New York · Nonprofit
FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY
FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,983 to it, the largest being FONDA IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY ($138,945). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $371k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $171k
- Net assets
- $678k
What Frothingham Free Library does
Mission
At Frothingham Free Library we aim to provide equitable access to information, resources and opportunities that support growth, well-being and lifelong learning. We believe that everyone deserves the chance to thrive, and we are committed to providing the tools and support necessary to make that possible.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our Services are open to all in need. We have all Standard forms of material such as e-books, books,,Wi-Fi access and various access to media entertainment. We are a participant in our regional cooperative systems, granting people access to more media Resources than those contained in our Library. We offer an eclectic diverse variety of programming. These include but are not limited to Story hour, Book Discussions, Live entertainment and outreach to local public and nursery schools. We Offer a variety of workshops keeping the mission of a non-profit, all free of charge. In 2025 we had1288 registered borrowers who contributed to the 14,852 media materials distributed through our library. We held over 248 events with 5,440 participants. Through participation with inter library loans we received over 3500 items from other libraries for our patrons, and loaned over 2800 items to other libraries.
$91,806 spent88% of program spending6-8 week Summer Reading Programming for 3-18 year olds. We provide an variety of inter-active programs based on a specific theme. Examples are Foam party, Science programs, painting, puppet shows, Crafting and Movies.
$9,070 spent9% of program spendingWe provide adult Crafts from September to June. Examples are Cookie Decorating, Wreath making, Basket Weaving, Yoga, Soap making and others. We also provide Jig-saw puzzles for public participation.
$1,985 spent2% of program spendingThis program is for 1-3 year old pre-schoolers every week. There are stories, snacks, crafts and fun activities.
$1,330 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,191.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $453k to $678k (+50%).
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: 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $9k → $5k.
1 of 4 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 FROTHINGHAM FREE 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
FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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 63% · 2018 73% · 2019 57% · 2020 50% · 2021 84% · 2022 61% · 2023 52% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $423 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 FROTHINGHAM FREE 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 FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY?
- FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,983 to it, the largest being FONDA IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY ($138,945). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $170,983 in grants to FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY?
- FONDA IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $138,945 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FROTHINGHAM FREE LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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