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Imagination Library of Bristol VA

Imagination Library of Bristol VA (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,355 to it, the largest being THE GENAN FOUNDATION ($4,355). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$10k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$38k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Imagination Library of Bristol VA does

Mission

Provide books to pre school children

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Books purchased and distributed to pre school children of Washington County and Bristol Virginia.

    $5,955 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $5,955.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($19k) Expenses 100 ($21k) Net assets 100 ($1k)2018 Revenue 93 ($18k) Expenses 23 ($5k) Net assets 1120 ($14k)2019 Revenue 45 ($8k) Expenses 22 ($5k) Net assets 1423 ($18k)2021 Revenue 30 ($6k) Expenses 37 ($8k) Net assets 1467 ($18k)2022 Revenue 43 ($8k) Expenses 42 ($9k) Net assets 1419 ($18k)2023 Revenue 59 ($11k) Expenses 36 ($8k) Net assets 1709 ($21k)2024 Revenue 111 ($21k) Expenses 33 ($7k) Net assets 2830 ($35k)2025 Revenue 53 ($10k) Expenses 36 ($7k) Net assets 3029 ($38k)
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Revenue (53)Expenses (36)Net assets (3029)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $21k to $35k (+66%).

$1k
$14k
$18k
$18k
$18k
$21k
$35k
$38k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

84% of Imagination Library of Bristol VA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’17
$13k
’18
$4k
’19
−$2k
’21
−$600
’22
$4k
’23
$14k
’24
$2k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Tekai Shu

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Imagination Library of Bristol VA’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Imagination Library of Bristol VA's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

VA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Imagination Library of Bristol VA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like Imagination Library of Bristol VA

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 Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

33%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Imagination Library of Bristol VA?
Imagination Library of Bristol VA (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,355 to it, the largest being THE GENAN FOUNDATION ($4,355). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Imagination Library of Bristol VA have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,355 in grants to Imagination Library of Bristol VA.
Who is the largest funder of Imagination Library of Bristol VA?
THE GENAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,355 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Imagination Library of Bristol VA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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