Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc
Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $895,500 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $896k
- Net assets
- $716k
What Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc does
Mission
To support the Elisha D. Smith Public Library in Menasha by raising philanthropic resources, promoting community engagement, and enhancing library programs, services and facilities for lifelong learning and enrichment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Friends of the Elisha D. Smith Public Library advances library excellence in the Menasha community by mobilizing philanthropic support for capital improvements, programming, and technology upgrades. Most recently, the Friends played a pivotal role in raising the majority of funds for the librarys comprehensive $8.5 $9 million renovation and renewal project, enabling a transformed 46,000-square-foot facility, new makerspace (SMITHworks), additional meeting rooms, and enhanced community-learning infrastructure.
$6,904,254 spent$7,613,454 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,904,254.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 Elisha D Smith Public 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 the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
81% 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 Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc.
“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
81% of Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library 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 $168k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $728k 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.
Against its field
Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 the Elisha D Smith Public 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 the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc?
- Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $895,500 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $895,500 in grants to Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc?
- DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of the Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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