Massachusetts · Nonprofit
RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,112 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($80,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $158k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $247k
What Randall Library Friends Association does
Mission
To preserve and protect randall library while enhancing it for future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Underwrite expenses for randall library programs offered to children and adults.
$9,507 spentof which $9,507 as grants60% of program spendingPurchase passes to museums and other cultural and educational venus that are available to any randall library patron
$4,985 spentof which $4,985 as grants31% of program spendingMiscellaneous library expenses
$1,460 spentof which $1,460 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,952.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50 → $412.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION’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
RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
95% 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 RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 76% · 2022 58% · 2023 39% — 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
95% of RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION'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 $4k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin 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 RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
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
87%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION?
- RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,112 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($80,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $85,112 in grants to RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $80,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RANDALL LIBRARY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 6 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