Ohio · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $41,772 to it, the largest being ELIZABETH BOYER IRREV TRUST 1135020456 ($41,772). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $531k
What Friends of Gates Mills Public Library does
Mission
Promote use, maintain, improve and add to the resources of the gates mills library.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
-funding library programs for adult, teen and children including: reading, painting, beading, glass etching, cookie/cupcake decorating, audubon society program, etc. -ongoing library book sales. -presented an author's night featuring a notable local author. -art openings in the library conference room featuring local artists. -librarian christmas gifts. -representation in the gates mills 4th of july parade with bicycle decorating for the children. -two scholarships of 1,000 each to graduating high school seniors. -ccpl ceo retirement party. -hosted librarian luncheon and 50th Friends of Gates Mills Public Library anniversary community celebration.
$36,512 spentof which $30,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $36,512.
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 $408k (+33%).
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.
53% of FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Ohio 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
FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY is better cushioned than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $41,772 to it, the largest being ELIZABETH BOYER IRREV TRUST 1135020456 ($41,772). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $41,772 in grants to FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- ELIZABETH BOYER IRREV TRUST 1135020456 is the largest funder on record, with $41,772 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF GATES MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 1 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