For more than 60 years, the Friends has partnered and empowered the award-winning San Francisco Public Library. After a three year hiatus, Library Laureates returns to the San Francisco Main Library to honor and celebrate the vital role the Library plays in our City’s civic and literary life. 

Since 1961, community members have gathered at Friends to help make the SFPL one of the world’s most successful and impactful libraries. By advocating for robust public funding, raising money to augment services, and championing the values of free and equitable access to resources, Friends has created the Library we enjoy today:​

a network of branches and virtual resources reaching into every neighborhood, engaging and connecting us all.

Co-Chairs
Roselyne Chroman Swig
Luis Herrera
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APRIL 29, 2023

​100 Larkin St, 
​San Francisco, CA 

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HONORARY EVENT COMMITTEE
​Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House  
Senator Dianne Feinstein 
Reverend Norman Fong 
Daniel Handler 
Lisa Brown 
Sarah Ladipo Manyika  
Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi 
Susan Mall 
​Connie Wolf
Robert Mailer Anderson 
Eric Mar 

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As a sponsor, you will enjoy the signature experience of dining at a table with a Laureate, one of the honored authors from the constellation of Bay Area literary stars. The evening will begin with a VIP reception with the Library Laureates, your Co-Chairs, Roselyne Chroman Swig and Luis Herrera, and Michael Lambert, City Librarian. Please join us in sponsoring the celebration of public library excellence and the enduring value of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Check out photos from our last Libary Laureates event below. 

​Photo Gallery 1: CLICK HERE
​Photo Gallery 2: CLICK HERE

Library Laureates 2023 Sponsorship Benefits

Corporate and individual sponsorship opportunities range from Lead at $50,000 through $25,000, $15,000, $10,000, and $5,000.  All sponsors who commit by March 2023 will be listed in the event invitation. If you have questions, please call Barbara Alvarez, Friends’ Director of Philanthropy, at 415-477-5231, or email her at barbara.alvarez@friendssfpl.org.

$50,000
​LEAD EVENT SPONSOR

• Top billing as event sponsor
• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for chosen Laureate and their guest
• Table placement at front with name or logo on table and acknowledgment from podium
• Full-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest​

$25,000
​LIBRARY SALON SPONSOR

• Host of a salon with 5-7 tables,
  named for you
  
• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for chosen Laureate and their guest
• Table placement at front with name or logo on table and acknowledgment from podium
• Half-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest

$15,000
​LEADERSHIP SPONSOR

• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for chosen Laureate and their guest
• Table placement in front rows with name or logo on table
• Quarter-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest

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$10,000
PARTNER SPONSOR

• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for Laureate and their guest
• Table with name or logo on table
• Quarter-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest

$5,000
​INNOVATION SPONSOR

• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for Laureate and their guest
• Table with name or logo on table
• Name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of  author’s book for each guest

$1,500
LIBRARIAN SPONSOR

• Seating for 2 at dinner
• Invitation for one deserving SFPL staff member to sit at your table
• Name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest