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Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc

Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,187 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($687). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$34k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$42k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc does

Mission

Program support of Dartmouth Public Library

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Pass program at local cultural organizations

    $8,855 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. Public programs on art history and educational topics organized and presented at no cost

    $14,764 spent
    58% of program spending
  3. Purchased specialized library equipment

    $1,300 spent
    5% of program spending
  4. Special programs for members

    $335 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,254.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($17k) Expenses 100 ($12k) Net assets 100 ($55k)2022 Revenue 154 ($27k) Expenses 251 ($30k) Net assets 94 ($52k)2023 Revenue 175 ($30k) Expenses 303 ($37k) Net assets 84 ($46k)2024 Revenue 228 ($40k) Expenses 394 ($48k) Net assets 71 ($39k)2025 Revenue 198 ($34k) Expenses 264 ($32k) Net assets 77 ($42k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (198)Expenses (264)Net assets (77)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 2023 to 2024, from $46k to $39k (−16%).

$55k
$52k
$46k
$39k
$42k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

30% of Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’21
−$4k
’22
−$6k
’23
−$8k
’24
$3k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150 → $160.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 the Dartmouth Libraries 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 the Dartmouth Libraries Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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

58% 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 Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

58% of Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $687 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc?
Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,187 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($687). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,187 in grants to Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $687 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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