Washington · Nonprofit
SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION
SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $568,285 to it, the largest being Community Foundation of Snohomish County ($250,845). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $907k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $568k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation does
Mission
The Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation mobilizes people and resources to expand the reach of library services, promote civic engagement, and foster a lifetime of learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General expenses include support of in person and onlne programs, classes, and events throughout the library district, early and adult learning programs, author talks, lease expenses for the mariner and lakewood/smokey point demonstration libraries, support for thelibrary collection, facility upgrades, and more.
$364,568 spentof which $25,000 as grants77% of program spendingIn 2025, the foundation invested $20,191 in third graders read together, which promotes literacy, reading proficiency, and lifelong learning at a critical age. The funding enabled sno-isle libraries to bring 4,122 otter books to a record number of 87 schools and 7,205students.
$20,191 spent4% of program spendingThe foundation continued its support of summer reading, which encourages student literacy during the summer slide. In 2025, the foundation invested $21,740 in summer reading, providingprize books to 7,006 program finishers who read over 2 million minutes, including 1,700+ booksto 13 boys & girls clubs. Funding from the foundation supported 275 summer reading eventsattended by 11,000 people
$21,740 spent5% of program spendingPrime time, a program designed to build a lifelong love of learning, literacy, and leadership. Offered in partnership with Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation and humanities wa, prime time is a free, six-week, elementary-age reading program designed to engage, educate, and support children and their families.prime time enhances family engagement and develops critical thinking skills. Participants enjoy weekly reading and discussion groups guided by skilled facilitators. Discussion topics dig into major themes of children's literature including fairness, bravery, equality, and kindness. Families receive a shared meal or a grocery gift card, books to borrow, information about library resources, childcare for younger siblings, and books to keep for their home library.
$65,399 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $471,898.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.3M to $4.6M (+104%).
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.
90% of SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION’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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $43k → $178k.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION’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
SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 70% · 2020 35% · 2021 43% · 2022 50% · 2023 53% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
65% of SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION'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 $200k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $368k 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
SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION?
- SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $568,285 to it, the largest being Community Foundation of Snohomish County ($250,845). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $568,285 in grants to SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION?
- Community Foundation of Snohomish County is the largest funder on record, with $250,845 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 21 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing