California · Public charity
Berkeley Public Library Foundation
The Berkeley Public Library Foundation (BPLF) amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. To that end, we provide vital funds and ongoing advocacy to advance the Library's mission, vision, and strategic goals. We offer the resources needed for innovations, literacy projects, and building improvements…
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $63,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $63,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Berkeley Public Library Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $77k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $102k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $108k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Berkeley Public Health Clinic | $1,051,904 | 9 | n/a |
| Yes on X for Libraries Commit | $41,351 | 1 | n/a |
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About Berkeley Public Library Foundation
- How much does Berkeley Public Library Foundation give?
- Berkeley Public Library Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $104,851 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Berkeley Public Library Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Berkeley Public Library Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Berkeley Public Health Clinic ($1.1M), Yes on X for Libraries Commit ($41k).
- Does Berkeley Public Library Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Berkeley Public Library Foundation based?
- Berkeley Public Library Foundation is based in CA.
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