Oregon · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $456,082 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($418,500). 4 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
- $696k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $456k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Friends of the Multnomah County Library does
Mission
The Friends of the Multnomah County Library (fol) advocates for and supports our outstanding public library. The fol provides supplemental funding for library programs and services, and sponsors (cont'd on sch o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Book sales Friends of the Multnomah County Library operates two popular bookstores, the friends library store and rose city reads. Books, media (dvds, cds, etc) and gift items are offered to members and the general public at the two retail stores. The books are donated (in-kind) to the organization from individuals and families with the community who tend to be library enthusiasts. The supported library also donates retired items from its inventory. Proceeds are funneled back into the multnomah county library to fund various programs and services. The organization also receives other revenue from a partnership with thriftbooks, who accepts the discarded materials that aren't quality-worthy to be resold in the stores.
$116,394 spentof which $359 as grants36% of program spendingSpecialty/online sales: using donated materials, Friends of the Multnomah County Library offers its most valuable books and ephemera through our online sales program with amazon and abebooks. There is also a designated section in our stores where these unique items are sold directly to the public.
$44,068 spent14% of program spendingLibrary grantmaking: friends of the multnomah county funds ongoing programming such as the read4life adult summer reading program and library workers appreciation week. Funding was also extended for an outreach effort that provided mobile phone power chargers for persons experiencing homelessness. Funding is provided at the request of the library. The board of directors votes on all library grant requests.
$162,000 spentof which $162,000 as grants50% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $322,462.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $857k to $1.3M (+53%).
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.
92% of FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $10k.
5 of 7 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 MULTNOMAH COUNTY 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 MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 81% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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 MULTNOMAH COUNTY 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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $451k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY 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 MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $456,082 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($418,500). 4 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 MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $456,082 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $418,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2021–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing