Louisiana · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Louisiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,076 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($196,094). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $377k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $317k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Friends of the New Orleans Public Library does
Mission
Founded in 1957, Friends of the New Orleans Public Library is dedicated to ensuring that new orleans has an exceptional public library system that meets the diverse needs of its community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
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$93,428 spent35% of program spendingFinancial support for new orleans public library - the organizations provides funding for ongoing programs and services for all ages throughout the library system. The summer reading program, black history month, and story time are programs sponsored by fnopl. More specifically, it covers refreshments, speaker and entertainer stipends, craft supplies, and for promotional items.
$82,048 spent30% of program spendingBook sales - the organization promotes literacy through its ongoing books sales. The book sales occur online and each week at at three physical locations. Additionally, the organization has pop up book sales at various community events and also sells books in bulk to the film industry. It is part of the organizations mission to get books into as many hands as possible.
$43,867 spent16% of program spendingReading programs/book distribution program - the organization supports ongoing literacy programs, including summer reading, early childhood literacy, adult literacy programs. The organization also provides bilingual books and story time. The organization gives over 100,000 free books to local schools, nursing homes, hospitals, shelters, etc. As part of its mission to get books into as many hands as possible.
$33,332 spentof which $5,000 as grants12% of program spendingThe organization contracts with louisiana state university to offer scholarships to new orleans public library employees pursuing a master of library science degree.
$16,954 spentof which $10,000 as grants6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $269,629.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $1.1M (−26%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Shannan Cvitanovic
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $13k → $51k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC 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 NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 64% · 2019 100% · 2020 40% · 2021 72% · 2022 63% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC 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 $97k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Louisiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,076 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($196,094). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $317,076 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $196,094 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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