Mission

The Rapid City Library Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster a legacy of excellence in community education and enrichment through the Rapid City Public Library. 

The Foundation's values:

  • Our library sparks curiosity, discovery and wonder

  • It gives our citizens access to information, ideas, and learning opportunities

  • It plays a vital role in building and sustaining a literate community, promoting healthy mind and bodies, and encouraging civic engagement, while offering access to 21st Century technology

Goals

Fund Raising - Including increasing the endowment investment balance, developing promotional materials including estate planning, and expanding the donor base via Friend-Raising.

Highlight the Library’s services and programs, which answers the question “why libraries are relevant in today’s digital age?”

Develop a calendar of events to bring people into the library and work to engender public support and use of the Rapid City Public Libraries; generate and develop special project funding; facilitate and expand community collaborations; support broadly-based community learning; and, initiate cross-cultural and diversity-sensitive associations to address 21st century information needs.