New York · Nonprofit
FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $313,200 to it, the largest being DR G CLIFFORD & FLORENCE B DECKER FOUNDATION INC ($122,170). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $278k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $313k
- Net assets
- $280k
What Fenton Free Library Association does
Mission
Lends books and other materials to residents of the chenango valley central school district in the town of fenton and surrounding areas. Provides literacy programs for children and adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Library lending materials provided for library patrons in the chenango valley central school district, town of fenton, and surrounding areas. The library has a circulation of 20,752 books, 2,245 audio and video resources, 10,603 electronic materials and serves 1,330 registered patrons.
$38,397 spent$1,627 earned by the program56% of program spendingStory time programs for pre-school age and elementary school aged children are held on a weekly basis. Families are given items packed for the stroy each week. On a weekly average basis 80 children participate each week.
$9,614 spent14% of program spendingBarnyard buddies program is held twice weekly for pre-school aged children and their parents to provide introductory literacy skills.
$20,055 spent29% of program spendingVarious small activities for community.
$250 spent$1,175 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,316.
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 2020 to 2021, from $306k to $172k (−44%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 8% · 2022 24% · 2023 80% · 2024 80% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $26k → $8k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’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
FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 97% · 2020 47% · 2021 47% · 2022 96% · 2023 92% — 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
29% of FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'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. $17k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
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
28% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $313,200 to it, the largest being DR G CLIFFORD & FLORENCE B DECKER FOUNDATION INC ($122,170). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $313,200 in grants to FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- DR G CLIFFORD & FLORENCE B DECKER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $122,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FENTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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