Pennsylvania · Public charity
Bucks County Free Library
To provide materials and services to stimulate the imagination of all library users with programs and materials for pleasurable reading, viewing and listening experiences.
- $511k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $65,626
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $152,560
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Bucks County Free Library funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $511k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $511k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $402k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $343k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $485k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $314k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $314k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton Township | $1,196,654 | 9 | n/a |
| Warminster Twp Free Library | $996,854 | 9 | n/a |
| Twp Library of Lower Southampton | $592,634 | 9 | n/a |
| The Free Library of New Hope & Solebury | $296,442 | 9 | 14% |
| Southampton Free Library | $131,252 | 2 | 9% |
| Village Library of Wrightstown | $100,205 | 9 | 13% |
| Morrisville Free Library | $79,446 | 2 | n/a |
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About Bucks County Free Library
- How much does Bucks County Free Library give?
- Bucks County Free Library reported 7 grants totaling $511,119 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bucks County Free Library fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Bucks County Free Library's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northampton Township ($1.2M), Warminster Twp Free Library ($997k), Twp Library of Lower Southampton ($593k).
- Does Bucks County Free Library fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Bucks County Free Library based?
- Bucks County Free Library is based in PA.
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