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PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT

PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $493 to it, the largest being Fred Hexter Jr Memorial Trust ($493). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$414k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$493
Net assets
$558k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Prairie Skies Public Library District does

Mission

To provide library services to the public. The library is a governmental entity and its financial reports are prepared on a basis as required by gasb standards.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The library service encompasses the following: satisfying the reference, recreational, and research needs of the patrons in the district by providing an adequate stock of books and other materials. The library is a governmental entity and its financial reports are prepared on a basis as is required by gasb standards.

    $374,762 spent$414,218 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $374,762.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($290k) Expenses 100 ($326k) Net assets 100 ($119k)2021 Revenue 125 ($361k) Expenses 79 ($257k) Net assets 318 ($379k)2022 Revenue 129 ($375k) Expenses 94 ($305k) Net assets 376 ($448k)2023 Revenue 139 ($403k) Expenses 102 ($332k) Net assets 435 ($518k)2024 Revenue 143 ($414k) Expenses 115 ($375k) Net assets 468 ($558k)
20172021202220232024
Revenue (143)Expenses (115)Net assets (468)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 2022 to 2023, from $448k to $523k (+17%).

$127k
$383k
$448k
$523k
$558k
20172021202220232024
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.

2017
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

5% of PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$36k
’17
$104k
’21
$69k
’22
$70k
’23
$39k
’24
18
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.

Board chair

Jan Davis

Board president

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20172021202220232024
Listed98999
Joined··+2+1+0
No longer listed··110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT’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.

Where its funders are

100% of PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve17.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT: 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 PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT?
PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $493 to it, the largest being Fred Hexter Jr Memorial Trust ($493). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $493 in grants to PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT.
Who is the largest funder of PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT?
Fred Hexter Jr Memorial Trust is the largest funder on record, with $493 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRAIRIE SKIES PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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