Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,370,363 to it, the largest being THE S WILSON AND GRACE M POLLOCK FOUNDATION ($335,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.4M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Dauphin County Library System does
Mission
Mission: the library builds community and transforms lives by connecting people, ideas, and opportunities. Vision: the library is the community's trusted partner for growth andconnection. Access to information and inspiration fuels a thriving
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Collections - lending of books, magazines, dvds and other resources to the library's 137,398 cardholders, is one of the primary services offered by the library. In 2023, library users borrowed approximately 715,116 items. Of this total, adult and children's resource items were borrowed 358,457 and 356,659 times, respectively. In addition, the library saw 416,463 online resource items viewed and 253,490 e-books loaned during 2023.
$1,256,718 spent19% of program spendingProgramming and outreach - programs for families and children are a core library service. The in-library and outreach programs are designed to encourage children to associate fun with learning and reading. In 2023, the library had 1,684 programs and outreach visits with 30,969 attendees throughout the year. In addition to the events, programming included the annual summer reading program, designed to keep children and adults actively engaged in reading and learning over the summer, early learning programs focused on math and science, movement and art, stepping stones to milestones, which is designed to encourage early learning by helping parents become a child's first teacher while instilling a love of reading for many others.
$1,062,029 spent16% of program spendingPublic computing - free access to the internet and public computing is another core library service provided by the library. In 2023, the library offered 165 public computers (pcs and laptops) which were used 62,296 times by library visitors during 17,727 public hours. In addition, library cardholders performed approximately 3.2 million searches of the library catalog. The library had 447,480 sessions of wi-fi used in 2023.
$841,303 spent13% of program spendingIn addition to general library services offered to the public, the library provides the following core services: 1. Reference which makes reference staff and resources available to members; 2. The library serves as the district center providing delivery, reference support and other library services to dauphin, cumberland and perry counties.
$3,487,676 spent$114,195 earned by the program52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,647,726.
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 2021 to 2022, from $25M to $28M (+14%).
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 86% · 2018 88% · 2019 84% · 2020 90% · 2021 70% · 2022 63% · 2023 83% · 2024 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $37k → $182k.
5 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 37% · 2019 37% · 2020 50% · 2021 44% · 2022 24% · 2023 15% — 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
50% of DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $270k 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
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record — $50k federal, $96 state.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
- Licences, Permits, etc.$96
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 DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM?
- DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,370,363 to it, the largest being THE S WILSON AND GRACE M POLLOCK FOUNDATION ($335,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,370,363 in grants to DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM?
- THE S WILSON AND GRACE M POLLOCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $335,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing