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When you donate to ILA, your generous contributions help light the way forward for ILA and libraries in the state of Illinois. Contributions to ANY fund or purpose at ILA count toward Illuminate recognition.
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ILA depends on your support to IGNITE, ENERGIZE, and INSPIRE, through important endeavors like the Diversity Scholarship Fund, the Legal Defense Fund, the Intellectual Freedom Fund, and other programs that acknowledge innovative work that creates a lasting impact on libraries and librarianship.
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In addition to recognition on the ILA website and in our Annual Report, donors at each level receive gifts as tokens of our appreciation for our long-term supporters.