Oregon · Public charity
The Library Foundation
THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION strengthens our community and creates a brighter future for children by supporting, expanding and advocating for multnomah county library's innovative and groundbreaking work. Gifts, large and small, make this work possible.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,447,213
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,447,213
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The 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 | $2.7M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $945k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $847k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services | $12,356,479 | 9 | n/a |
| Libraries Yes | $300,000 | 1 | 100% |
About The Library Foundation
- How much does The Library Foundation give?
- The Library Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,792,383 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Library Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are The Library Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services ($12M), Libraries Yes ($300k).
- Does The Library Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is The Library Foundation based?
- The Library Foundation is based in OR.
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