New Jersey · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY (New Jersey) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,902 to it, the largest being SURDNA FOUNDATION INC ($3,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Friends of the Livingston Library does
Mission
To support and promote the Livingston Public Library
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Adult Programming-Friends supported cultural program series (e.g., music), life-long learning lectures, adult craft programs, workshops, and family-related programs. Programming for fiscal year ending 5-31-2026 was in-person and virtual with more than 470 offerings. Attendance exceeded 18,000.
$28,000 spentof which $28,000 as grants42% of program spendingSenior Programming-Friends funded 10 monthly in-person "Senior Happening" programs including 2 which offered an acommpanying virtual option for fiscal year ending 5/31/2026. Attendance including virtual was nearly 1100.
$11,974 spentof which $1,600 as grants18% of program spendingYouth Programming-funded virtual and in-person programs for teens & children (e.g., summer reading, programs by outside artists/professionals, crafts) and paid for materials for staff-presented programs. Total youth attendance at 560+ programs was nearly 43,000 for FYE 5/31/2026.
$12,500 spentof which $12,500 as grants19% of program spendingOther Program Services of $14,783 represents support for various programs, services, needs of the Livingston Library including the Museum Pass Program in amount of $6,339, funding for purchase of Library books-collection materials in amount of $4,000, payments for technology and subscriptions in amount of $982 and staff support (e.g., consortium scholarship assistance) in amount of $3,462. These offerings can potentially be used by the 19,000+ registered borrowers of the Library.
$14,783 spentof which $7,528 as grants22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,257.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2025 to 2026, from $123k to $151k (+23%).
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. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 LIVINGSTON 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 LIVINGSTON LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 49% · 2022 47% · 2023 49% — 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 LIVINGSTON LIBRARY draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $952 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 LIVINGSTON 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY (New Jersey) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,902 to it, the largest being SURDNA FOUNDATION INC ($3,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $9,902 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON LIBRARY?
- SURDNA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE LIVINGSTON 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 7 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