Washington · Nonprofit
SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY
SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,221 to it, the largest being THE MARTIN FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $264k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $48k
What South King Tool Library does
Mission
The South King Tool Library (sktl) provides access to tools and training in order to help maintain neighborhoods, build community and reduce unnecessary consumption with households of all forms, including low-income residents and under-served populations. By offering free tool checkout and training, sktl removes barriers of cost and knowledge to encourage residents to maintain their homes and properties.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tool library - community members can check out tools and equipment which reduces the burden of purchasing, storing and maintaining tools for home and yard projects.
$171,000 spent$384 earned by the program78% of program spendingClasses and events - sktl hosts recycling events throughout the year for hard to recycle items such as appliances and electronics, as well as on-site shredding events and clothing swaps. Sktl also offers free classes and training on a variety of topics. Classes and events are intended to empower community members to share and conserve resources, repair and reuse what they have, make eco-friendly choices and feel confident in their abilty to diy.
$30,170 spent$38,850 earned by the program14% of program spendingRepair events - community members can bring their small household items to quarterly repair cafes for free repairs by expert fixers.
$17,490 spent$16,000 earned by the program8% of program spendingClasses - sktl offers free classes and training on a variety of topics from home repairs to natural yard care.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $218,660.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $16k to $93k (+469%).
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.
79% of SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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 $69 → $111.
2 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 KING TOOL LIBRARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. 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 KING TOOL LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
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
SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $521 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 KING TOOL LIBRARY has grown faster than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $60k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$60k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY: 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 KING TOOL LIBRARY?
- SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,221 to it, the largest being THE MARTIN FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $19,221 in grants to SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY?
- THE MARTIN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH KING TOOL LIBRARY 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.
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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 2019–2025), 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