Michigan · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR
FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,304 to it, the largest being BASH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($18,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $90k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $728k
What Friends of the Escanaba Public Libr does
Mission
Mission statement: the Friends of the Escanaba Public Library are dedicated to providing support to the escanaba public library through monetary donations that promote public knowledge and use of the library resources, services and programs, while stimulating the use of the library as a cultural and educational asset to the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To provide additional resource materials for patrons of library; this includes both printed materials, technology resources and equipment.
$20,116 spentof which $20,116 as grants29% of program spendingProvide programs not otherwise available to patrons, including programs promoting reading, educational programs, and programs promoting the arts.
$9,091 spentof which $9,091 as grants13% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$39,785 spentof which $39,785 as grants58% of program spendingImproving the quality of patron's experiences at the library.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,992.
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 $612k to $702k (+15%).
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. 0 of the last 6 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 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $15k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR’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 ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 77%; 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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 46% · 2022 44% · 2023 35% — 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
100% of FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR: 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 ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR?
- FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,304 to it, the largest being BASH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($18,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $63,304 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR?
- BASH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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