The specific purpose of this corporation is to assist the benicia public library in providing free access to informational, recreational, and educational material and programs. In addition, the benicia library foundation is organized to promote library services and lifelong learning opportunities to the diverse community it serves.

Education

The benicia library foundations goal is to be able to help thelibrary with capital improvements. Some of the items thatthe foundation has purchsed in recent years are: an additional self check machine, a new people counter that accurately gives the library statistics as to how manypatrons use thelibrary, what time of dayandday is the busiest and how many people attend events and playaways for the use of patrons. These items werepurchased from donations of the community through fundraisers and annual giving.