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FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC

FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,612 to it, the largest being ROCKLAND TRUST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($3,612). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$26k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$40k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Friends of the Fall River Public Library Inc does

Mission

The purpose of this organization shall be to maintain association of persons interested in libraries:to focus public attention on the library to stimulate the use of the library's resources and services;to receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests to the library services and facilities for the community;and to support the freedom to read as expressed in the american library association bill of rights.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. In carrying out its exempt purpose, the organization was able to maintain an interest in libraries and focus public attention on the library so that people can use its resources and services. It received contributions and encouraged continued support of gifts and bequests to the library. It also focused on the freedom to read as expressed in the american library association bill of rights.

  2. In carrying out its exempt purpose, the organization was able to maintain an interest in libraries and focus public attention on the library so that people can use its resources and services. It received contributions and encouraged continued support of gifts and bequests to the library. It also focused on the freedom to read as expressed in the american library association bill of rights.

    $19,319 spent
    100% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $19,319.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($25k) Expenses 100 ($18k) Net assets 100 ($27k)2020 Revenue 34 ($9k) Expenses 64 ($11k) Net assets 90 ($25k)2021 Revenue 60 ($15k) Expenses 76 ($13k) Net assets 97 ($26k)2022 Revenue 102 ($26k) Expenses 129 ($23k) Net assets 108 ($30k)2023 Revenue 120 ($30k) Expenses 110 ($19k) Net assets 149 ($41k)2024 Revenue 103 ($26k) Expenses 152 ($27k) Net assets 147 ($40k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (103)Expenses (152)Net assets (147)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $30k to $41k (+38%).

$27k
$25k
$26k
$30k
$41k
$40k
201920202021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’19
−$3k
’20
$2k
’21
$3k
’22
$11k
’23
−$714
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER 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.

Where its funders are

100% of FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

17%

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,612 to it, the largest being ROCKLAND TRUST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($3,612). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,612 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
ROCKLAND TRUST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,612 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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