Rhode Island · Nonprofit
MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY
MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,454 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($153,599). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $310k
- Net assets
- $46M
What Memorial and Library Association of Westerly does
Mission
To strengthen community and enrich lives by stimulating intellect and sparking imagination through access to literature, information, technology, nature, and the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Library - the library provides essential resources,services and programs that enrich the lives of all its patrons; children of all ages are welcome,& introduced to the magic of reading; it is a center for civic pride & community; it is a thriving, busy, warm, beautiful, & welcoming place. We have 11,916 patrons with active library cards & thousands of others who take advantage of our free offerings, no cards required. Our total circulation last year, including ezone books, was 310,828 items,we had 13,103 computer users & 37,860 wireless sessions. We are part of a library consortium, sharing digital materials and a patron cataloging and circulation database. We are also part of the library of ri network material lending, and ask ri subscription databases. We provide ebooks and research help,technology assistance,access to the internet,a library of things and a wcag 2.0 aa compliant website that serves as our virtual self and primary media interface.
$2,486,989 spent$19,663 earned by the program100% of program spendingWilcox park - wilcox park is a nationally significant arboretum and designed landscape, and one of the cornerstones for our sense of place in the region. It is a beautiful, private park that also serves as an outdoor community space. The association maintains and preserves this historic resource and, through that, in keeping downtown westerly looking beautiful and well-maintained. The park contains various educaitonal gardens, monuments, champion trees and a cottage that hosts several artist-in-residence throughout the year. The park's educational potential is realized through programs that promote a variety of things including environmental awareness, wellness, and community. Programs include the annual garden market fair, the virtu art festival which showcases the work of 200 artists, the summer pops concert by the chorus of westerly, and the annual theater in the park productions.
Building - the building that houses westerly library is one of the most significant structures in the wilcox park historic district. Its civil war memorial is one of the great landmarks in rhode island, and a strong example of the vision america had for the important role to be played by its late19th century libraries in forging a new, democratic, post civil war society. The building contains a reading room, media space, computer lab, makerspace, teen room, kids room, tween space, auditorium, study rooms, meeting spaces and an art gallery that is a major site for the exhibition of regional artists of all types.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,486,989.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $38M to $45M (+18%).
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: 2017 28% · 2018 19% · 2019 11% · 2020 42% · 2021 59% · 2022 31% · 2023 45% · 2024 27% · 2025 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $9k → $58k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY’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
MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 77% · 2021 63% · 2022 70% · 2023 46% — 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
67% of MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
76% of MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY'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 $75k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $235k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY's revenue fell 30% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY?
- MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,454 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($153,599). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $310,454 in grants to MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $153,599 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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