Washington · Nonprofit
Tacoma Public Library Foundation
Tacoma Public Library Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,578 to it, the largest being GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $333k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $357k
What Tacoma Public Library Foundation does
Mission
Strengthening Tacomas thriving communities by fueling our public library system through philanthropy and outreach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025 the Tacoma Public Library Foundation expanded its reach and fundraising efforts to bring in more varied types of contributions sponsored the childrens learning area of the Downtown Main Tacoma Library renovation engaged contracted services and established workplan initiatives to analyze past fundraising as well as the development of strategies to grow the foundation in future years.
$58,978 spentof which $37,742 as grants100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,978.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $30k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 Tacoma Public Library Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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
Tacoma Public Library Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 Tacoma Public Library Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 33% — 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
75% of Tacoma Public Library Foundation's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
Tacoma Public Library Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Tacoma 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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 Tacoma 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 Tacoma Public Library Foundation?
- Tacoma Public Library Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,578 to it, the largest being GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Tacoma Public Library Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $36,578 in grants to Tacoma Public Library Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Tacoma Public Library Foundation?
- GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Tacoma Public Library Foundation 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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