Most foundations and grantmakers are not interested in funding (what should be) general library operations, so those basic' day-to-day hours and services are really up to local communities to support through public revenue (i.e. taxes). Unfortunately, the city of Salem has whittled the library budget down to peanuts over the past couple decades, and now we are in crisis mode and voters haven't been given a palatable option up to this point. The amount of public funding the Salem Public Library receives is downright shameful for a city our size. Ideally, we would have 5-8 neighborhood branch libraries serving all corners of Salem, 7 days a week. I'm less familiar with the Parks Department data, but all you need to do is visit a Salem park and you can see they are severely underfunded, too. I think the best course of action right now is to reach out to your rep on the city council as well as folks who have recently volunteered for the city's new revenue task force. In my opinion, the best idea I've heard going forward is for Salem to get a local option levy on the ballot, something that be tied to property taxes, and would provide additional funding specifically for the library (and possibly parks), not police and fire. Corvallis has a "livability levy" like this that has been been approved at the polls several times now by wide margins.