Library Foundation of Newport Beach

Founded in 1989, Library Foundation of Newport Beach is a charity based in Newport Beach, United States working on education, arts & culture, community development.

The Library Foundation of Newport Beach, operating under the legal name Newport Beach Public Library Foundation, is a non-profit organisation established in 1989 as a public-private partnership with the City of Newport Beach, California. It raises private funds to support the Newport Beach Public Library system, which has a Central Library and four branches. The Foundation funds library materials, technology, programmes and services, and produces community programmes such as the Witte Lectures, Library Live Authors series, writing and financial workshops, and book groups. It also publishes Bookmark Magazine and supported the construction of the Central Library, which opened in 1994. The Foundation states that it has contributed more than seven million dollars over the past decade for the system's roughly 1.2 million annual users. Its finances are audited annually, and it is a US tax-exempt organisation whose gifts are tax deductible.