Arizona · Nonprofit
SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $844,357 to it, the largest being FRIENDS OF THE SEDONA LIBRARY ($380,808). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $844k
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Sedona Public Library Inc does
Mission
Sedona public library creates community by fostering lifelong learning and opens doors to the world through empowering information, inspiring ideas and engaging experiences
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early literacy and youth engagement are core program areas for the library. Each month the library delivered approximately 25-35 programs supporting early learning, kindergarten readiness, and continued literacy engagement for school-age children and teens, with particular emphasis during the summer months. During fiscal year 2025, the librarys youth programming included the annual red rock reading program weekly storytimes at three locations weekly toddler timeand a storywalk installation at sunset park, an on-going outdoor literacy experience featuring 18 sequential story panels along a half mile walking path. Updated quarterly. Additional offerings included circulating s.t.e.a.m. Kits, annual science and theatre camps, weekly music programs, and teen programs such as chess club, hiking and cooking classes, creative workshops, and weekly teen hang-outs.
$20,723 spent1% of program spendingThe library provides free public access to information, educational rersources, and materials that support reading, learning and community engagement. Through two library locations, the organization offers daily access to physical and digital collections and shared regional resources. On average, 475-525 individuals visited the library each day during open hours.the library maintained a collection of more than 60,000 physical items, provided access to over 282,000 downloadable e-books and audiobooks, and expanded availability through its membership in the yavapai library network, which provides access to over 918,000 additional items. In fiscal year 2025, total circulation exceeded 192,000 checkouts, demostrating sustained community use of library services.
$1,740,979 spent$17,471 earned by the program96% of program spendingThe library provides accessible community space that supports civic engagement, education and collaboration. Library meeting rooms and shared spaces are made available to non-profit organizations, community groups, clubs, and government entities for meetings, trainings, classes, informational presentations, and community gatherings. During fiscal year 2025, more than 77 organizations utilized library spaces, with facilities used over 612 times, demonstrating the librarys role as a key community resource and convening space.
$22,445 earned by the programProgram service expenses 57,117, grants and allocations 0, revenue 0 in addition to its primary program services, during fiscal year 2024-2025, the library offered a broad range of educational, cultural, and community-building activities that support literacy, access to information, and community connection for all ages. These programs complemented early literacy and youth services, public access to collections and technology, and the librarys role as a shared community gathering space.offerings included on-going adult learning and enrichment programs such as book discussion groups, language and conversation classes, arts and music programs, technology instruction and assistance, films and lectures, and creative workshops. Inter-generational and family-friendly programs were offered throughout the year, along with seasonal initiatives such as the summer reading program and special events designed to encourage curiousity, learning and community participation. Collectively, these programs advanced the librarys mission by expanding access to educational opportunities, fostering cultural engagement, and strengthening socialconnections at low or no cost.
$57,117 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,818,819.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $6.3M to $7.3M (+15%).
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: 2018 71% · 2019 76% · 2020 75% · 2021 74% · 2022 48% · 2023 72% · 2024 67% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC’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. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $7k → $12k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY 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
SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 100% · 2019 52% · 2020 52% · 2021 64% · 2022 95% · 2023 86% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 $400k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $444k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC's revenue grew 51% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $844,357 to it, the largest being FRIENDS OF THE SEDONA LIBRARY ($380,808). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $844,357 in grants to SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE SEDONA LIBRARY is the largest funder on record, with $380,808 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 13 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