Join our Friends

Join us to support student success and community transformation

We help everyone

Your gift to the Friends of VCU Libraries opens the door to inspiring and one-of-a-kind experiences while supporting our students. Friends can explore more than four million titles, try new technologies, attend lectures and events, interact with students and alumni, research an area of interest and much more. Your gifts provide crucial funding for services and resources to more than 1 million visitors each year.

As a member of the Friends of VCU Libraries, your support gives you the opportunity to: 

• Take an active role in VCU’s future while giving back to others
• Promote the success of students, faculty and staff
• Enrich the cultural vitality of the entire Central Virginia community
• Stay up-to-date on research, innovation and advancements at VCU

We engage our community

• Become a friend and explore new ideas, debate and learn through our engaging public programs and events
• Connect with the metro literary scene at readings, book signings and more
• Keep informed with our monthly e-newsletter, Library News Center and Library Stories blog

Join the Friends of VCU Libraries and be part of a community of alumni, students, faculty, staff and others who love libraries. Gifts of all levels are appreciated. Donors of $1,000 or more will be part of the 1968 Leadership Circle and invited to VIP receptions and an annual celebration of our most loyal Friends.

Any gift to the Friends of VCU Libraries is an unrestricted annual gift, tax deductible as allowed by law. Only donors making gifts at the $100 "Friends" level or above receive library borrowing privileges for personal use and special invitations to Friends-sponsored events.