Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Carnegie Library of Homestead
Carnegie Library of Homestead (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,713,178 to it, the largest being ALLEGHENY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Carnegie Library of Homestead does
Mission
The Carnegie Library of Homesteads mission is to provide programs and facilities that enhance learning, wellness, and quality of life within and outside of the Steel Valley. Today, we serve over 17,000 residents of Munhall, Homestead, West Homestead, and Whitaker;
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Library holds over 37,500 volumes and resources in circulation, with 3,000,000 county-wide items in collection (books, audiobooks, and DVDs). In 2019, the Library had nearly 7,000 cardholders (35% of our residents) and 230,000 visits (750 per day). Our 30 computers provided nearly 32,239 sessions to the general public, including disadvantaged individuals who cannot afford home computers and online services. Last year, the library held 1,236 learning programs attended by 18,387 people of all ages. On any given day, a variety of activities are happening, including toddler and children story time; arts and crafts; science and art classes for homeschooled children and their parents; literacy outreach & book distribution to 30+ local preschools and daycare centers; homework assistance for teens with access to laptops and iPads with college-level computer programs; STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts, Math) workshops including robotics in the Makerspace classroom; book clubs for teens through seniors; knitting classes; crafting workshops for adults; and cultural programs such as Russian language and psyanky egg decorating.
$673,711 spent$8,900 earned by the program46% of program spendingThe Athletic Club enrolls 1,130 members yearly who pay affordable fees to attend classes in yoga, water aerobics, spinning, Tai Chi, and Zumba in our fitness studios; enjoy our heated indoor swimming pool and gymnasium with a walking track; and train for baseball/softball in our indoor batting cages. 200 youth participate in year-round sports lessons and 230 adults enjoy year-round basketball and volleyball leagues. 150 children and adults learned to swim, participated in aquatics exercise and scuba instruction classes. 550 seniors are active members of our Silver Sneakers/Silver and Fit exercise classes geared to older adults.
$409,024 spent$140,131 earned by the program28% of program spendingThe Music Hall seats 1,045 guests in an intimate 120 year-old venue that has changed very little from its original state. In 2019, 40,000 patrons traveled from Western Pennsylvania and across the country to see nationally-known entertainers. Affordably priced tickets are available to enjoy popular artists such as American Idol, Little River Band, Boz Scaggs, Jeff Goldblum, and more. The Music Hall also uniquely serves also as a community house to local nonprofits, offering meeting space for civic engagement programs and services such as graduation commencement exercises, naturalization ceremonies, school band concerts, church plays, and local dance recitals. The music hall serves as a year-round economic driver for nearby restaurants, retail establishments, and hotels. For every 50 shows held, the Carnegie brings over $1,000,000 in revenue to the Waterfront and Eighth Avenue business districts. Space rentals and ticket sales provide revenue to support our facility and programs that serve our community.
$385,318 spent$550,617 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,468,053.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $6.6M to $11M (+72%).
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: 2019 13% · 2020 24% · 2021 49% · 2023 18% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $29k → $523k.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 Carnegie Library of Homestead’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
Carnegie Library of Homestead has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Carnegie Library of Homestead.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 51% · 2019 64% · 2020 85% · 2021 95% · 2022 41% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“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
20% of Carnegie Library of Homestead's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 29% 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
100% of Carnegie Library of Homestead's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $256k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.
Government funding Carnegie Library of Homestead receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $685k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$635k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$49k
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 Carnegie Library of Homestead
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Carnegie Library of Homestead: 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 Carnegie Library of Homestead?
- Carnegie Library of Homestead (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,713,178 to it, the largest being ALLEGHENY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Carnegie Library of Homestead have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,713,178 in grants to Carnegie Library of Homestead, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Carnegie Library of Homestead?
- ALLEGHENY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Carnegie Library of Homestead find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 21 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