Maine · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,135 to it, the largest being SAMUEL P PARDOE FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $118k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $507k
What Friends of the Vinalhaven Public Library does
Mission
The Friends of the Vinalhaven Public Library supports the library as a vital educational and cultural asset to the community by promoting public awareness and use of the librarys resources, and by funding materials, services, and programs not covered by the town budget.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Provide a clean, safe space for patrons and program attendees by refurbishing 120-year-old library floors.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $27.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 VINALHAVEN 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 VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 96% · 2022 97% · 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
FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC 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 VINALHAVEN 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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN 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 VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,135 to it, the largest being SAMUEL P PARDOE FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,135 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- SAMUEL P PARDOE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE VINALHAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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