During 2002, the Library's fund-raising activities brought in a total of $10.3 million, representing 736 gifts from 613 donors. The donor categories included 406 individuals giving $2.2 million; 72 corporations giving $5.1 million; 71 associations, councils, and societies giving $648,000; 50 foundations giving $1.5 million; 11 trusts giving $606,000; and three estates giving $226,000. These gifts, including $1.7 million received through the Library's Planned Giving Program, were made to 74 different Library funds and consisted of $4.1 million in cash gifts, $5.8 million in new pledges, and $390,000 in in-kind gifts.
The Library forged new partnerships with 259 first-time donors, including 45 associations, councils and societies, 22 corporations, 10 foundations, and 182 individuals. These new donors gave $5.4 million , which represented 52 percent of the gifts received this year. Twenty-two new gift and trust funds were established.
Private gifts supported a variety of new and continuing programs throughout the Library, including exhibitions, acquisitions, symposia and other scholarly programs, as well as the second annual National Book Festival. The charter sponsors of the festival were AT&T, the Washington Post, and WorkPlace USA, and the patrons were the James Madison Council, Open Russia Foundation, PBS, and Target. Those donors–along with others–gave $1.6 million to support the festival.
Other major gifts and pledges received during the year included: (1) $3 million from AARP to fund the Veterans History Project; (2) a planned gift of $1 million from the Albert H. Small Charitable Remainder Unitrust in support of acquisitions; (3) $500,000 from Virginia K. Gray, a volunteer docent, to establish the Waldseemüller Map Supportive Activities Gift Fund to support scholarly study, preservation, and presentation of the 1507 map; (4) $500,000 from Yukos Oil Company to support fellowships in the European Division; (5) $473,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation and other donors for "Save Our Sounds," a joint project of the Library's American Folklife Center and the Smithsonian Institution; (6) $250,000 from the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts in support of the Gershwin collection, the George and Ira Gershwin Room at the Library and to support other worthy music and literary projects; (7) $205,000 from the University of Washington to support collection development, cataloging, and access to a collection of Web sites related to 2002 congressional, gubernatorial, and mayoral elections; (8) $175,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation Inc. to sponsor a seminar for members of the 108th Congress; (9) $158,000 from the Estate of Dorothy J. Allard in support of the programs of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; and (10) $115,000 from the Viburnum Foundation in support of the Center for the Book.
The James Madison Council continued to provide substantial support for a number of Library initiatives throughout the year. Gifts from members totaled $2.4 million, bringing the Council's total support to $145.6 million since 1990 when it was established.
The contributions received this year provided support for the second National Book Festival; the Center for the Book; a publication on the history of the United States House of Representatives to be written by Robert Remini, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago; the activities of the Phillips Society, a friends group of the Geography and Map Division; and a number of new acquisitions.
