Maryland · Nonprofit
HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,800 to it, the largest being THE MORRIS A AND CLARISSE B MECHANIC FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $310k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $184k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Harford County Public Library Foundation Inc does
Mission
The harford county public library foundation serves to augment the financial resources of the library, promote awareness of its services, and facilitate its development as a creative environment within the county that encourages the acquisition of knowledge and the love of reading.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Outreach on behalf of and donations directly to the harford county public library
$50,902 spentof which $50,902 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,902.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $428k to $1.4M (+224%).
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: 2022 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
148% of HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $31k.
From the IRS filings of HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 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
HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 88% · 2021 80% · 2022 70% · 2023 66% — 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
97% of HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC 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 HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: 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 HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
- HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,800 to it, the largest being THE MORRIS A AND CLARISSE B MECHANIC FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $183,800 in grants to HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MORRIS A AND CLARISSE B MECHANIC FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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