Mission
The Friends of the Madison Library (FMPL) was established in 1938 and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization run by volunteers. Our mission is to stimulate public interest and community use of the library’s resources and services and provide fundraising support. After expenses, the money raised is designated to go to the library to help finance materials, services, programs, technology and improvements that are not covered in the regular library budget.
Notes from the nonprofit
A Snap Shot of How FMPL supports the Madison Public Library in 2019 (Pre Pandemic) Patrons of the library include residents of all ages from Madison and surrounding communities. FMPL is proud to say that our regular annual contribution of $40,000 has been constant at since the 1990’s to 2019. In 2019 FMPL fundraising efforts resulted in: • Contributing over $50,000 to the collection and programming, including funding all costs of the Summer Reading Program for children, teens and adults. • Enhancing the area for teens by purchasing new furniture for the teen center. • Continued funding of the Museum Pass Program that now offers passes to 15 local and NYC museums, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). • Helping to fund the 35th year of eight free lectures in the Summer Seminar Series at the Madison Senior Center. • Providing support to deliver the Madison Library’s bi-monthly newsletter and Constant Contact Platform for E-newsletters to library patrons.
Ruling year
1956
Chair and President
Mrs. Pamela Hogan, MBA
Main address
39 Keep St
Madison, NJ 07940 USA
EIN
22-6094180
NTEE code
Single Organization Support (B11)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Recruitment of qualified, experienced, and enthusiastic volunteers is one of our continuing challenges.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Minicourses at Madison Library (New Jersey)
The Minicourses at Madison Library is an established humanities program that began in 1992. The Friends of the Madison Library seek to expand human perspectives through education, social interaction, and community pride through this program.
This program draws an audience from Madison and towns throughout Morris, Essex, Union, and Somerset counties. With volunteers assuming the administration of this program it has become a major source of funding to the Madison Public Library.
The success of the program is attributed primarily to the high quality and popularity of the teachers and the affordable price as compared to university enrollment. These are non-credit courses and there are no examinations. Each course consists of 5 sessions that run an hour and a half to two hours with a short break. Surveys show that participants view these courses as both a personal social and educational highlight for them.
Touch A Truck
Touch a Truck is a family-friendly community event that has been held since 2008 in cooperation with the Madison YMCA and the Madison Rotary.
At the most recent Touch a Truck event 1,300 people attended. Twenty-six trucks lined up, with children exploring each vehicle as well as, enjoying magic shows, animal balloons, and face painting. It is truly an embracing community event with local businesses, police, fire, ambulance, public works, and electric utility services participating.
All of the proceeds go directly to the Madison Public Library to support programs for children, teenagers, and adults and to purchase books and media.
Where we work
Awards
Service Award 2018
New Jersey Library Association (NJLA)
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This matrix represents the Minicourse programs. There were 13 courses in 2018, 14 courses in 2019, 6 courses in 2020 and 9 courses in 2021.
Number of press articles published
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of attendees present at rallies/events
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This Metrix represents the Touch A Truck (TAT) community event organized by the Friends held every other year. 2020 public gatherings were not allowed due to the pandemic. 2022 TAT is in the works.
Number of new donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
Minicourses at Madison Library (New Jersey)
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2021 a new option to donate when registering for our Mincourses helped increased our donor base.
Number of press releases developed and distributed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This matric represents digital and published press releases. Articles represent new additions to the Board, the Annual Appeal announcements, and Minicourse registration announcements.
Number of overall donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2021 a downtrend was experienced since event donations did not occur due to the pandemic.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Provide the Madison Public Library with the financial resources to be an outstanding, vibrant and welcoming community organization.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our goals will be attained by successfully executing our strategic plan and continuing to fulfill our mission - supporting the Madison Public Library in word and deed.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Meeting our funding goals has been possible due to a highly successful and established program that is administered and delivered by The Friends of the Madison Public Library (“The Friends” - all volunteers).
In 2022 we will be celebrating 30 years of continuing education—the first 26 years as co-sponsors of ‘Drew Minicourses’ and the last three years as the sole sponsor of ‘Minicourses at Madison Library.’ This is an incredibly popular continuing adult program that features local professors from surrounding universities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2021 The Friends exceed our funding goals to the Madison Library and this success is attributed directly to the Minicourse program since the pandemic hit in 2020.
For 2022 the Minicourses will continue and two major fundraising events are due back and include our “Annual Gala Benefit”, on May 21, 2022, and “Touch A Truck,” a fun-filled family event planned for July 30, 2022. The Touch a Truck event is labor-intensive and we partner with the Madison Rotary, the Madison Area YMCA, the Girl and Boys Scouts, and local school organizations to bring this event to the community every other year.
The community is also highly receptive to the Friends’ Annual Appeal request that is sent to over 5,000 households in Madison and proceeds after expenses support the library.
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Friends of the Madison Public Library
Board of directorsas of 03/21/2022
Mrs. Pamela Hogan
Marsha Gepford
FMPL
Linda Holm
FMPL
Adrienne Novak
FMPL
Jen Bauman
FMPL
Kathy Trombacco
FMPL
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
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