SUN PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
1350 LINNERUD DR, SUN PRAIRIE, WI 535902631 www.sunlibfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MAKING THE SUN PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE BEST IT CAN BE.

THE SUN PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (SPPLF) IS A NON-PROFIT, 501C3 ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE SUN PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN HOPES OF MAKING IT THE BEST LIBRARY IT CAN BE. THE SPPLF SUPPORTS THE LIBRARY BY HOLDING AN ANNUAL APPEAL AND TWO FUNDRAISING EVENTS DURING THE YEAR TO GROW THE SPPLF'S ENDOWMENT. THE ANNUAL APPEAL IS A MAIL CAMPAIGN. THE GALA IS A ONE-DAY EVENT HELD IN THE SPRING OF EACH YEAR THE INCORPORATES LOCAL FOODS WITH A SILENT AUCTION OF BASKETS FROM BUSINESSES AND ARTWORK FROM LOCAL ARTISTS. THE BOOK'N IT RUN FOR LITERACY IS A 5K/10K RUN AND 5K WALK HELD IN AUGUST OF EACH YEAR AND IS A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ONE DAY EVENT. PROCEEDS FROM THESE TWO EVENTS (AFTER EXPENSES) GOES TO THE ENDOWMENT. ACCORDING TO ITS INVESTMENT POLICY, SPPLF HELD ALL MONIES UNTIL THE ENDOWMENT REACHED $100,000. THE ENDOWMENT REACHED THE $100,000 LEVEL IN 2006. WHEN THE ENDOWMENT LEVEL TOTALED BETWEEN $100,000 - $500,000, 50% OF ANNUAL EARNINGS COULD BE GIVEN TO THE SUN PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY (SPPL). WHEN THE ENDOWMENT LEVEL EXCEEDED $500,000, 100% OF ANNUAL SPPLF EARNINGS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SPPL. THE ENDOWMENT REACHED THIS LEVEL DURING 2017. IN 2013, THE SPPLF MADE THE COMMITMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE, AT SPPLF'S DISCRETION, UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 20% FROM NET PROCEEDS IN FUNDING EACH YEAR. IN 2019, THE SPPLF PROVIDED THE SPPL $30,225 FOR GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT.

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