Alachua County Library District

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Financial Support Received from Grants: Our first major grant for $100,000 was received in 2005 from the Maren Foundation and additional funds were provided in the next several years by them. These funds and the interest earned from their investment dedicated to the exclusive use for the Snuggle Up Centers and paid for much of the expenses of the appropriate décor, furnishing, and specialized computers for children. The Maren grants were acquired during the chairmanship and by the work of Laura Shaw.

The Ehrhart Family Foundation has given us yearly grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to assist us in our partnership with the Library District in the long-range building program. The Ehrhart Family Foundation is located in Venice, Florida, and we are extremely grateful to local resident, Carol Higman, a member of the Ehrhart family and a Board member of their foundation, for her enthusiastic support of our requests for funding from them.

The Kosman Foundation provides the funding of the Guy Hudspeth Award, which honors an outstanding staff member annually by placing a leaf on Katherine’s Tree. This award, which provides $2,000 annually for our Foundation, was first given in 2007 in honor of Guy Hudspeth, who was then the Manager of the Archer Branch. The Kosman Foundation is represented locally by Paul and Rudy Rothseiden, and Dianna Kosman of Alachua, Florida, and our sincere thanks go to them.

The B.J. and Eve Wilder Foundation provided us with a direct grant of $5,000 for our activities in 2015. Additionally, they have funneled several $10,000 grants through us to provide designated materials to the District Library.