Vermont · Nonprofit
BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY
BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,627 to it, the largest being THE SID AND CECELIA LANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $194k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $570k
What Brown Public Library does
Mission
Provides public library services to Northfield VT and surrounding communities. The library loans books provides computer and internet access and presents programs for adults and youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The largest program services of the Brown Public Library are loaning of books to the public. The Library Director LD reviews adult books and orders them based on patron preferences. The LD enhances patron experience by scheduling several programs per month such as poetry readings knitting groups and reading groups. The LD is responsible for scheduling staff and volunteers.
$110,654 spentof which $1,500 as grants57% of program spendingOur youth librarian has a number of programs she has set up. Story hour attracts about 30 folks each time. She also runs the Summer Reading Program which attracts about 150 youth. There is also a youth advisory board a LEGO and chess clubs and various holiday celebrations. She also has two Reading is Fundamental days where she gives out books at the elementary school.
$47,632 spentof which $3,200 as grants25% of program spendingThe BPL provides computer and internet access for patrons. The patron computers are loaded with Microsoft software for word processing spreadsheets and presentations. Internet access is also provided with Google and Firefox.
$6,679 spent3% of program spendingThere are no other program expenses.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther expenses include Day passes to Vermont and National Parks Library Programs such as Summer Reading Program Library Media including books and audio books Workmans Compensation Insurance Liability Insurance Furniture,
$27,809 spentof which $250 as grants14% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $192,774.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $513k to $570k (+11%).
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: 2021 65% · 2024 71% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
Maryann Beaupre
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $87 → $3k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 BROWN 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
BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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% · 2021 97% · 2022 96% · 2023 97% — 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
100% of BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $427 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
BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24k on record.
- Grants$24k
- Gr, Awards, Scholarships&Loans$612
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BROWN 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 BROWN 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 BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,627 to it, the largest being THE SID AND CECELIA LANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $16,627 in grants to BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- THE SID AND CECELIA LANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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