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FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC

FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,833 to it, the largest being A G COX CHARITY TRUST XXXXX9001 ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$604k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$70k
Net assets
$39k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Friends of the Lake Geneva Public Library Inc does

Mission

To support the lake geneva public library

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

Campaign to raise funds for the library renovation project

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $70 → $3k.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LAKE GENEVA 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 LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

72%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 82% · 2022 88% · 2023 58% — 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

FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.

IL
WI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $333 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.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC

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 Wisconsin

Nationally

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
978%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,833 to it, the largest being A G COX CHARITY TRUST XXXXX9001 ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $69,833 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
A G COX CHARITY TRUST XXXXX9001 is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE LAKE GENEVA 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 5 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing