Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Allegheny County Library Association
Allegheny County Library Association (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,666,606 to it, the largest being THE JACK BUNCHER FOUNDATION ($1,326,004). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Allegheny County Library Association does
Mission
Allegheny County Library Association, a federated library system provides and promotes the highest quality public library service possible for all residents of Allegheny County through collaboration, cooperation and coordination. The system includes 46 Member Libraries with more than 70 public service outlets.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
System Services. ACLA receives and distributes both State and County (Allegheny Regional Asset District) funding to its Member Libraries. ACLA staff serves as liaisons with State and County agencies, monitors compliance with standards and ensures reporting as required by funding agencies. They also provide direct support through a wide variety of services and resources designed to enhance Member Libraries' management capacity and ability to provide excellent public service. Staff directly consults with directors and Boards of Member Libraries as well as municipal funders regarding issues of library management and governance. Resources provided include continuing education workshops, best practices, and sample policies and other useful tools. Staff builds partnerships with government agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to leverage resources for programming and professional development.
$14,248,476 spentof which $13,807,238 as grants$33,789 earned by the program94% of program spendingACLA Mobile Services uses bookmobiles to supplement library services offered by Member Libraries. The program has three distinct routes with a bookmobile dedicated to each. The Preschool Route visits Headstart and preschool facilities,the Senior Route provides library service into the lobby of senior facilities and the Community Route takes the library to unserved or underserved communities (for a fee) upon request.
$600,071 spent$3,290 earned by the program4% of program spendingAccounting Services: In addition to doing the accounting work for the Allegheny County Library Association itself, ACLAs Accounting Management Services provides accounting services to Member Libraries on an opt-in basis. The Accounting Management Services staff handled all Accounts Payable, Reporting, and Audit requirements for these libraries. The goal is to provide high quality accounting services to participating libraries in as efficient a manner as possible, with the highest level of reporting accuracy and transparency. The service is fee-based to recover costs.
$193,696 spent$178,340 earned by the program1% of program spendingYouth Services. ACLA's Youth Services Coordinator provides ongoing consulting to youth services staff throughout the County. The Youth Services Coordinator is the liaison to youth services staff at the state level and promotes regional and state-wide initiatives, such as Cruise into Kindergarten. She augments County resources by establishing relationships with community organizations. She coordinates professional development, such as training for summer learning programs, child development and STEM and Maker education. She represents county libraries at community events.
$171,698 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,213,941.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.8M to $1.6M (−43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 95% · 2021 93% · 2022 92% · 2023 95% · 2024 95% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Allegheny County Library Association’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amy Anderson
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $617k → $670k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Allegheny County Library Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Allegheny County Library Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 53% · 2021 29% · 2022 37% · 2023 66% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
44% of Allegheny County Library Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of Allegheny County Library Association's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Allegheny County Library Association's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Allegheny County Library Association
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Electronic Information Network · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Allegheny County Library Association: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Allegheny County Library Association?
- Allegheny County Library Association (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,666,606 to it, the largest being THE JACK BUNCHER FOUNDATION ($1,326,004). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Allegheny County Library Association have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,666,606 in grants to Allegheny County Library Association, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Allegheny County Library Association?
- THE JACK BUNCHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,326,004 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Allegheny County Library Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 15 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing