New York · Nonprofit
COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC
COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,932 to it, the largest being THE COLD SPRING HARBOR LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ($251,432). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $277k
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What Cold Spring Harbor Village Improvement Society Library Inc does
Mission
Free association library registered with the ny state board of regents.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Library programs and services for the community.
$2,548,233 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,548,233.
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 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $9.8M (−5%).
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: 2017 94% · 2020 95% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 96% · 2024 94% · 2025 95% · 2026 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $44k.
From the IRS filings of COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC’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
COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 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 COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC's grant income comes from New York 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.
Against its field
COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC is better cushioned than half of the 88 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Cold Spring Harbor Library Friends · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC?
- COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,932 to it, the largest being THE COLD SPRING HARBOR LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ($251,432). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $276,932 in grants to COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC?
- THE COLD SPRING HARBOR LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $251,432 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLD SPRING HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY LIBRARY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 5 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