Giving to KU Libraries
Impactful giving
One of the most impactful ways you can support the University of Kansas is by making a gift to KU Libraries. We support all Jayhawk scholars, regardless of discipline or major. Every student, faculty member and unit at KU turns to the libraries for classroom instruction, one-on-one research assistance, and online databases. Each of our libraries offer the essential resources students need to excel academically. Your support helps us provide the best services and expertise to enrich teaching and learning, and to fuel research at KU and beyond.
Become a friend of KU Libraries
Friends of KU Libraries are recognized at six giving levels, with baseline annual membership achieved with a gift of at least $100 or an in-kind gift.
- Benefactor – $2,500 +
- Advocate – $1,000 +
- Donor – $500 +
- Friend – $100 +
- Contributors – Gifts in kind
- KU Community – Current and retired faculty and staff, as well as current students, will be recognized at any giving level
As a friend of KU Libraries, you will help to preserve and build upon the libraries' critical resources and diverse collections, benefiting future generations of Jayhawks. A contribution of any amount benefits every student, faculty member and unit at KU.
A Foundational Need
As a student, Bev Kennedy Bradshaw relied on libraries' study spaces as a place of productivity and focus, as well as libraries' resources to support her academic success while obtaining her degree en route to a successful career in human resources."During my HR career at one point I oversaw payroll, which is one of those functions that people rely on and of course need ... I thought about the libraries and its the same in some ways - a big job, hard job, and complicated serving so many different constituents in so many locations. Sometimes if might be easy to take it for granted, but it's a foundational need which impacts the entire KU community...
"I’ve always felt lucky to have gone to KU. It changed my life. After I graduated, I knew that I wanted to give back, and I realized the library was the perfect place ... I thought about how great the library made things for me as a student and I wanted to give where I felt like my dollars could have the most impact.”
