Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,700 to it, the largest being THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $164k
- Net assets
- $325k
What South Central Library System Foundation Inc does
Mission
Through the campaign to enhance public libraries, the south central library system foundation raises funds for public libraries throughout our south central library system community to expand their excellent services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The advantage program was started in 2025 to support the south central library system community with the purchase of digital materials.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Scls kits: through the campaign to enhance public libraries, the south central library system foundation is raising private funds that will enhance public libraries throughout our south central library system community to expand their excellent services in each of the following areas: children's services -- expand children's collections, services, and reading programs; collection development -- enrich the number of library holdings in subject range and depth; libraries of the future -- ensure that all members of our library community share state-of-the-art technology and provide a welcoming community-centered environment in which it can be used; lifelong learning -- enhance training and educational programming at all libraries in the system; and literacy -- enhance library programming in language and reading, societal, and technology skills training. During the year, the south central library system foundation awarded $ 4,704.87 to the south central library system to purchase supplies and equipment for the scls kits that are available to all library members in our system.
$4,705 spentof which $4,705 as grants80% of program spendingAdvantage program: during the year, the south central library system foundation also awarded $ 1,150.00 to the south central library system to purchase additional titles of popular digital materials through the scls advantage program.
$1,150 spentof which $1,150 as grants20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,855.
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 $3.3M to $6.3M (+93%).
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.
58% of SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION 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
SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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 SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- South Central Library System · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,700 to it, the largest being THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $163,700 in grants to SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 4 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