Virginia · Nonprofit
NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,884 to it, the largest being JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $27k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $534k
What Norfolk Public Library Foundation does
Mission
The assets of the foundation shall be used for the acquistion of library material for the norfolk public library system, including any methods of data reception, transmission, or storage. In addition the funds can be used for construction or maintenance for the norfolk public library buildings.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Support of refurbishment of public library's bookmobile.
Grants to the public library.
$1,750 spentof which $1,750 as grants100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,750.
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 2021 to 2022, from $284k to $511k (+80%).
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.
74% of NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’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
NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 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.
Where its funders are
NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
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
NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 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 NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: 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 NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,884 to it, the largest being JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,884 in grants to NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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