Gifts and Donations

The Library welcomes gifts and encourages donations. Your gifts and donations are tax deductible.

Material Donations

The library accepts gifts of books and other materials with the understanding that they will be added to the collection only if appropriate and needed. If they are not needed because of duplication, condition, or dated information the material will be dealt with at our discretion. The same criteria of selection, which are applied to purchase materials, are applied to gifts.

Monetary Donations

Gifts of money to purchase Library materials are also welcome. Financial donations can be made to the Martin County Public Library. Every dollar you can give helps make it possible to provide materials, services and programs for the public.

Donor Recognition

Memorial gifts of books or money are also accepted with suitable bookplates placed in the book.

Acknowledgment

By law, the library is not allowed to appraise the value of donated materials, though it can provide an acknowledgment of receipt of the items if requested by the donor.

Tax Information and Appraisals

Each donor is responsible for determining their personal tax obligations and whether their gift requires appraisal. For more information consult IRS publication 561 entitled Determining the Value of Donated Property.