Support the KFL
Thanks to your generous support, visitors to the Kennebunk Free Library can borrow books and other media, conduct online research, and participate in hundreds of annual programming opportunities for children and adults. It is both our honor and responsibility to maintain the library as a gathering place for ideas, recreation, information and education.
  • Serving as a Trustee or working as a Community Member on a Trustee committee.
  • Contributing to our Annual Appeal for operating expenses.
  • Remembering a loved one, celebrating an event, or honor a friend by contributing to the Kennebunk Free Library. A memorial gift is a thoughtful way to honor the life and legacy of a loved one.
  • Participating in KFL's Gift Book Program to recognize birthdays, anniversaries or other special occasions. A library plate will be placed in each item added to the collection.
  • Consider a bequest to KFL: you'd like to help build the long-term financial strength of the Kennebunk Free Library, but feel you cannot make a significant gift today. A bequest under your will or revocable trust can complement your lifestyle and commitments today while supporting KFL tomorrow.
  • Attending a Library program.
  • Donating your used books to our book sales.
Annual Appeal
FY11 Goal is $52,000
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Charitable contributions to the Library's Annual Appeal support the daily operations including collections, programming, outreach,  and building maintenance. The Kennebunk Free Library is a 501(c)3 educational institution, and contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law, with no goods or services exchanged for your donation. Donations to the Annual Appeal are accepted year-round, with a formal appeal mailed out in April of each year. The Library's fiscal year runs July-June.

Maximize your gift to the Kennebunk Free Library through a matching gift from your employer. Many businesses will match gifts made by their employees, retirees, directors or their spouses. Please check with your employer and inquire about their matching gift policy.

 
Gift Book Program

Tribute gifts may be made to recognize birthdays, anniversaries or other special occasions.  A library plate will be placed in each item added to the collection.  The Library will provide acknowledgment to the honoree or family member of the person memorialized. Contact the Library to learn more about how to purchase books in honor of a loved one.


Memorial Gifts
Remember a loved one, celebrate an event, or honor a friend by contributing to the Kennebunk Free Library with a tax deductible gift. A memorial gift is a thoughtful way to honor the life and legacy of a loved one.   The Library will send a letter of acknowledgment to the honoree or honoree family.
Bequests
You'd like to help build the long-term financial strength of the Kennebunk Free Library, but feel you cannot make a significant gift today. Your solution may be a charitable bequest. A bequest under your will or revocable trust can complement your lifestyle and commitments today while supporting the Kennebunk Free Library tomorrow.
Donors choose a bequest because:
  • It is not payable until death, so it does not affect your assets or cash flow during your lifetime.
  • It is revocable - you can change the provisions in your will or trust at any time, and
  • It is private - your will is not filed or made public until your death.
Your giving options are increased.
  •  A bequest can deliver a specific gift to the Kennebunk Free Library ("I bequeath the sum of Ten Thousand [$10,000] Dollars"). Alternately, it can deliver a percentage of the balance remaining in your estate after taxes, expenses and specific bequests have been paid - what's known as the residue ("I bequeath Ten [10%] Percent of the residue of my estate").
Securities

Give appreciated securities to the Kennebunk Free Library and you shall receive - a tax break. Whether it's 100 shares of blue-chip stock or a new high-tech gadget, our government does indeed allow you to deduct these gifts as charitable donations. Moreover, you also avoid capital gains tax on the transfer. This double benefit means that you can leverage a larger donation by using appreciated securities rather than cash to make your gift.

We welcome gifts of publicly traded stocks, bonds, and mutual fund shares. Some donors own stock in privately held corporations; contact us to learn about using those assets to make a gift. The securities you use to make your gift must have been held by you for more than one year to be fully deductible.