Consider Leaving a Legacy - Become a Member of the Northrup Society

We hope you will think of the Library when you speak with your attorney about creating your will or updating your estate plans.  A bequest of $2,000 will generate a $100 Annual Appeal gift in perpetuity to the Library.  The larger the bequest, the larger the amount of the 5% distribution there will be annually to sustain the excellence of the Princeton Public Library.

Either by making a bequest or choosing another planned giving instrument, you will become a member of the Northrup Society. 

• Name the Library as a beneficiary under your life insurance policy;
• Name the Library as a beneficiary of your retirement plan assets such as an IRA or 401(k), which can have significant tax advantages; or
• Establish a charitable trust benefiting the Library

In 1945, Mrs. E.F. Northrup left the Princeton Public Library its first recorded bequest.  We honor Mrs. Northrup’s vision and charitable act by giving her name to our inaugural legacy society.

Thank you for your support.

If you would like to speak with someone about making a planned gift, please contact:
Dickie Ann Boal at 609-924-8822 ext. 251.

The Princeton Public Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Information concerning this charitable solicitation is filed with the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and may be obtained by calling 973-504-6262. Registration with the Attorney General does not imply endorsement.

Tax ID #: 22-3494366

Sample bequest language is as follows:

“I devise and bequeath to PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, INC., a nonprofit corporation whose address is 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542, the sum of $__________ [or _______ percent of my residuary estate] for its general uses and purposes.”