California · Nonprofit
Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library
Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,715 to it, the largest being HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION ($10,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $125k
What Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library does
Mission
To provide support to the Santa Maria Public Library
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Adult program provides new books, e-content books, and programs for adults. Items and programs were available in the calendar year 2024 to 15,411 library patrons.
$10,950 spent49% of program spendingChildren/Youth Program provides new books, additional materials for storytelling programs, teen study station and programs for children, infants, toddlers and young adults. Items and programs were available in the calendar year 2024 to 5,737 youth patrons.
$11,500 spent51% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,450.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $6k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Maria 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 Santa Maria Public Library leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 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
100% of Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15 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 Santa Maria 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of the Santa Maria Public 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 Santa Maria Public Library?
- Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,715 to it, the largest being HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION ($10,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,715 in grants to Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library?
- HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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