Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra
Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,947 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY ($42,887). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra does
Mission
To support the appreciation and preservation of local history, and to nourish the joy of reading, the discovery of ideas, and the power of information.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Library items are lent out. The library provided bookmobile service, historical research and preservation and community programs. Computer services and child education programs from toddler to teen. Genealogy research bank services are also provided.
$982,244 spent$19,447 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $982,244.
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 $6.2M to $5.8M (−5%).
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 20% · 2018 16% · 2019 25% · 2020 38% · 2021 18% · 2022 24% · 2023 29% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Lorraine Chidester
DirectorInterim CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $8k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra’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
Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 39% · 2022 95% · 2023 73% — 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
100% of Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra: 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 Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra?
- Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,947 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY ($42,887). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $71,947 in grants to Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra?
- UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $42,887 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 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