Virginia · Nonprofit
ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $787,198 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ($763,094). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $787k
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Rockingham Library Association does
Mission
To be an engaged community partner providing programs and services that bring people together, foster creativity, and encourage lifelong learning. Mrl strives to be the welcoming heart of our community where all come to learn, discover, create, and connect.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Information technology - mrl provided 1,908,087 free wi-fi user sessions at all locations. Mrl provided 10,711 computer user sessions to patrons through our public access computers. Upgraded and easier to manage digital signage was installed at central, page, north river, and village branches. New wireless access points were ordered to improve wireless reach at the central and elkton branches. Mrl added the acquisition module to our integrated library system through sirsidynix, allowing mrl to place orders through most vendors through edi, enable real-time budget tracking, and simplify the ordering workflow.
$165,073 spent6% of program spendingCollection development & circulation mrl added 16,280 items to our collection including the following: audio cds 138, books 11,156, dvds 630, e books & e audio 748, magazines 1,973, reference materials 104, various other materials 1,531. Mrl circulated 889,386 items across our seven branches. Mrl offers early literacy kits and thinking money for kids kits, launchpads, and programming.
$115,758 spent4% of program spendingReading programs & events - library materials, services and programs are provided to the city of harrisonburg, and page and rockingham counties through a network of seven public service locations and the mrl's website. In fy 25, mrl tallied 242,086 visits. Mrl hosted 2,473 programs that were attended by 54,217 people. Mrl issued or renewed 9,809 library cards and answered 25,674 reference questions. Mrl has continued the prescription for reading program working with a group of area pediatricians to provide books and reading materials for babies and their parents. These items are distributed during baby wellness visits. Mrl also participates in a "1,000 things before kindergarten" program. Mrl teamed up with the national endowment for the arts to host the big read events with the community. Several new programs were added in fy25 such as page to screen book club, true crime book club, and bad art night. American shakespeare center passes can be checked out.
$2,425,898 spent$91,773 earned by the program90% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,706,729.
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 2020 to 2021, from $8.8M to $9.5M (+8%).
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 74% · 2018 78% · 2019 80% · 2020 83% · 2021 84% · 2022 82% · 2023 87% · 2024 79% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Zachary Elder
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $58k → $40k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 ROCKINGHAM 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
ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
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 ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 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
99% of ROCKINGHAM 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $777k 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
ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 33% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ROCKINGHAM 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $787,198 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ($763,094). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $787,198 in grants to ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $763,094 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), 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