Idaho · Nonprofit
Boise Public Library Foundation Inc
Boise Public Library Foundation Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,996 to it, the largest being The Mary Clara Allison Charitable Trust ($161,276). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $201k
- Net assets
- $798k
What Boise Public Library Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundations mission is to raise awareness and funds for the support of the Boise Public Library.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To support the mission of the Boise Public Library and its programs for the community, including sponsorship of Summer Reading Programs for youth and children, acquiring books and written materials for the branches of the Bosie Public Library and Title sponsorship of the Bosie Comic Arts Festival. The Comic Arts Festival promotes and supports the art of comics and attracts writers and artists from many parts of the country. The festival promotes and educates on the art of comic writing.
$117,118 spentof which $110,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $117,118.
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.
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 $2.6M to $707k (−73%).
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.
76% of Boise Public Library Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Camille Franks
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $200 → $42k.
From the IRS filings of Boise Public Library Foundation Inc’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
Boise Public Library Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 66% · 2023 88% — 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.
Where its funders are
Boise Public Library Foundation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Boise Public Library Foundation Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Boise Public Library Foundation Inc
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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Boise Public Library Foundation Inc: 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 Boise Public Library Foundation Inc?
- Boise Public Library Foundation Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,996 to it, the largest being The Mary Clara Allison Charitable Trust ($161,276). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Boise Public Library Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $200,996 in grants to Boise Public Library Foundation Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Boise Public Library Foundation Inc?
- The Mary Clara Allison Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $161,276 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Boise Public Library Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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