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LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,428 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO ($217,328). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$799k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$541k
Net assets
$13M
4/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 94%
01What it does

What Library Legacy Foundation of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library does

Mission

To support the library through collection development activities to advance literature and learning, and support of special library projects.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To support the library through collection development activities to advance literature and learning, and support of special library projects.

    $519,736 spentof which $330,342 as grants$798,742 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $519,736.

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 ($433k) Expenses 100 ($409k) Net assets 100 ($5.8M)2018 Revenue 397 ($1.7M) Expenses 314 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($5.8M)2019 Revenue 381 ($1.6M) Expenses 149 ($611k) Net assets 133 ($7.7M)2020 Revenue 275 ($1.2M) Expenses 37 ($153k) Net assets 157 ($9.1M)2021 Revenue 375 ($1.6M) Expenses 49 ($201k) Net assets 189 ($11M)2022 Revenue 53 ($230k) Expenses 177 ($726k) Net assets 158 ($9.1M)2023 Revenue 213 ($923k) Expenses 140 ($572k) Net assets 191 ($11M)2024 Revenue 184 ($799k) Expenses 154 ($631k) Net assets 221 ($13M)
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Revenue (184)Expenses (154)Net assets (221)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 2018 to 2019, from $5.8M to $7.7M (+33%).

$5.8M
$5.8M
$7.7M
$9.1M
$11M
$9.2M
$11M
$13M
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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

35% of LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’17
$435k
’18
$1.0M
’19
$1.0M
’20
$1.4M
’21
−$497k
’22
$350k
’23
$168k
’24
13
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.

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Listed1615161616121214
Joined·+1+1+0+1+0+1+2
No longer listed·2001410
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $46k → $16k.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC 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

LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

99% 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 LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

40%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 85% · 2022 93% · 2023 99% — 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

29% of LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

96% of LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH
CA
DE
TN

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

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’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · above the median
Months of reserve12.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

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

Organizations like LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC 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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 11%Fundraising 7%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

75%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY?
LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,428 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO ($217,328). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $541,428 in grants to LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY?
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO is the largest funder on record, with $217,328 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 13 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