Minnesota · Nonprofit
STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $465,856 to it, the largest being HUGH J ANDERSEN FOUNDATION ($239,900). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $466k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Stillwater Public Library Foundation does
Mission
To engage the community and its resources to expand the reach and impact of the stillwater public library. The foundation raises funds to enhance the programming, resources, materials, and historic renovation of the library. Funds are (continued on schedule o)raised through events, donor support, sponsorships and grants.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Support of library materials, programs and services: the foundation fulfilled grant requests for the stillwater public library for materials, programs, and services that would otherwise not be possible. These library grant awards also included funding of staff hours to open the library on sundays as well. This support provided a wealth of information and enjoyment to people of all ages. During 2024, 4 grants were made to the library.
$231,560 spentof which $223,873 as grants91% of program spendingThe foundation paid for a volunteer coordinator to recruit, train and schedule volunteers for the stillwater public library.
$24,170 spent9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $255,730.
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 $537k to $3.2M (+493%).
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.
84% of STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’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. 1 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
Elsbeth Howe
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $50 → $119k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY 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
STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 60% · 2022 59% · 2023 66% — 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
33% of STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
99% of STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k 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
STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 Minnesota
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
43%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: 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 STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $465,856 to it, the largest being HUGH J ANDERSEN FOUNDATION ($239,900). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $465,856 in grants to STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- HUGH J ANDERSEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $239,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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