New York · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM
SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,926 to it, the largest being SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL ($103,989). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $196k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Southern Tier Library System does
Mission
The Southern Tier Library System, a regional consortium of public libraries, works in partnership with its members to support and strengthen them through clearly defined, cost-effective services that make possible the coordination and sharing of resources, enabling all individuals in the five county region to have equal access to excellent library services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Information technology - maintains the online integrated library system software that enables residents to use starcat, the online regional library catalog. As a result, residents can use computers at home, school or work to search for, request and even download materials owned by any public library in the five-county region. Southern Tier Library System also provides member libraries with technical assistance in the use of hardware, software, network security, website support, training labs and the peripherals used to access southern tier automated services. This assistance makes possible internet access to residents on in-library computers and through wireless access.
$985,985 spent$596,360 earned by the program41% of program spendingOutreach - provides support services to special client population groups. Loans large print library books and audio books to assisted living facilities and small rural libraries. Purchases books and magazines for inmates at county jails. Coordinates programs for libraries in partnership with agencies, local government and non-profits. Administers grants to local libraries to provide support programs and services to underserved populations. Purchases library books for inmate populations at correctional facilities and coordinates delivery of library materials from local libraries.
$136,833 spent6% of program spendingMember services - administers grants and materials for member libraries. Receives and distributes state aid and state grants. Applies for additional grants and advocates for county funding. Selects, negotiates prices of, and purchases supplies, bar code labels and bar code readers, audio books, computers, peripherals, software and other items on behalf of member libraries.
$301,358 spent$37,829 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,008,335 spent$169,084 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,432,511.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.1M to $3.8M (+22%).
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 62% · 2018 59% · 2019 62% · 2020 66% · 2021 63% · 2022 68% · 2023 59% · 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM’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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Brian Hildreth
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $39k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM’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
SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 95% · 2021 58% · 2022 90% · 2023 61% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $166 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
SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $733k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$333k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$275k
- Department of Agriculture$125k
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 SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM: 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 SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM?
- SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,926 to it, the largest being SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL ($103,989). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $195,926 in grants to SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM?
- SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $103,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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