California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,957 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $278k
- Net assets
- $11M
What California State Library Foundation does
Mission
The California State Library Foundation is the independent philanthropic partner of the california state library in strengthening information resources which enrich the social and cultural heritage of california and its people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We purchased collections and supplies, such as library carts, for sutro library and other state library departments.
$66,211 spent18% of program spendingCalifornia research bureau's homeless youth project - we informed state and local policy makers about issues critical to the health and well-being of homeless and runaway youth. Held policy events and published policy research reports on issues critical to the health and well-being of homeless and runaway youth.
$55,986 spent15% of program spendingOur quarterly publication, bulletin, features information on new items in the california state library collection, essays by noted authors and staff, updates on services and programs, and exhibits sponsored by the foundation.
$96,597 spent$1,543 earned by the program27% of program spendingThe braille and talking book library uses the donations given to the foundation to enhance the library services for californians unable to read standard print. The california history section holds a premier collection from and about california's rich history. Its vaults house thousands of rare materials and one-of-a-kind photographs, letters, and ephemeral items. We sponsored educational event: sacramento speaker series, to promote the california state library and California State Library Foundation. We awarded kibbey california state library fellowship, which supports projects at the california state library by currently enrolled college and university students, regardless of academic degree sought, as well as members of faculty.
$144,774 spentof which $5,000 as grants$25,106 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $363,568.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $8.1M (−24%).
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: 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Brittneydawn Cook
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $11k → $3k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION’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
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2017 88% · 2018 99% · 2019 81% · 2020 74% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 39% — 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
13% of CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
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
98% of CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $282 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.
Organizations like CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
32%
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 CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: 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 CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,957 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $277,957 in grants to CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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