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Bainbridge Public Library

Bainbridge Public Library (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,366,539 to it, the largest being CRABBY BEACH FOUNDATION ($675,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$569k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$7.8M
6/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What Bainbridge Public Library does

Mission

The organization's mission is to ensure a vibrant community space dedicated to the joy of reading, the discovery of ideas, and the power of information by owning, operating, and maintaining the library building and grounds.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Throughout 2024 Bainbridge Public Library (BPL) covered the operating costs of the building and grounds it owns which are operated as the Bainbridge branch of the Kitsap Regional Library system.

    $249,928 spent
    79% of program spending
  2. Operate and maintain the Ihland Way property for future use as needed by the library

    $67,847 spent
    21% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $317,775.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($267k) Net assets 100 ($5.7M)2018 Revenue 27 ($380k) Expenses 127 ($339k) Net assets 96 ($5.5M)2019 Revenue 25 ($360k) Expenses 147 ($394k) Net assets 101 ($5.8M)2020 Revenue 27 ($388k) Expenses 118 ($316k) Net assets 106 ($6.1M)2021 Revenue 40 ($569k) Expenses 95 ($253k) Net assets 116 ($6.7M)2022 Revenue 76 ($1.1M) Expenses 122 ($327k) Net assets 118 ($6.8M)2023 Revenue 38 ($548k) Expenses 135 ($360k) Net assets 127 ($7.3M)2024 Revenue 40 ($569k) Expenses 133 ($356k) Net assets 135 ($7.8M)
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Revenue (40)Expenses (133)Net assets (135)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 2020 to 2021, from $6.1M to $6.7M (+9%).

$5.9M
$5.6M
$5.9M
$6.1M
$6.7M
$6.8M
$7.3M
$7.8M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

69% of Bainbridge Public Library’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.2M
’17
$41k
’18
−$33k
’19
$73k
’20
$316k
’21
$759k
’22
$188k
’23
$213k
’24
23
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1114151312111111
Joined·+5+5+1+1+2+2+3
No longer listed·2432323
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $68k → $215k.

5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Bainbridge Public Library’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

Bainbridge Public Library leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

49% 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 Bainbridge Public Library.

49%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 54% · 2019 58% · 2020 48% · 2021 47% · 2022 52% · 2023 58% — 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

57% of Bainbridge Public Library's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

Bainbridge Public Library draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 5 states in all.

WA
MN
NY
OR
DE

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

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’21
’22
’23
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Bainbridge Public Library runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve22.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · bottom 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

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 7%Fundraising 4%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

43%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Ihland Way LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds Bainbridge Public Library?
Bainbridge Public Library (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,366,539 to it, the largest being CRABBY BEACH FOUNDATION ($675,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Bainbridge Public Library have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,366,539 in grants to Bainbridge Public Library, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Bainbridge Public Library?
CRABBY BEACH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $675,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Bainbridge Public Library find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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