Washington · Nonprofit
Port Townsend Public Library Foundation
Port Townsend Public Library Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,394 to it, the largest being THE BOESCHENSTEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA M/B FOUNDATION ($9,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $347k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $0
What Port Townsend Public Library Foundation does
Mission
The Port Townsend Public Library Foundation supports the Public Library's mission and goals through fundraising that supplements the library's tax-based support for the benefit of our community.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The Foundation was merged with the Port Townsend Public Library Friends and Foundation during 2023.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The organization supplemented the activities of the Port Townsend Library.
$17,638 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,638.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 Port Townsend 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
Port Townsend Public Library Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 93% · 2022 95% · 2023 92% — 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
Port Townsend Public Library Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $394 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.
Organizations like Port Townsend 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Port Townsend 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 Port Townsend Public Library Foundation?
- Port Townsend Public Library Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,394 to it, the largest being THE BOESCHENSTEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA M/B FOUNDATION ($9,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Port Townsend Public Library Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,394 in grants to Port Townsend Public Library Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Port Townsend Public Library Foundation?
- THE BOESCHENSTEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA M/B FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Port Townsend Public Library Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 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