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CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY
CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,472 to it, the largest being THE TOWNSEND FOUNDATION INC ($75,472). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $124k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Camden County Pop Up Library does
Mission
The purpose of the Free Books Project is the distribution of free books celebrating the joy of reading and promotion of literacy initiatives in communities with limited access to books
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Pop-Up Libraries PULs Three days each week we set up tables as mobile book give-away stations in high-traffic locations--the Walter Rand Transportation Center Cathedral Kitchen and outside a methadone clinic--in Camden New Jersey--and give away books to those who might not otherwise have access to literature We also host Pop-Up Libraries at community events hosted by partnering organizations PULs are manned by members of our organization and community volunteers We serve approximately 500 people per month PULs is the original program of The Free Books Project formerly Camden County Pop-Up-Library and has been continuously maintained by Tom Martin our founder and Executive Director since the start in 2017
$19,238 spent27% of program spendingBook Arks Book Arks are semi-permanent wooden structures painted by local artists installed in high-traffic low-income neighborhoods and stocked with free books by our book ark manager or volunteer local book ark stewards We currently maintain about 150 Book Arks throughout the region most concentrated in Camden with some in Lindenwold Willingboro Philadelphia and a few scattered throughout Atlantic City Bridgeton Newark and Trenton Labor to build and install the arks is donated and we pay local artists to decoratively paint each ark inspired by the location it will be installed We give away about 100000 books annually through the arks
$26,704 spent37% of program spendingKids Alley Twice a month we visit a local after-school program to host story-time and other literacy-related programming to promote and celebrate the joy of reading This serves about 15 kids per event Examples of programming include Local author visit - author comes and reads to the students and we purchase books from the author so each kid goes home with their own new copy Book Read Discussion read together and have the kids talk about what they liked what surprised them or what new words they learned Career Theme Day Use books about different jobs and let the kids share what they want to be when they grow up I Spy Game Hide objects or pictures from the story around the room or on paper and have them find them based on clues Its great for patience word recognition and attention Scavenger Hunt Word Search Something simple tied to the storys theme which gets them moving and thinking at the same time Story Drawing Sharing Have the kids draw their favorite scene or character after the story and explain why they picked it
$25,512 spent36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $71,454.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $80k to $113k (+42%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Thomas Martin
Executive Director
Board chair
Claudia Bitram
Board Chair and Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP 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
CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 61% · 2022 75% · 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
97% of CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
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.
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP 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 CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY?
- CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,472 to it, the largest being THE TOWNSEND FOUNDATION INC ($75,472). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $93,472 in grants to CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY?
- THE TOWNSEND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,472 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMDEN COUNTY POP UP LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2024–2025), 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