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FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC

FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,291 to it, the largest being SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($116,561). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$293k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$193k
Net assets
$2.1M
6/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library Inc does

Mission

To provide funding and support for the santa fe public library.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In 2025, the friends of the santa fe public library funded approximately 1,300 programs. These programs were offered at all three of the city's library branches and were attended by an estimated 35,000 people of all ages.in addition to funding the library's programming, the friends supported funding for liabrary's big read program.

    $82,740 spent$87,851 earned by the program
    44% of program spending
  2. Funding for children and youth programs

    $57,585 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Funding for library digital services

    $49,608 spent
    26% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $189,933.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($319k) Expenses 100 ($237k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2019 Revenue 89 ($286k) Expenses 70 ($165k) Net assets 120 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 53 ($169k) Expenses 69 ($162k) Net assets 131 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 38 ($121k) Expenses 57 ($136k) Net assets 137 ($1.9M)2022 Revenue 104 ($332k) Expenses 124 ($294k) Net assets 119 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 110 ($352k) Expenses 104 ($246k) Net assets 127 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 98 ($313k) Expenses 115 ($273k) Net assets 137 ($1.9M)2025 Revenue 92 ($293k) Expenses 108 ($257k) Net assets 151 ($2.1M)
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Revenue (92)Expenses (108)Net assets (151)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.4M to $1.7M (+21%).

$1.4M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$2.1M
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$82k
’18
$121k
’19
$7k
’20
−$15k
’21
$38k
’22
$106k
’23
$39k
’24
$36k
’25
6.3
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.

'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed1113151618141214
Joined·+3+5+1+4+8+2+2
No longer listed·13021240
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $35k → $27k.

2 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 SANTA FE 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 SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

76% 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 SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC.

60%
largest funder
76%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 68% · 2019 60% · 2020 83% · 2021 65% · 2022 93% · 2023 41% — 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

36% of FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

60% of FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 $77k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from funders outside New Mexico, across 10 states.

MN
MI
OH
PA
CA
MO
DE
NM
AL
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Mexico out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE 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 New Mexico

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 26%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

80%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NM

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,291 to it, the largest being SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($116,561). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $193,291 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $116,561 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 16 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