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Monterey Public Library Friends report fundraising, set ambitious $100,000 goal and Feb. 27 chocolate-and-wine event
Summary
The Monterey Public Library Friends and Foundation reported last year's fundraising results, including a chocolate-and-wine event that "brought in, just over 20,000," and said it will reconvene a development committee to pursue sponsorships and a $100,000 target for the coming year.
A representative of the Monterey Public Library Friends and Foundation summarized the group's fundraising for the prior year and previewed plans for the coming year. "Our chocolate and wine annual fundraiser brought in, just over 20,000," the presenter said, and the Friends reported boat- and book-sale gains and two direct appeals sent in fall and spring.
The presenter said an ad-hoc committee completed a retrospective on the last three to four years and that a standing fund-development committee will reconvene in the next month to six weeks to plan the next chocolate-and-wine event, currently set for Feb. 27. The Friends also discussed sponsor outreach and donor-relation improvements; the presenter said they have engaged a fundraising consultant, "Ali," who has helped reconcile donor data to ready the group for larger campaigns.
Board members responded with clarifying questions about past revenues and planning. The presenter noted prior events had net receipts in the mid-30,000s in stronger years and acknowledged last year's total was lower. On next year's ambitions, the presenter said the board had set an aspirational fundraising target of $100,000 and that related grant or application work "is due at the end of the month."
