FVRL Foundation receives $1,000,000 challenge grant for new library in Ridgefield
Posted July 29, 2016
The Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation (FVRL) has has received a $1 million challenge grant to help fund a new library building in Ridgefield. The pledge was made by an anonymous donor through the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington.
According to FVRL Foundation executive director Rick Smithrud, the challenge grant is meant to inspire other donors to come forward and contribute, knowing that their gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the grant. “The challenge grant was specifically designed to encourage gifts of $10,000 or more for the Ridgefield Library Building Fund,” says Smithrud. “Any large gifts donated for this project, from this point forward, will be matched by this challenge grant.”
A facilities study conducted by local engineering and environmental consulting firm BergerABAM has estimated the cost of an appropriately-sized new library in Ridgefield at approximately $5 million. While local fundraising efforts have already begun, millions of dollars still must be raised before construction of the much-needed new library can start.
For more information about the challenge grant or making a gift to FVRL Foundation for the Ridgefield Library Building Fund, please contact FVRL Foundation at 360-906-4700 or at foundation@fvrl.org.