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DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY

DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,016 to it, the largest being STERLING CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.9M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$4.4M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Digital Theological Library does

Mission

The mission of the DTL is to provide online library resources and support to individuals and educational institutions which specialize in religious studies.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The original DTL and DTL2 serve religious studies institutions in developed nations by delivering curated library resources via the internet.

    $1,202,334 spent$1,807,422 earned by the program
    95% of program spending
  2. The DTL provided online digital library services to libraries in developing nations (www.globaldtl.org).

    $33,101 spent$28,864 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  3. The DTL provided library services to the public by way of the Open Access DTL and Seminary Bookshelf.

    $24,735 spent$32,625 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,260,170.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($451k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 104 ($1.1M) Expenses 118 ($532k) Net assets 132 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 167 ($1.7M) Expenses 183 ($824k) Net assets 185 ($3.1M)2023 Revenue 178 ($1.8M) Expenses 228 ($1.0M) Net assets 234 ($3.9M)2024 Revenue 183 ($1.9M) Expenses 302 ($1.4M) Net assets 265 ($4.4M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (183)Expenses (302)Net assets (265)Peer revenue range

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 $2.2M to $3.1M (+41%).

$1.7M
$2.2M
$3.1M
$3.9M
$4.4M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$573k
’20
$528k
’21
$889k
’22
$798k
’23
$516k
’24
3.2
months of
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

Tom Phillips

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed32333
Joined···+0+0
No longer listed···00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $173 → $187.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL 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

DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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

89% 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 DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY.

78%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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

89% of DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $960 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL 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 DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY?
DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,016 to it, the largest being STERLING CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $9,016 in grants to DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY?
STERLING CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DIGITAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing