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Foundation Board Meeting Dates The Library Foundation's Board of Trustees generally meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Bernardsville Public Library at 6:30 PM. 2025 Foundation Board Meeting Dates Tuesday, January 14 Tuesday, February 11 (Held via Zoom. ) Tuesday, March 11 (Held via Zoom.) Tuesday, April 8 Tuesday, May 13 Tuesday, June 10 (Held via Zoom) Tuesday, July 8 Monday, August 11 Tuesday, September 9 Tuesday, October 14 Tuesday, November 11 Tuesday, December 9 2024 Foundation Board Meeting Dates Tuesday, January 9 Tuesday, February 13 (Held via Zoom.) Tuesday, March 12 Tuesday, April 9 Tuesday, May 14 Tuesday, June 11 Tuesday, July 9 Tuesday, August 13 Tuesday, September 10 Tuesday, October 8 Tuesday, November 12 Tuesday, December 10 2023 Foundation Board Meeting Dates Tuesday, January 10 Tuesday, February 14 Tuesday, March 14 Tuesday, April 11 Tuesday, May 9 Tuesday, June 13 Tuesday, July 11 Tuesday, August 8 Tuesday, September 12 Tuesday, October 10 Tuesday, November 14 Tuesday, December 12 2022 Foundation Board Meeting Dates Tuesday, January 11 Tuesday, February 8 Tuesday, March 8 Tuesday, April 12 Tuesday, June 14 Tuesday, July 12 Tuesday, August 9 Tuesday, September 13 Tuesday, October 11 Tuesday, November 15 Tuesday, December 13 2021 Foundation Board Meeting Dates Tuesday, November 9

Building Community Library Events Author Lectures Mahjong ESL Programs Evening Book Club and Daytime Memoirs & Coffee Book Club Access to the Local History Room Many Other Programs for Children Ages 0-18, Teens & Adults For a complete list of upcoming events, please click here .

Building Community Bernardsville Library Foundation helps build our community through many aspects. Here are some of the many wonderful programs that your donations to the Foundation help the library provide: Building/ location Resources programs LIBRARY events supporting children

Endowment The Bernardsville Library Foundation was formed in 2011, with the purpose of raising private funding f or the town's public library so that the library would be able to continue to operate at a level of excellence without regard to variations in public funding. The Bernardsville Library Foundation Endowment was established at about the same time, with the purpose of raising additional funds, which invested over time, would produce enough interest income to offset the gap between municipal funding and the public library's operational budget. The Endowment is currently valued at $969,010 (as of 7/31/2025). With the help of generous donors and corporate partners, th e Foundation hopes to raise the total value of the Endowment to $2.5 million by 2028. Donate

Annual Appeal The Bernardsville Library Foundation was formed in 2011, with the purpose of raising private funding for the town's public library. Each spring the Bernardsville Library Foundation sends an Annual Appeal a letter to every household in Bernardsville, requesting support of the General Fund or the Endowment. A donation to the General Fund this year will help the Foundation raise $25,000, the amount needed to close the gap between public funding and actual library operations in 2025. You may choose to support our Endowment, which is currently valued at $969,010 (as of 7/31/2025). The Foundation has a goal of building a $2.5 Million dollar endowment by 2028. Donate The Bernardsville Library Foundation is a 501 (C) 3 charitable organization whose Tax ID# (EIN) is 27-4485942.

Support Us Please Support Us There are many ways to support the Bernardsville Library Foundation. Donations to the Endowment are carefully invested to ensure that library operations will be supported for generations to come. With your generous support, we have doubled the size of the Endowment for the Bernardsville Public Library since 2022. Donations to the Annual Appeal go into our General Fund which helps support current library operations. Since 2011, the Foundation has granted $800,000 to the Bernardsville Public Library to help support the Bernardsville Public Library's daily operations. Library Giving Day is a national day of fundraising for libraries and library foundations across the country. This year's Library Giving Day was held on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. We raised $21,560 that day to help support the Bernardsville Public Library 2025 operational budget. Thank you! Planned Giving, also known as Legacy Giving, is a way to secure the future of the Bernardsville Public Library by supporting this institution in your estate planning. Volunteer - The Bernardsville Library Foundation is always looking for volunteers to help us with library fundraising events, donor development, marketing, and database management. If you love the Bernardsville Library and wish to join our Board of Trustees to help us maintain the excellence in library services, we'd love to meet you. To speak to one of our board members about the many volunteer opportunities we have, please email us at foundation@bernardsvillelibrary.org or call our dedicated phone line: 908-766-2634. Your support, in any way you choose to give, is greatly appreciated! Thank you for supporting the library! Email: foundation@bernardsvillelibrary.org Phone: 908-766-2634 Registered Charity EIN#: 27-4485942 Annual Appeal CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS Endowment Library Giving Day Planned Giving Volunteer

Our Foundation Financials The Bernardsville Library Foundation has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that all donations and gifts to the Foundation are used for the purposes intended by the donor(s). We take this responsibility seriously. To ensure the efficient use of private funding, the Foundation has established a Financial Committee and an Investment Committee to: Provide financial oversight for the accounting, management and investment of all funds. Establish an internal management control system. Review and approve an annual operating and budget before presenting it to the Foundation Board of Trustees for adoption. Monitor the use of restricted funds and establish spending policies for all resources. 2025 Bernardsville Library Foundation Investment Committee: Jamie Bertoni, Chair Patrice O. Cummings Debbie Heimerl Michael Myers Since 2011, the Bernardsville Library Foundation has granted $852,910 to the Bernardsville Public Library to close the gap between public funding and the cost of Library operations. In the same time period, the Bernardsville Library Foundation has increased in value to $969,010 (as of 7/31/2025) in Endowment. The Foundation Board of Trustees is grateful to the citizens of Bernardsville and to all our generous donors for their continued support of the Bernardsville Library Foundation. The Bernardsville Library Foundation IRS 990 Forms: IRS990 Form 2024 IRS 990 Form 2023 IRS 990 Form 2022 IRS 990 Form 2021 IRS 990 Form 2020 IRS 990 Form 2019 IRS 990 Form 2018 IRS 990 Form 2017 IRS 990 Form 2016 IRS 990 Form 2015 IRS 990 Form 2014 IRS 990 Form 2013 IRS 990 Form 2012 IRS 990 Form 2011

Our Foundation Mission The mission of the Bernardsville Library Foundation is to be a source of private funding to enable the outstanding Bernardsville Public Library to continue to operate at a level of excellence without regard to variations in public funding. Vision The vision of the Bernardsville Library Foundation is to raise enough funds in Endowment to be able to close the gap each year between the Borough of Bernardsville funding and the Bernardsville Public Library operations budget, while continuing to offer outstanding products, programming and services to the citizens of Bernardsville.

Our Foundation Board Members Patrice O'Regan Cummings Chair Shikha Mayer Vice Chair Anne Reilly Secretary Michael Myers Treasurer Foundation Trustees: Jamie Bertoni Madelyn English Debbie Heimerl Veronica (Roni) Larini Justin Lynch Colleen Mason Susan Miller Foundation Liaisons: Robert (Rob) Re Bernardsville Library Board of Trustees Mary “Fran” Daley, Director Bernardsville Public Library Carolyn C. Duff Friends of the Bernardsville Library Foundation Honorary Trustees: Donna Baier Stein Dr. Eva Bostek-Brady Leslie Brown-Witt Joan Contess Dr. Julia Johnson Dr. Neill Johnson Ed Landis Kathleen Palmer Peter Palmer Judith Sutton Jennifer Van Beveren The Bernardsville Library Foundation is made up of residents of Bernardsville and surrounding towns, who support the Bernardsville Public Library and believe strongly in the mission of the Foundation. We are always looking for new members who can help us raise funds for the library. To find out more about membership in the Bernardsville Library Foundation, please contact us at foundation@bernardsvillelibrary.org . Thank you for supporting the Bernardsville Public Library. Thank you to Blackstock Photography for these images.

In Memory Many generous donations have been made to the Bernardsville Library Foundation to honor the memory of a beloved family member, colleague, respected friend, or community member. Dorothy Baier Michael Bordius Ellyn Dennison Mary Ann Donaghy Edward English Eugene Kalkin Hilda and Kenneth Poole George H. and Patricia A. St. Onge Terry A. Thompson

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