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FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY

FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,191 to it, the largest being EQT FOUNDATION ($97,187). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$243k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$145k
Net assets
$814k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Flenniken Public Library does

Mission

The library provides a collection of approx. 36,000 items for the educational, recreational & informational needs of the community......

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. As a free library, fpl grants access to over 36,000 ites through the county library network. These resources include reference materials books, periodicals, serials, a/v material & manipulatives to be used at home or in the space at the library. Fpl evaluates the collection in order to provide relevant materials to the community. The resources engage the public in lifelong learning......

    $242,557 spentof which $87,252 as grants$257,833 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Fpl provides opportunities to members of every age & status. Fpl hosts storytimes & other courses throughout the year... In the past 5 years, fpl has doubled the expenditures in adult and childrens programming. Topics are dependent upon the requests of the community and every aspect of growth from early childhood education to economic development....

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Fpl recognizes the influence technology has on todays environment and the importance of current equipment. Fpl upgrades networks and hardware when necessary in order to provide the most effective resources possible. Fpl has access to technology kits designed to provide hands-on learning in fields as robotics, at no cost to patrons.....

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $242,557.

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 ($220k) Expenses 100 ($201k) Net assets 100 ($849k)2021 Revenue 100 ($219k) Expenses 109 ($218k) Net assets 101 ($855k)2022 Revenue 97 ($212k) Expenses 115 ($230k) Net assets 82 ($699k)2023 Revenue 145 ($319k) Expenses 123 ($247k) Net assets 94 ($800k)2024 Revenue 110 ($243k) Expenses 125 ($252k) Net assets 96 ($814k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (110)Expenses (125)Net assets (96)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 $858k to $702k (−18%).

$852k
$858k
$702k
$803k
$818k
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

Government-grant reliance: 2020 69% · 2021 55% · 2022 68% · 2023 64% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 25,057 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’20
$1k
’21
−$18k
’22
$72k
’23
−$9k
’24
2.3
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

Nicole Mitchell

Executive director (CEO)

Board chair

Rex Gardner

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed5511115
Joined·+0+7+2+2
No longer listed·0128
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $20k → $13k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
3
1
1
1
2
3
4
2
1

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 FLENNIKEN PUBLIC 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

FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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

31% 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 FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY.

67%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 80% · 2023 57% — growing more concentrated.

“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

97% of FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k 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

FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $145k to it.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve2.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
64%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY?
FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,191 to it, the largest being EQT FOUNDATION ($97,187). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $145,191 in grants to FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY?
EQT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $97,187 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FLENNIKEN PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 2020–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing