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Donate to the LGBTQ Initiative

When you donate to the LGBTQ Initiative, you provide critical funds to help the Library build, preserve, and increase access to its LGBTQ collections not only for New Yorkers, but for people across the country and around the world.

Make a monthly gift & get a tote | Make a fully tax-deductible gift

Join the Library Family:
Donate to the LGBTQ Initiative

When you donate to the LGBTQ Initiative, you provide critical funds to help the Library build, preserve & increase access to its LGBTQ collections not only for New Yorkers, but for people across the country and around the world.

Make a monthly gift & get a tote | Make a fully tax-deductible gift

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  • Personalized donor membership card
  • 10% discount at the Library Shop, in-store and online
  • 20% discount at the Library's café at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

All Library Associate benefits, plus:

  • Inside The New York Public Library, your guide to what's happening at NYPL
  • Discount on select tickets to LIVE from NYPL
  • 10% discount at the Schomburg Shop, in-store and online
  • Special access to The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures

All Friend benefits, plus:

  • Two tickets to the Library's annual Holiday Open House—the most festive event of the year
  • Invitation for two to the annual Book Swap, where members exchange favorite books and get reading recommendations from NYPL librarians

All Contributing Friend benefits, plus:

  • Two additional Holiday Open House tickets, for a total of four tickets
  • Invitation for two to the annual Friends Lecture Luncheon, featuring today's most exciting writers and thinkers

All Supporting Friend benefits, plus:

  • Invitations to behind-the-scenes tours of the Library's exhibitions
  • Curator-led tour of NYPL treasures

Membership benefits start at $25. Benefits will be matched according to the level of the donation.

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By choosing to not receive benefits with your membership, your gift is fully tax deductible and you will not receive a member card, invitations to events, e-updates, or be eligible for member discounts.

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