Our Contributions

Our Mission

The Mission of Friends of the Whitefish Bay Public Library [Friends] is to provide appropriate and sufficient financial and volunteer resources in support of the Whitefish Bay Public Library’s mission, while maintaining a viable organization that serves as a link with the Whitefish Bay community.

Fundraising

Friends’ contributions to the Library come from four main fundraising streams:

Percentage of Sales in 2024 and 2025

Recent Years Contributions

Annual requests by the Library and approved by Friends' Board of Directors.

  • 2025 - $48,900
  • 2024 - $40,000
  • 2023 - $60,250
  • 2022 - $43,450
  • 2021 - $17,250
  • 2020 - $40,250

Twenty Years of Library Contributions

Over the past 20 years, Friends has contributed approximately $500,000 to the Whitefish Bay Public Library. Some examples of these contributions are highlighted below:

Details of Friends contributions since 2005.