Texas · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,833 to it, the largest being GEORGE G & ALVA HUDSON SMITH FOUNDATION ($173,333). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $173k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $206k
- Net assets
- $939k
What Friends of Hillsboro City Library does
Mission
The Friends of Hillsboro City Library is organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, including such purposes as the benefit, promotion, assistance and enhancement of the continued development, restoration, preservation and programming of hillsboro city library.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization supports the hillsboro city library by providing educational events for the public, staff appreciation and training, and needed equipment and supplies.
$17,279 spentof which $15,976 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,279.
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 2023 to 2024, from $383k to $783k (+104%).
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.
79% of FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $40k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY 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
FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 84% · 2023 50% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY's grant income comes from Texas 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 HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY has grown faster than three-quarters 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 FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY 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 FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,833 to it, the largest being GEORGE G & ALVA HUDSON SMITH FOUNDATION ($173,333). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $205,833 in grants to FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY?
- GEORGE G & ALVA HUDSON SMITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $173,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF HILLSBORO CITY LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing