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MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC

MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC (Idaho) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $300,775 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$86k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$301k
Net assets
$124k
1/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 86%
01What it does

What Meridian Library District Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of the Meridian Library Foundation is to support the growth and sustainability of the Meridian Library District by raising funds to ensure equal access to information, resources, and public spaces. Through philanthropic partnerships, the Foundation supports improvements that promote literacy, work readiness, and lifelong learning. Guided by our values of access, community, education, and integrity, we are dedicated to enhancing library services and ensuring the library remains a vital resource for all.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. District Wide Capital (New Youth Books) - completing a 50k pledge for new books

    $0 spentof which $17,095 as grants
    0% of program spending
  2. District Wide Program (Summer Reading Books & Prizes) - 7,031 participants

    $3,000 spentof which $21,779 as grants
    100% of program spending
  3. District Wide Capital (Home Delivery Vehicle Wraps & Extend-O-Beds)

    $0 spentof which $11,151 as grants
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $3,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($324k) Expenses 100 ($27k) Net assets 100 ($320k)2022 Revenue 38 ($124k) Expenses 965 ($259k) Net assets 58 ($185k)2023 Revenue 38 ($123k) Expenses 531 ($142k) Net assets 52 ($166k)2024 Revenue 22 ($70k) Expenses 445 ($119k) Net assets 37 ($117k)2025 Revenue 27 ($86k) Expenses 294 ($79k) Net assets 39 ($124k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (27)Expenses (294)Net assets (39)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 2021 to 2022, from $320k to $185k (−42%).

$320k
$185k
$166k
$117k
$124k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$297k
’21
−$135k
’22
−$19k
’23
−$49k
’24
$7k
’25
143
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.

Chief executive

Eryn Turner

Executive Director

Board chair

Jake Tolman

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $62.

1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC’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

MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83%
largest funder
93%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

20% of MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 13% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 4 states in all.

ID
NE
VA
KS

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

’20
’21
’22
Idaho out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $228 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−28% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC

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 Idaho

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

ID

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC?
MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC (Idaho) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $300,775 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $300,775 in grants to MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC?
THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 8 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