New York · Public charity
North Country Library System
The NORTH COUNTRY LIBRARY SYSTEM is governed by the education law and other laws of nys and provides library services to the general public through its member libraries located in jefferson county, lewis county, st. Lawrence county, and parts of oswego county in nys.
- $566k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $310k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,221
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $59,060
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations North Country Library System funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 16 | $310k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $402k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $158k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $312k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $149k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $135k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $240k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $188k | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell P Flower Memorial Library | $481,742 | 9 | 79% |
| Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library | $265,025 | 9 | 28% |
| Evans Mills Public Library Corp | $173,028 | 8 | n/a |
| Carthage Free Library | $160,359 | 8 | 11% |
| Fulton Public Library | $89,570 | 7 | 4% |
| Lowville Free Library | $76,403 | 7 | 12% |
| Ogdensburg Public Library | $64,514 | 5 | 3% |
| Williamstown Library | $54,382 | 4 | 17% |
| Central Square Library | $50,946 | 3 | 15% |
| Croghan Free Library | $28,152 | 3 | 12% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell P Flower Memorial Library | $481,742 | 9 | 79% |
| Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library | $265,025 | 9 | 28% |
| Evans Mills Public Library Corp | $173,028 | 8 | n/a |
| Carthage Free Library | $160,359 | 8 | 11% |
| Fulton Public Library | $89,570 | 7 | 4% |
| Lowville Free Library | $76,403 | 7 | 12% |
| Ogdensburg Public Library | $64,514 | 5 | 3% |
| Williamstown Library | $54,382 | 4 | 17% |
| Central Square Library | $50,946 | 3 | 15% |
| Croghan Free Library | $28,152 | 3 | 12% |
| Macsherry Library | $24,480 | 2 | 4% |
| Adams Center Free Library | $24,184 | 1 | n/a |
| Parish Public Library | $24,038 | 2 | n/a |
| Hepburn Library of Madrid | $23,514 | 1 | 18% |
| Mexico Public Library | $21,838 | 2 | 10% |
| Bodman Memorial Library | $21,748 | 2 | 17% |
| William H Bush Memorial Library | $21,746 | 3 | 2% |
| Adams Free Library | $20,372 | 1 | n/a |
| Potsdam Public Library | $14,796 | 1 | 2% |
| Crosby Public Library | $13,033 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyme Free Library | $12,682 | 1 | 11% |
| Hawn Memorial Library | $12,280 | 1 | 7% |
| Osceola Public Library | $10,796 | 1 | n/a |
| Dexter Free Library | $10,772 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($388k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
North Country Library System supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About North Country Library System
- How much does North Country Library System give?
- North Country Library System reported 16 itemized grants totaling $309,810, out of $566,019 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does North Country Library System fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are North Country Library System's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Roswell P Flower Memorial Library ($482k), Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library ($265k), Evans Mills Public Library Corp ($173k).
- Does North Country Library System fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Country Library System?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northern New York Community Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is North Country Library System based?
- North Country Library System is based in NY.
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