About Us

Image Credit: MAD Architecture

Tax status: 501 (c) 3

State charity registration number: # 37768

Corporation No.: 0895487

Federal Employer Identification Number: 68-0039922

Address: 100 Fairgrounds DrivePetaluma, CA 94952


History: The Library opened July 10, 1976

First Friends Meeting: Jan. 27, 1977

Article of Incorporation by the State of California: August 23, 1978, allowing us to become a non-profit. Federal Tax exempt status achieved soon after.The Petaluma Friends joined 6 other Friends groups in the county.

Purpose: See Bylaws, Article II  

Our Mission: We are a nonprofit volunteer organization which supports reading programs, the purchase of books, and the funding of equipment for the Petaluma Regional Library.                             

Email us at petalumafriends@sonomalibrary.org.