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LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE

LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$56k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$500
Net assets
$38k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Lincoln Library Alliance does

Mission

Advocate and support Springfield Public Library programs outside of their budget by selling donated books to cover costs for Summer Reading Programs and Staff Institute Day.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Summer Reading Program includes craft projects, supporting performers, and prizes for reading books.

    $4,719 spent
    82% of program spending

  2. Staff Institute Day in appreciation of the library staff including meals and services awards.

    $1,032 spent
    18% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $5,751.

02Who 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 LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE’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

LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

NC

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,317 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin66% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,317 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

Organizations like LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE

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 Illinois

Friends of the Stinson Memorial Library District71%Friends of the Peoria Public Library71%The Friends of Lincoln Library70%Look Its My Book69%Lincoln School PTO69%Friends of Sparta Public Library In68%Lincoln Economic Advancement & Development Inc68%Friends of the Decatur Public Library67%

Nationally

Friends of the Springfield Library77%Friends of the Lawrence Public Library Inc73%Willow Library Association73%Friends of the Ottawa Library72%Friends of the Spokane Public Library Inc72%Friends of the Peoria Public Library Inc72%Springfield Public Library Foundation72%Friends of the Shaker Library72%
04Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE?
LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE.
Who is the largest funder of LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE?
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LINCOLN LIBRARY ALLIANCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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