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FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC

FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,734 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ($25,000). 3 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
$350k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$66k
Net assets
$1.1M
3/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Friends of the Loveland Public Library Foundation Inc does

Mission

Supports the Loveland Public Library's work as the information center of the community by advocating for the public support and use of the Library, by generating current and long-term funding, and by developing volunteer involvement.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Sponsored numerous programs for elementary youth including summer reading programs and author and performer visits to promote the use of the Library and literacy. Purchased equipment and technology for these programs.

    $13,370 spent
    7% of program spending
  2. Sponsored numerous programs for teens including summer reading program, teen conferences, and author visits to promote the use of the Library and literacy.

    $7,118 spent
    4% of program spending
  3. Sponsored numerous programs for adults including special interest programs and author visits to promote the use of the Library and literacy.

    $180,196 spent
    90% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,684.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($94k) Expenses 100 ($79k) Net assets 100 ($265k)2018 Revenue 126 ($119k) Expenses 134 ($106k) Net assets 105 ($278k)2019 Revenue 136 ($128k) Expenses 138 ($109k) Net assets 112 ($298k)2020 Revenue 142 ($134k) Expenses 110 ($86k) Net assets 130 ($345k)2021 Revenue 126 ($119k) Expenses 73 ($57k) Net assets 153 ($407k)2022 Revenue 109 ($103k) Expenses 86 ($67k) Net assets 160 ($424k)2023 Revenue 266 ($250k) Expenses 89 ($70k) Net assets 242 ($642k)2024 Revenue 334 ($314k) Expenses 171 ($135k) Net assets 326 ($863k)2025 Revenue 373 ($350k) Expenses 279 ($219k) Net assets 398 ($1.1M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (373)Expenses (279)Net assets (398)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $426k to $648k (+52%).

$265k
$278k
$298k
$345k
$407k
$426k
$648k
$865k
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

52% of FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$15k
’17
$13k
’18
$19k
’19
$47k
’20
$61k
’21
$36k
’22
$180k
’23
$180k
’24
$131k
’25
6.2
months of
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.

2022202320242025
Listed99910
Joined·+3+2+2
No longer listed·321
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $0 → $90.

5 of 8 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 LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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 LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC.

38%
largest funder
84%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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 LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 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 $875 that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from Colorado funders.

CA
CO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 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 Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

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 LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,734 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ($25,000). 3 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 LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $65,734 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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