Download or read book The Survey of Public Library Fundraising Practices written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2014 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presents detailed data and commentary on how public libraries raise funds through book and other materials sales, grants, events and fundraisers, bequests, sale of naming rights, direct mail and online solicitation, activities of friends of library groups and other means. The study presents data on library receipts through wills, tributes and memorials, as well as channels such as grants and annual fund drives. Data is broken out by size of library for better benchmarking. The report also looks at the activities of friends of the library groups, giving data on size and growth rates and on funds raised.