Maryland · Nonprofit
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,625,423 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,550,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $172k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Prince George's County Memorial Library System Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide critical philanthropic support to the prince george's county memorial library system and to help strengthen the library's capacity to innovate, adapt to change, and ensure our libraries remain a vital resource for all in prince george's county now and in the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Books from birth is a partnership with the dolly parton imagination library that provides a free book to children each month in the mail up to their fifth birthday. It is prince george's county's primary early literacy initiative. Books from birth registration bundles are provided to all families who register for books from birth prior to out-processing from giving birth. The bundles include a starter book, age-appropriate toy parents can use to support early literacy education, and instructional materials about the teaching newborns literacy skills. This outreach initiative has resulted in a significant increase in books from birth registrations, which now exceed 14,000 (up from approximately 13,000 at the point of starting this outreach initiative). Pgcmls foundation is also supporting part of the overall books from birth program costs, approximately 10% of the overall program implementation cost.
Capital one digital literacy grant-the capital one grant provides invaluable financial support for digital equity and inclusion efforts for the afghan communities, especially for those who are low english proficiency and are immigrants or refugees. With the funds, we were able to hire a dari and pashto speaking program coordinator and educator. We were also able to purchase kajeet mobile internet hubs,so the program could be held in sites outside of the library. Digital learning for afghan communities (dari and pashto speakers): programs ran for six sessions at four locations from april to june 2025: prince georges community college (in person and online) and parkview garden apartments (in person and online.) there were an average of 10 participants per session. Topics included computer basics (keyboard and mouse), library online resources for english language learning like voxyengen and transparent language, digital footprint, fraud awareness, and digital communications like zoom. The purpose of the workshop series was to provide a surface level understanding where participants can begin to have confidence with a wide range of technology tools, concepts, and resources that can…
The city of bowie provided funding to expand the offerings of the bowie branch library teen zone. The branch is located adjacent to the bowie high school and has hundreds of teens visit after school each day. The grant provided equipment to entertain, educate and build new skills such as recording equipment, gaming consoles, and computers. Having a safe and productive space for teens to spend time after school has many positive benefits and outcomes.
Social justice camp for teens-the foundation supported the purchase of supplies for social justice camp for teens which was held in the summer of 2025 at the surratts-clinton branch library. The 15 teens learned how to advocate for change, connect with their community, and transform their ideas into real impact during a week-long day camp. The camp featured guest speakers, project portfolio building and a culminating presentation by each teen around their chosen topic.local impact, individual giving, pgcmls foundation store, digital collections.
$171,803 spent100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $171,803.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.1M to $1.5M (−54%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 1% · 2024 10% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Tracy Simpson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $600k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM 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
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 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.
Where its funders are
98% of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.
Against its field
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Prince George's County Memorial · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,625,423 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,550,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,625,423 in grants to PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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