Illinois · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC
FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,150 to it, the largest being THE BUCHANAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $222k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $103k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Friends of Lake Forest Library Inc does
Mission
To enhance and support the mission, vision and services of the lake forest library, and engage in related educational, charitable and cultural activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Friends normally conducts two used book sales (using donated books from local residents) to raise funds to provide lake forest library with additional resources beyond tax levies: children and youth reading programs and adult reading and writing programs.
$90,598 spentof which $90,598 as grants$155,592 earned by the program94% of program spendingAwarded scholarships to three lake forest area high school graduating seniors for meritorious essays on reading and literature.
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,598.
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.
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 $862k to $1.1M (+23%).
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.
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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $750 → $18k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC’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 LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 73%; 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: 2017 67% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 77% · 2022 56% · 2023 55% — 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
20% of FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC: 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 LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC?
- FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,150 to it, the largest being THE BUCHANAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $103,150 in grants to FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC?
- THE BUCHANAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 11 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