Start an Endowment

Enrich the Lafayette Public Library for future generations.

Starting a Named Endowment through the Lafayette Public Library Foundation is a wonderful way to leave a legacy of support for our public library system! Endowments can be created to recognize an individual, business, or organization, and can be funded by family, friends, or other entities. Endowment funds are invested strategically to preserve their original value and generate income used to support the library’s work for generations to come.

Anyone can establish a named endowment with a minimum contribution of $100. Incremental payments can be made until the endowment is fully funded at $1,000.
Once an endowment is fully funded, one book is donated annually in perpetuity (forever!) in the name of the honoree. Donors elect the genre of books to be purchased or leave the selection unrestricted and up to the library staff.
A bookplate with donor information is affixed to the inside cover of each book before they are placed into circulation. Once an endowment is established, memorial gifts and honorariums can be added – for each $1,000, another book is plated yearly.

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Fully Funded Endowments

Acadiana Computer Systems Endowment (1996)

Acadiana Dodge Honorary Endowment (2006)

Acadiana Open Channel Honorary Endowment (2004)

Adele & Sheldon Blue Endowment (2015)

Aline Arceneaux Endowment (2008)

Allen M. and Florence Leger Babineaux Endowment (2009)

Annette T. Myers Endowment (2000)

Annette T. Myers Honorary Endowment (2005)

Annie W. Spell, Ph.D. Endowment (2010)

Arceneaux Descendants Acadiens, Inc. Endowment (1999)

Arthur Green Honorary Endowment (2006)

Avec Souci Endowment (1998)

Bank One Endowment (1999)

Barbara Kinchen Honorary Endowment (2010)

Beatrix A. Breaux Memorial Endowment (2006)

BellSouth Endowment (2002)

Bill McGoffin Memorial Endowment (1995)

Blaine J. Romero Memorial Endowment (2003)

Bruce & Madelyn Trible Endowment (1997)

C. J. Thomann Memorial Endowment (2002)

Caroline Postell Spurlock Endowment (2015)

Carolyn & Harry Bruder Endowment (2024)

Charles C. Cain Memorial Endowment (1996)

Chris & Karen Gambel Family Endowment (2015)

Christine T & Hal B Butts Endowment (2015)

City of Carencro Honorary Endowment (2006)

Dan P. Branch Endowment (2010)

Daughters of John C. Whittington Endowment (2003)

Debbie Hargrave Memorial Endowment (2022)

Dee Cloyd Memorial Endowment (2001)

Denbo and Barbara Montgomery Endowment (2024)

Dombourian Family Endowment (2005)

Domingue & Szabo Endowment (1997)

Doreen Crotty Memorial Endowment (1999)

Dorothy Stevens Honorary Endowment (2012)

Dr. & Mrs. E.W. Kinchen, Jr Endowment (1999)

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Tarpy Endowment (1997)

Dr. and Mrs. Leo Richard Honorary (2010)

Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Rolfes Endowment (2022)

Dr. Brooke & Susan Hamilton Endowment (1998)

Dr. Don Johnson Honorary Endowment (2008)

Dr. George Pang Endowment (2024)

Dr. Henry Pitchford Honorary Endowment (1996)

Dr. Hugh and Barbara Larriviere Endowment (2005)

Dr. Jane Ellen Carstens Endowment (2001)

Dr. Jane Ellen Carstens Honorary Endowment (2008)

Dr. Jean Sorrell Hurley Endowment (2003)

Dr. Leo & Yvonne B. Richard Endowment (1998)

Dr. Mary Neiheisel Endowment (2004)

Dr. Norman E. Anseman, Jr. Endowment (1997)

Dr. Ralph Caffery Endowment (1999)

Dr. Richard G. Neiheisel Memorial Endowment (2003)

Dr. Robert Morrow Endowment (2015)

Drs. Amos & Vaughan Simpson Endowment (2001)

Drs. Larry and Jean T. Kreamer Endowment (1996)

Dwight Andrus, Sr. Endowment (1999)

Eddy & Ann Knight Endowment (1997)

Edie’s Restaurant Endowment (1997)

Edward J. Martin Family Endowment (2006)

Edward M. Fearney Memorial Endowment (2000)

Ella Jane “Jick” Swan Memorial Endowment (2000)

Entergy Corporation Endowment (2008)

Ernest J. Gaines Honorary Endowment (2003)

F. W. “Bud” Moriarty Memorial Endowment (1996)

Falgout Family Endowment (2005)

Friends of the Lafayette Public Library Endowment (1998)

G. Jerome and Linda F. Alesi Endowment (2015)

Gail D. Smith Endowment (1998)

Gautreaux Family Endowment (2019)

George Crouchet Memorial Endowment (1995)

Geraldine S. Buckland Endowment (2015)

Grant & Maizie Molett Honorary Endowment (1995)

Hasling Family Endowment (1997)

Haynie Family Foundation Endowment (2002)

Haynie Family Foundation Endowment (2014)

Haynie Family Foundation Honorary Endowment (2010)

Herbert Heymann Honorary Endowment (1999)

Hibernia National Bank Honorary Endowment (1998)

Howard W. Martin Memorial Endowment (2003)

Hugh Thompson & Trent Angers Endowment (2000)

Isaac Jones, Jr. Honorary Endowment (2004)

J. C. Chargois Honorary Endowment (2012)

Jack & Carol Tufts Memorial Endowment (1995)

Jack Barry Memorial Endowment (2001)

James C.M. Taylor Endowment (2015)

Janie A. Brown Memorial Endowment (2008)

Jean Noland Cochrane Endowment (2013)

Jeanne Billeaud Honorary Endowment (2001)

Jennifer Ritter Guidry Memorial Endowment (2022)

Joan Rochel Landry Honorary Endowment (1997)

Joan Wingate Honorary Endowment (2022)

John & Mary Attrep Endowment (1994)

John & Vickie Guilbeau Endowment (2021)

John N. & Eleanor F. Straub Endowment (1994)

John N. & Eleanor Straub Honorary Endowment (2001)

Joseph V. & Dr. Wes Schwemmer Cady Endowment (2002)

Joseph V. & Dr. Wes Schwemmer Cady Endowment (2007)

Josiah Brevis Memorial Endowment (2023)

Juanita Brian Foster Memorial Endowment (2005)

Jules Arceneaux Honorary Endowment (1996)

Kallenberger Family Endowment (2005)

Kiwanis Club of Broussard-Youngsville Endowment (2002)

Kiwanis of Lafayette Endowment (2016)

Kreamer Family Endowment (2022)

L’Avenir Women’s Club Endowment (2001)

La Fonda of Lafayette Endowment (2016)

La Reunion des Babineaux et Granger Endowment (2009)

Lafayette Art Association Honorary Endowment (2000)

Lafayette Bar Association Auxiliary Endowment (1996)

Lafayette Coca-Cola Bottling Company Endowment (2002)

Lafayette Garden Club Honorary Endowment (1999)

Lafayette Genealogical Society Honorary Endowment (2001)

Lafayette General Medical Center Endowment (2001)

Lafayette General Medical Center Honorary Endowment (2004)

Leota Lynch Meyer Memorial Endowment (2002)

Les Vingt-Quatre Honorary Endowment (2015)

Lola Dykes Eshelman Memorial Endowment (1999)

Lucille Arceneaux Memorial Endowment (1996)

Marci and Bob Lecky Endowment (2006)

Margaret S. Danna Endowment (2001)

Marilyn Frances Smith Memorial Endowment (2021)

Marion Embree Memorial Endowment (1997)

Mary B. Elberson Memorial Endowment (2017)

Mavis Branch Memorial Endowment (1994)

Michael Arnold Killeen Sr. Honorary Endowment (2003)

Michael J. Doumit, Jr. Honorary Endowment (1998)

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Green Endowment (1997)

Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Chargois, Sr. Memorial Endowment (1997)

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin A. Munchrath Endowment (1998)

Nina H. Geoffroy Honorary Endowment (2007)

Olivier-Thibodeaux Endowment (2015)

Pat Snyder Memorial Endowment (2018)

Pat Soper Honorary Endowment (1996)

Patricia Williamson Endowment (2015)

Paul’s Jewelry Honorary Endowment (2005)

Paulette & Steve Landry Endowment (2006)

Performing Arts Society of Acadiana Honorary Endowment (2007)

Perret Doise Endowment (1999)

Prime Time Family Reading Endowment (1999)

Pugh Family Foundation Endowment (2001)

Pugh Family Foundation Honorary Endowment (2003)

Raymond & Suzan G. Allen Honorary Endowment (2007)

Raymond M. & Suzan G. Allen Endowment (1994)

Rebecca Bass Huckabay Endowment (1999)

Renee Bellard Memorial Endowment (2022)

Richard & Laura Hanes Endowment (2023)

Robbie Bush Honorary Endowment (1995)

Robert S. Walker Endowment (2000)

Ruth Brandon Moriarty Honorary Endowment (1997)

Ruth Brandon Moriarty Memorial Endowment (1997)

Sara Worley Stagg Memorial Endowment (2015)

Sarah Johanna Herpin Memorial Endowment (2022)

Shirley V. Adamson Endowment (2007)

Society of Petroleum Engineers – Evangeline Section Endowment (2005)

Sona Dombourian Memorial Endowment (2020)

Sonya Branch Memorial Endowment (1996)

South Louisiana Chapter of American Institute of Architects Endowment (2025)

St. Mary Land & Exploration Company Endowment (2001)

St. Mary Land & Exploration Company Honorary Endowment (2002)

Stephen Raymond Endowment (2021)

Stone & Hawkins Families Memorial Endowment (2003)

Sue Birdwell Alves Endowment (2007)

Sue Birdwell Alves Honorary Endowment (2008)

Susan Hamilton Honorary Endowment (2013)

Suzan G. Allen Honorary Endowment (1996)

Suzan G. Allen Honorary Endowment (2002)

Ted & Vicky Jacques Honorary Endowment (1998)

The David Trosclair Memorial Endowment (2020)

The Lafayette Daily Advertiser Honorary Endowment (2005)

The Woman’s Club of Lafayette Endowment (1996)

Tom & Judy Eby Endowment (2015)

Trula Russek Endowment (2010)