New York · Nonprofit
LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,900 to it, the largest being ERNEST & THELMA YOUDE CHARITABLE ($102,842). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $141k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Lee-Whedon Memorial Library does
Mission
It is the mission of the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library to encourage, promote, and support the personal growth, creativity, and literacy learning of the members of our community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
One of the main objectives of our library organization is to assist patrons with their desire to gain knowledge and enhance learning through the use of books, magazines, audio visual and reference materials, computer classes, and a wide variety of programming. We therefore need to maintain our collection, keep our computers running efficiently, and provide educational programming to patrons of all ages.
$111,919 spentof which $45,736 as grants$9,059 earned by the program2% of program spendingIt is important to have a well trained staff to manage daily activities, offer reference services, assist patrons with computer applications, and provide valuable programs for children, teens, and adults. To better serve our community, it is necessary that our staff maintain memberships with library organizations. Proper training at various facilities throughout the state is beneficial for our growth and that of our patrons.
$500,392 spent11% of program spendingIt is necessary to keep a well-maintained building, taking care of repairs when necessary, and hiring contractors as needed for snow removal, lawncare, and various custodial contracts. Keeping the office stocked with proper office supplies for the functionality of our business is also a necessity. The library was able to purchase a building adjacent to us for future growth and expansion.
$141,702 spent3% of program spendingThe library has been working towards an expansion all year so we can better serve our public.
$3,801,543 spentof which $786,711 as grants$3,496,724 earned by the program83% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,555,556.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $643k to $1.3M (+99%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 24% · 2022 5% · 2023 14% · 2024 1% · 2025 49% · 2026 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $11k → $4k.
1 of 6 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 LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL 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
LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 87% · 2019 91% · 2020 99% · 2021 93% · 2022 100% · 2023 56% — 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
LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $222 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
LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 204 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 204 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL 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 LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY?
- LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,900 to it, the largest being ERNEST & THELMA YOUDE CHARITABLE ($102,842). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $140,900 in grants to LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY?
- ERNEST & THELMA YOUDE CHARITABLE is the largest funder on record, with $102,842 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEE-WHEDON MEMORIAL 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing