Iowa · Nonprofit
Carroll Public Library Foundation
Carroll Public Library Foundation (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $127,071 to it, the largest being Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $4k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $191k
What Carroll Public Library Foundation does
Mission
To raise funds in Carroll, Iowa to be used for the benefit of the Carroll Public Library
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To raise funds in Carroll, Iowa to be used for the benefit of the Carroll Public Library
$1,020 spentof which $1,020 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $1,020.
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. 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 2018 to 2019, from $1.1M to $226k (−79%).
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.
88% of Carroll Public Library Foundation’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. 3 of the last 7 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
Cecelia Comito
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $37.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 Carroll Public 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
Carroll Public Library Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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 100% · 2018 66% · 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 77% · 2022 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 Carroll Public Library Foundation's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
Carroll Public Library Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,386 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like Carroll Public 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Carroll Public 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 Carroll Public Library Foundation?
- Carroll Public Library Foundation (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $127,071 to it, the largest being Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Carroll Public Library Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $127,071 in grants to Carroll Public Library Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Carroll Public Library Foundation?
- Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Carroll Public Library Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 7 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