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ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC

ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $916,221 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($206,565). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$433k
Funders on record
36
Grants received
$916k
Net assets
$390k
21/36 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation Inc does

Mission

The atlanta fulton public library foundations mission is to advocate for, partner with, and invest in the fulton county library system.the library foundation is dedicated to strengthening the impact of our libraries by securing vital funding to expand programs, enhance resources, and ensure equitable access to information and technology for the fulton county and atlanta communities. With the support of our donors, we: expand early literacy initiatives like storytime programs, books for babies, summer reading challenges, and tutoring partnerships. Increase technology access, ensuring that all residents - regardless of income - can utilize computers (in the library and check out for use at home), wi-fi, and digital learning platforms. Support workforce development programs, including free ged classes and testing, scholarships for career online high school, job search workshops, and skills training. Enhance cultural and lifelong learning opportunities through author events, community-wide

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Our current mission is to work in partnership with the Fulton County Library System to secure its future as an indispensable community resource through advocacy, raising public awareness and generating private funding. Annually, our libraries offer over 8,000 special programs reaching 200,000 library patrons of all ages. The Library Foundation is proud to report significant organizational stability and capacity-building strides in 2023. Notably, we hired a full-time Executive Director, Erin Dreiling. The Library Foundation Board of Directors has focused on building a strong foundation for growth, with thoughtful additions to the Board to add education, advocacy and fundraising expertise. Comprised of a diverse group of professionals, community leaders, and advocates, our board is dedicated to steering the Library Foundation toward a sustainable and impactful future. In 2023, we conducted two individual giving campaigns - one in the spring tied to Library Giving Day, and one at year-end - and continued to solicit grants from a variety of foundations and philanthropic partners.

    $245,399 spentof which $187,619 as grants
    92% of program spending
  2. The summer reading program was held from June 1, 2023 to August 1, 2023, with a total participation of 13,000 children, teens and adults. A total of 67,000 books were read and over 8,000 individuals attended programs that summer, including craft programs, story times, cooking programs, and book clubs. For library patrons of all ages, access to technology is critical. Many patrons depend on the librarys computers and Wi-Fi to complete homework, apply for jobs and access critical services. The Library Foundation helps the Library System purchase and maintain innovative technology equipment and offer digital accessibility training to patrons. The One Book One Read community-wide reading program has truly taken off since its launch three years ago and had nearly 400 participants in 2023.

    $20,000 spent
    8% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $265,399.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($107k) Expenses 100 ($218k) Net assets 100 ($507k)2019 Revenue 155 ($166k) Expenses 71 ($154k) Net assets 103 ($524k)2020 Revenue 490 ($526k) Expenses 74 ($161k) Net assets 174 ($884k)2021 Revenue 323 ($346k) Expenses 210 ($457k) Net assets 152 ($773k)2022 Revenue 344 ($369k) Expenses 228 ($496k) Net assets 127 ($646k)2023 Revenue 363 ($390k) Expenses 243 ($530k) Net assets 100 ($505k)2024 Revenue 404 ($433k) Expenses 252 ($548k) Net assets 77 ($390k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (404)Expenses (252)Net assets (77)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $531k to $908k (+71%).

$507k
$531k
$908k
$805k
$663k
$536k
$411k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$111k
’18
$12k
’19
$365k
’20
−$111k
’21
−$127k
’22
−$141k
’23
−$116k
’24
7.9
months of
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.

Board chair

J Delano Ford

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed19131420202120
Joined·+0+3+7+8+5+2
No longer listed·621843
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $76k → $83k.

10 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. 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

ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC.

23%
largest funder
52%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 91% · 2019 63% · 2020 63% · 2021 55% · 2022 42% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.

“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

38% of ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

66% of ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

MT
IL
NY
MO
DE
TN
NC
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $368k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−27% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve7.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 19%Fundraising 24%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $916,221 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($206,565). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $916,221 in grants to ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $206,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 36 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