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Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc

Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc (Florida) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,929,606 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$333k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$3.6M
8/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 88%
01What it does

What Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc does

Mission

The mission of the Jacksonville Public Library Foundation is to provide private support and public visibility for the Jacksonville Public Library.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Foundation provided funding for programs and services above and beyond taxpayers support for the Jacksonville Library System. This includes but is not limited to funding for books, computer software, and other materials.

    $858,213 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $858,213.

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 ($139k) Expenses 100 ($396k) Net assets 100 ($3.0M)2018 Revenue 322 ($448k) Expenses 96 ($380k) Net assets 95 ($2.9M)2019 Revenue 330 ($460k) Expenses 56 ($220k) Net assets 108 ($3.2M)2020 Revenue 129 ($180k) Expenses 62 ($247k) Net assets 113 ($3.4M)2021 Revenue 216 ($301k) Expenses 53 ($210k) Net assets 116 ($3.5M)2022 Revenue 165 ($229k) Expenses 117 ($464k) Net assets 93 ($2.8M)2023 Revenue 1264 ($1.8M) Expenses 150 ($595k) Net assets 139 ($4.2M)2024 Revenue 239 ($333k) Expenses 267 ($1.1M) Net assets 121 ($3.6M)
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Revenue (239)Expenses (267)Net assets (121)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 2022 to 2023, from $3.0M to $4.4M (+47%).

$3.2M
$3.1M
$3.3M
$3.6M
$3.7M
$3.0M
$4.4M
$3.8M
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

83% of Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$257k
’17
$69k
’18
$240k
’19
−$67k
’20
$91k
’21
−$234k
’22
$1.2M
’23
−$725k
’24
18
months of
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.

Chief executive

Scott Evans

Executive Director

Board chair

Kevin Hyde

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1417131215212220
Joined·+6+2+3+9+11+2+3
No longer listed·3646515
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $122k → $908k.

2 of 20 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 Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 funders by total. 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

Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

52%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 81% · 2019 92% · 2020 93% · 2021 46% · 2022 90% · 2023 55% — 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 7 states in all.

MN
NY
PA
CA
TN
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−218% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve17.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Library Foundation of Jacksonville 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 Florida

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 6%Fundraising 13%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc?
Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc (Florida) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,929,606 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,929,606 in grants to Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc?
THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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