Ohio · Nonprofit
REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $197,644 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($115,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $198k
- Net assets
- $96M
What Reuben McMillan Free Library Association does
Mission
The public library of youngstown and mahoning county connects people and communities to reliable resources that inspire learning and foster enrichment. This mission is accomplished through providing print resources, media resources, computers and free wi-fi, and through learning focused on programs and outreach.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The 2024 summer discovery program focused on encouraging literacy and learning during the summer months to prevent the "summer slide" of skills, particularly reading, that can occur in school age children who aren't in a formal learning environment during those months. Participants of all ages were challenged to complete reading activities and engage with their community through library and community activities. Learning activities varied by age level and were correlated to ohio department of education content standards. For example, activities like having a dance party and reading a book about dancing encompassed the standards for social emotional development and language and literacy development. A free book and other incentives were awarded to those who earned daily points for their reading or activities. Additionally, programs were scheduled to engage the public in continued learning opportunities and community connection opportunities. Programs are selected to support the summer discovery theme and many are presented by subject area experts or entertainers from outside of our system. We had several programs that were available all summer long to help engage youth, teens, and…
$12,615 spent0% of program spendingThe library provides quality, comprehensive public library service to the residents of mahoning county through our 15 locations. Mahoning county has 225,786 residents and 89,527 are registered borrowers. For many residents, the public library is their only source of computers, internet, and/or wi-fi. The library provides a large number of learning programs, homework support, business development and workforce support, and reference work in our buildings and through our website. We also have a large collection of books, music, movies, and other materials for circulation both in print and online available to our cardholders. Our traveling outreach team provides "pop-up" library service and collections off-site to various sectors of the community including schools, parks, and other community gathering locations. Our special delivery provides service to the homebound and elderly.
$20,288,257 spent99% of program spendingThe library was pleased to see over 108,616 people at a variety of programs throughout 2024. These programs included story times, steam-based programs, local history programs, workforce development programs, and our very popular and expanding culinary literacy programs. These programs support our mission to help our community to grow, to share, and to create. We placed a special emphasis on supporting covid learning loss recovery through two program series supported by the ohio department of education - first lego league and kitchen literacy. These programs reached several hundred people over multiple counties in efforts to provide learning opportunities to students and families impacted during the covid pandemic.
$100,714 spent0% of program spendingOther program services.
$152,148 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,401,586.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $101M to $75M (−26%).
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: 2017 94% · 2018 92% · 2019 92% · 2020 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 92% · 2024 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Aimee Fifarek
CEO & executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $40k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY 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
REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 93% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 100% · 2022 54% · 2023 85% — 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
78% of REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY 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 $43k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k 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
REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $197,644 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($115,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $197,644 in grants to REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $115,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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