Friends & Foundations
[mk_page_section bg_color=”#3d4045″ border_color=”#ffc223″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″ first_page=”true” last_page=”true”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”48″ icon=”mk-icon-group” icon_color=”#ffc223″ title=”FRIENDS & FOUNDATIONS” title_size=”40″ title_weight=”bolder” title_color=”#ffffff”][/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section sidebar=”sidebar-1″ first_page=”false” last_page=”true”][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][vc_column_text align=”center”]Clarify the roles and responsibilities of your Friends and Foundation, including articulating where these roles intersect. Library Strategies can help you build strong relationships between these organizations – or help facilitate a merger if this model best supports your library.[/vc_column_text][mk_button dimension=”savvy” corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” url=”https://librarystrategiesconsulting.org/contact/” align=”center” margin_top=”20″ outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#3d4045″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Contact Library Strategies[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section sidebar=”sidebar-1″ first_page=”false” last_page=”false”][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_divider style=”thick_solid” divider_width=”one_third” margin_top=”40″ margin_bottom=”80″][mk_fancy_title color=”#209ed9″ size=”48″ font_weight=”bold” font_style=”inhert” txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”10″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Case Study[/mk_fancy_title][mk_font_icons icon=”mk-moon-arrow-down-15″ color=”#209ed9″ size=”medium” align=”center”][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][mk_image src=”http://librarystrategiesconsulting.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Saint-Helena-Logo.jpg” image_height=”1788″ group=”_general” link=”http://www.shpl.org/unused/supportyourlibrary/” target=”_blank” align=”center” crop=”false”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][mk_fancy_title color=”#393836″ font_weight=”300″ font_style=”inhert” txt_transform=”none” margin_bottom=”40″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Friends & Foundation St. Helena Public Library (CA)[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text]
The Challenge
In 2014, Library Strategies worked with the Friends of the St. Helena Public Library and the Library’s Foundation to merge the two organizations. The new organization, called the Friends & Foundation, took six months to build a new Board, establish its mission and hire a part-time Executive Director. Once the new Board was in place, the Friends & Foundation needed to plan for how it was going to focus its activities to attain its vision to “fully fund the Library through public support and private fundraising.”
The Approach
The Friends & Foundation called on Library Strategies to work with them again in January 2015. Our consultants conducted interviews with the new Executive Director and several Board members to assess the new organization’s capacity. How much could it take on? – What challenges were they going to face? How could the organization structure itself to be successful? The conclusion was that the Friends & Foundation were ready to create a three-year development plan. Our consultants facilitated a day-long planning session with the Friends & Foundation’s Board and staff, and the Library Director.
The Outcome
The Board created a long-term vision and goals that addressed committee structure and staffing, public awareness, advocacy, annual campaigns and creating a signature fundraising event. Library Strategies consultants drafted the three-year development plan and helped the Board identify priorities for the first year.
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