Tennessee · Nonprofit
MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR
MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being GEORGE R JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($24,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $58k
What Meigs Decatur Friends of the Librar does
Mission
Meigs county library
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provided events free to the public such as speakers authors, wild life demonstrations, science demonstrations, etc
Bought incentives and materials to promote reading and community relations
Imagination library books given to preschool children
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $17k.
From the IRS filings of MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR’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
MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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
73% of MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,386 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR?
- MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being GEORGE R JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($24,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $55,500 in grants to MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR?
- GEORGE R JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $24,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEIGS DECATUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 4 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