Mission: The Louisville Free Public Library Foundation was founded for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, supporting, and enhancing the programs and services of the Louisville Free Public Library, whose mission is to provide the people of Metro Louisville with the broadest possible access to knowledge, ideas, and information and to support them in their pursuit of learning. Through its support of the public library, the Library Foundation serves the entire Metro Louisville area. (Less)

Louisville Free Public Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1980, and donations are tax-deductible.