Connecticut · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,939 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN ($13,739). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Friends of the Hamden Library does
Mission
To promote and serve the hamden public library system through gifts that enrich the cultural opportunities available to the citizens of hamden; and to serve as a forum for public understanding, participation, and support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide gifts to the hamden public library gift fund.
$47,905 spentof which $47,905 as grants97% of program spendingFreinds bookstore - we sell quality used books at reasonable prices to help benefit library services and programs. Located on the lower level at miller memorial library.
$20,991 earned by the programThornton wilder writing competition - now in its thirty-ninth year, the thornton wilder writing competition was established by the Friends of the Hamden Library to honor long-time hamden resident and pulitzer prize winning author and playwright, thornton wilder. Through the generous donation made by isabelle wilder the Friends of the Hamden Library provide cash prizes to the winners of the competition run by the library staff.
$1,700 spentof which $1,700 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,605.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $1.2M (+9%).
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. 1 of the last 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
99% 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 HAMDEN LIBRARY.
“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
99% of FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY'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 $200 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 HAMDEN LIBRARY: 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 HAMDEN LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,939 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN ($13,739). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,939 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN is the largest funder on record, with $13,739 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE HAMDEN LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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