We are the Toronto Public Library Foundation.

We believe that the character and quality of a city depends on the resources available to its people. We believe that a great library is a fundamental requirement for any city to achieve its full social and economic potential. We believe that Toronto’s Library is vital to the city, and vital to support.

Looking for the perfect holiday gift to honour the book lover in your life?

Consider a gift in their name to the Toronto Public LIbrary Foundation through our Honour with Books program.

To make an online tribute gift now, click the CanadaHelps button below.  This will direct you to the CanadaHelps site. 

Once there, be sure to click on the "Designations and Gift Options" at the bottom of the screen, include the occasion and the recipients name and you can choose to send an e-card via CanadaHelps or we will gladly send a card out for you.

 Or click here for more information on our Honour with Books program.
 

Your Library. Vital to You. Vital to Support.
 

This Fall, the Foundation will be soliciting the support of Torontonians through our annual fundraising campaign. We aim to reach as many of our loyal and new supporters as we can to tell you about all the exciting Library work that the Foundation supports.

We'll be contacting you by mail, in your local branches, and by telephone.

If you receive a telephone call from AMS on our behalf, know that you can make a convenient credit card donation over the phone and also take this opportunity to share your feedback and your own stories with us.

The telephone campaign manager is David Cuthbertson and he can be reached directly at (416) 640-4390.

Please also watch out for real-life stories of people whose lives have been changed through the Toronto Public Library. You can watch them below and look out for the 30-second Public Service Announcements (PSAs) playing on City-TV (in English) and on OMNI TV (in English, Mandarin, Russian, Italian, Hindi, Tamil, French
 

Learn about the stories of 12 Torontonians whose lives have been transformed by the Library’s collections, programs and services.

Watch Their Public Service Announcements 

Read Their Stories

Read Our Featured Story

Toronto’s Library has a very real impact on real lives every day in our city.

Give today so that we can help Toronto’s Library write even more success stories.