Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc
Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,200 to it, the largest being RICHARD K & NANCY L DONAHUE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $427k
What Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation is to secure the additional funding necessary to ensure that the library achieves its goal of excellence in providing service to the citizens of the Greater Lowell Community through the next century.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provide support to the Pollard Memorial Library, aiding the library in reaching its goals and supplementing the cost of the activities it conducts.
$6,286 spent85% of program spendingSponsoring free two-day family wreath-making project at the library. Foundation purchased artificial wreaths and decorating supplies; for patrons to decorate and take home.
$1,082 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $7,368.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $351k to $427k (+22%).
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.
66% of Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc’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. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $350 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of Pollard Memorial Library 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
Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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: 2022 71% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“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
95% of Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts 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
Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Pollard Memorial Library 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pollard Memorial Library 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 Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc?
- Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,200 to it, the largest being RICHARD K & NANCY L DONAHUE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $4,200 in grants to Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc?
- RICHARD K & NANCY L DONAHUE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pollard Memorial Library Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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