Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,298 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($6,934). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $114k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $99k
What Friends of the L E Phillips Memorial Public Library Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is to encourage literacy, expression, and discovery in the Chippewa Valley through support to the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library and the surrounding community. We support the Freedom to Read and the Library Bill of Rights as expressed by the American Library Association. We increase public awareness of the library's resources and services. We assist in fund-raising efforts to provide the public with an enhanced library collection and improved service. We provide volunteer services requested by the library for special events and projects. We support new library services and facilities. We seek library support from the City Council and legislators when needed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Funded Annual Request from library staff for equipment and programs. Includes youth summer reading programs, teen BookBoxes, the home delivery program, and adult programs such as One Book, One Community and the Chippewa Valley Book Festival.
$15,025 spentof which $15,025 as grants34% of program spendingSupported the public library's expansion with a gift to their Story Builder Campaign.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants34% of program spendingBooks for Babies: Supplies new baby board books and literacy kits to both local hospitals in Eau Claire. Approximately 2,500 books and kits were given to newborns this year.
$8,090 spentof which $8,090 as grants18% of program spendingGive a Kid a Book: Supplies local charitable organizations with brand new children's books in December, ensuring every child in need in the Eau Claire area receives a brand new book during the holiday season. Recently expanded to include a book for each participant in a summer school supply give away, as well as funds for a program to build Laundromat Libraries at participating laundromats throughout Eau Claire.
$5,819 spentof which $5,819 as grants13% of program spendingIn Honor of Remembrance Program: Purchases books and other needed materials for the library in the honoree's name.
$550 spentof which $550 as grants1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $44,484.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $95k to $99k (+4%).
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. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Esther Moen
Executive Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $480 → $545.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL 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 L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 58% · 2020 85% · 2021 95% · 2022 51% · 2023 54% — 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
62% of FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL 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 $8k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,298 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($6,934). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $21,298 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,934 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE L E PHILLIPS MEMORIAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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