Maine · Nonprofit
BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,034 to it, the largest being THE ANONIMO FOUNDATION ($800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $100k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $709k
What Bowdoinham Public Library does
Mission
To provide and maintain a public library which provides free services and programming to the residents of Bowdoinham (pop. c. 3000), lends books and other media, offers educational and reading programs for children, youth and people of all ages, provide public computer access and workspace for remote workers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Library renovations: new carpeting, shelving accomodations to new layout and new entrance door.
$15,006 spent52% of program spendingLibrary Operations category consists of additions to our collection and general support to enable delivery of our services. The library's collection consists of books, physical media and electronic offerings.
$11,768 spent41% of program spendingProgramming at no cost to the public is an important part of our services and at no cost to the public: reading challenges, two adult book groups, children's summer reading program, weekly storytime, free passes to state parks, several museums, and local botanical garden, speakers and lectures. The library also has onsite learning opportunities: taxidermy collection, observation beehive, and instruction on accessing ebook and audiobook downloads.
$2,050 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,824.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $638k to $784k (+23%).
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: 2022 21% · 2023 27% · 2024 71% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY’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. 0 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $110 → $124.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 BOWDOINHAM 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
BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Maine funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY: 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 BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,034 to it, the largest being THE ANONIMO FOUNDATION ($800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,034 in grants to BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- THE ANONIMO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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