate inside the library book of your choice.
  
  
• Purchase a personalized, engraved brick for the library's Reading Garden. With a gift of $75, you can personalize a 4" x 8" brick with three lines. A gift of $150 allows you to personalize an 8" x 8" brick with up to six lines. Duplicate bricks can be ordered as a keepsake for half-price.
  
  
• Add a leaf or stone to the library’s Donor Tree. The tree of commemorative leaves and stones is located near the first floor lobby by the DVD and CD collections. A leaf on the tree can be purchased for $250. Stones at the base of the tree can also be purchased—a small stone is $1,500 and a large boulder is $5,000.

Reading Garden Path

Would you like to see your name become a lasting part of the library? Would you like to honor a special person or occasion, memorialize a loved one, or recognize an organization or business? Please consider purchasing a personalized, engraved brick for the library's Reading Garden path.

With a gift of $75, you can personalize a 4" x 8" brick with three lines of up to 13 characters per line. A gift of $150 allows you to personalize an 8" x 8" brick with six lines of up to 13 characters per line. Symbols are a $5 fee.  If you are ordering a brick as a gift, please provide the gift recipient's information and we will send them a notification. Duplicate bricks can be ordered as a keepsake for half-price.

Purchase a Brick

Donate online using your credit card or PayPal.

 

For more information, call 630/887-0945 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Please note that the library reserves the right to approve any inscriptions. 

Donor Tree

Our Donor Tree has been growing since the library moved to its current building in 1996. The tree of commemorative leaves and stones is located near the first floor lobby by the DVD and CD collections. 

If you wish to have your name become a lasting part of the library, or are looking to honor a special person or occasion, memorialize a loved one, or recognize an organization or business, please consider purchasing one of these personalized, one-of-a-kind gifts. 

A leaf on the tree can be purchased for $250. You can personalize it with three lines up to 24 characters for lines one and three, 28 characters for line two.

Stones at the base of the tree can also be purchased. A small stone is $1,500 and a large boulder is $5,000. Although there is no set character limit for these, please keep in mind that the longer the inscription, the smaller the text size will be.

Make a purchase: 

Donate online using your credit card or PayPal.

 

For more information, call 630/887-0945 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Please note that the library reserves the right to approve any inscriptions. 

Shop Online

Help the Indian Prairie Public Library Foundation & Friends raise money to support the library by shopping online through iGive.

Similarly, supporters can generate donations by shopping at any of the 1,700+ online stores through iGive. To see the list of stores, click here.

Book Sale

Buying books is a great way to support the library. You’ll find wonderful bargains at the ongoing Book Sale located in the library's beautiful café on the first floor. Funds raised from the Book Sale directly benefit the library.

Donating Items

The Foundation & Friends are taking book donations to sell on our book sale shelf. The money from books sold benefits the library.

Please note the following:

• No textbooks
• No encyclopedias
• No VHS or cassette tapes
• No computer or software manuals or books
• No books that are yellowed, moldy, or in poor condition
• No books that have been written in or torn
• We welcome books published in the last 10 years, especially cookbooks, new fiction, new paperbacks, biographies, and history.