California · Nonprofit
LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE
LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,162 to it, the largest being RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION ($212,901). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $623k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $264k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe does
Mission
The mission of the Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe is to raise funds and to provide essential services and resources beyond the budget of the rancho santa fe branch, san diego county library. The guild strives to enhance rsf library by offering materials and programs for library patrons of all ages. Our vision is to sustain the library so that our community continues to benefit from this valuable resource for future generations.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe provides assistance to san diego county library, rancho santa fe branch by sponsoring library programs, materials and classes for teens and adult services. Annually, matches library funds for budget allocation of library books and subscriptions.
$172,091 spent$94,334 earned by the program91% of program spendingLibrary Guild of Rancho Santa Fe supports operation of youth services section of san diego county library, rancho santa fe branch by providing supplies for craft and reading programs. Throughout the year, schedules special events for students attending r. Roger rowe elementary and middle schoollocated in rancho santa fe. Annually, assists with summer learning programs.
$9,471 spent5% of program spendingRsf book cellar with 42 volunteers is a used book store and recycling location for the community operated by the library guild. Sales revenue generated by the store and ecommerce supports operations of the library guild and rancho santa fe branch library. The following organizations are recipients of used books donated by the rsf book cellar.boys and girls clubburrito boyz - assistance to homeless men.cardiff elementaryfriends of the library bookstores - cardiff, ramona, solana beachdisabled american veterans - veterans' thrift shopsepiscopal community servicesgirl scout troop 4505goodwill industriesjefferson elementaryjewish community centerlittle free libraries - network of book sharing boxesrancho coastal humane society - animal shelter and thrift shoprachel's women's center - assistance to homeless womensan diego book projecttiny super heroes - hospitalized childrenvillage church - rancho santa fe
$8,433 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $189,995.
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.
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 $1.7M to $5.0M (+193%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $32k → $54k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE’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
LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 61% · 2019 91% · 2020 92% · 2021 83% · 2022 73% · 2023 79% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
86% of LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $36k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $228k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE?
- LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,162 to it, the largest being RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION ($212,901). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $264,162 in grants to LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE?
- RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $212,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2026), and the filings of 14 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