New Jersey · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,319 to it, the largest being LOUIS AND VIRGINIA CLEMENTE FOUNDATIONINC ($28,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $262k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $620k
What Friends of the Glen Ridge Library does
Mission
Friends of the Glen Ridge Library's mission is to stimulate community awareness & use of the Glen Ridge Public Library and to support the library in developing its services and facilities, obtain public support for the Library budget, encourage gifts, endowments & memorials.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Friends of the Glen Ridge Library is a 501 (c) 3 registered non profit organization that was established in 1978 in an effort to support the Glen Ridge Public Library through advocacy and fundraising. Since that time, the Friends have sponsored and established many programs, initiatives, and raised funds for various projects to benefit the library and the community. The Friends have successfully raised awareness and funds for past library renovation and rehabilitation projects in 1993 and 2007. Raised funds in 2012 for the digitization of the library's local history collection and renovation of the Local History Archive Room located on the 3rd floor.Sponsored the construction of the Pickup Locker pavilion and purchase of the 24/7 Pickup Lockers. Established an annual Friends of the Library Scholarship for a graduating Glen Ridge senior.Sponsor the Museum Pass Program which provides residents the ability to visit nearby museums for free.Host several annual fundraisers such as the Friends of the Library Town-Wide Yard Sale which has become one of NJ's largest town-wide yard sales and Shredding Day which provides the community the opportunity to bulk shred their documents for a…
$38,499 spentof which $25,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $38,499.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $600 → $4k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY’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 GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 73% — 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 THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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 GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,319 to it, the largest being LOUIS AND VIRGINIA CLEMENTE FOUNDATIONINC ($28,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $46,319 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY?
- LOUIS AND VIRGINIA CLEMENTE FOUNDATIONINC is the largest funder on record, with $28,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE GLEN RIDGE LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 12 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