Mission and Vision
Our community depends on our library. Our library depends on us.The Mandel Public Library offers life-changing programs, services, and resources to children, teens, and adults in our community, all free of charge thanks to the financial support provided by the West Palm Beach Library Foundation.
When you support the Foundation, you make our community a better place to live, work, and play! Here’s how you can help.
Did You Know?
Begun as a tiny reading room in 1895, the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach has grown and evolved into a bustling, digital-era center serving citizens of all ages and interests with books, performances, classes, research, entertainment, technology, music and more. Public funds simply can’t cover it all. So, in 2000, our founders created the West Palm Beach Library Foundation to support the library’s continued success.
Free Reading Room (1895)
1895 as the West Palm Beach Reading Room in the Congregational Church at the corner of Datura and Olive Streets.
Memorial Library
The City’s first permanent library was an artistic Spanish style building facing the Intracoastal Waterway.
West Palm Beach Public Library (1960’s)
In the 1960’s, a new City library designed by architect Norman Robson was dedicated and opened with much flourish and public comment over its modern, colorful, exterior frieze panels.
Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach (2009)
In 2009, the library moved from the waterfront to its present facility at City Center in downtown West Palm Beach, and in 2012, the Mandel Foundation awarded a $5 million grant to the West Palm Beach Library Foundation for the enhancement of library programs and services.
Ways to Support
All the ways you can help while connecting with like-minded people
Corporate Council
Your corporate investment changes lives. Members of the Corporate Council make possible the vital programs, services, and resources of the Mandel Public Library funded by the West Palm Beach Library Foundation. Your leadership and support make our...
Food For Thought
The West Palm Beach Library Foundation’s Food For Thought Gala is our premier annual gathering and fundraiser.
Giving Society
The West Palm Beach Library Foundation is committed to creating an inspired community where children excel and adults thrive. As a member of the Foundation’s Giving Society, you are among a distinguished group of leaders who invest in our mission...
Leave a Legacy
Enjoy the satisfaction of making a lasting contribution to the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach through one of our Legacy opportunities. A Legacy donation ensures that you, your family or your company will be recognized in the Library in...
At the Library
Get to know all the ways the foundation supports the community
1/13/21 Note from the Executive Director - Happy New Year
Happy New Year! We tend to begin each new year with new oaths, initiatives and undertakings. In 2021, in particular, we are pushing forward and bringing about transformation for ourselves and our patrons. This January, after 9 long months, the Mandel...
12/03/20 Note from the Executive Director - New Announcements & Happy Holidays
We are so very excited to have kicked off our End-of-Year annual campaign, and hope that you can help support this essential institution that serves over 760,000 people each year.
From the desk of the Executive Director
This past year has been incredibly challenging. But through it all, the West Palm Beach Library Foundation has remained steadfast in our support of the Mandel Public Library’s mission to meet vital community needs for local families, children, and...