Annual Campaign

With your help, FFRPL presents programs, supports special projects and purchases supplemental materials and equipment to make the Rochester Public Library the very best that it can be.

Read our Spring 2025 Campaign letter

Read our Fall 2024 Campaign letter

Read our Spring 2024 Campaign letter

View our most recent Annual Report

Learn more about your donation’s impact

The Rochester Public Library (Central Library and ten city neighborhood branches):

• reflects important democratic values, such as intellectual freedom and equal access to information
• provides information, resources and support for marginalized groups
• ensures that non-English speakers see themselves represented in their communities
• preserves historic artifacts relevant to our shared humanity
• provides business resources and databases to entrepreneurs
• provides access to the arts for all
• offers remote access to vast intellectual resources
• serves as an important partner in child and teen development
• promotes civil discourse

FFRPL serves as the fundraising arm of the Rochester Public Library. When you donate to the Rochester Public Library through the Friends & Foundation of RPL, you support these important values in our community.

Donors receive notices of programs and may choose to receive electronic newsletters.

• Donors of $100+ may also request a bookplate in a recently purchased library book.
• Donors at higher levels will receive invitations to occasional special events.

Thank you for generously supporting our Annual Campaign!

Our most recent 990 annual financial report may be obtained here.