Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,836 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($46,231). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $104k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $50k
What The Chattanooga Public Library Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of this organization shall be: a) to create public interest in the chattanooga public library, inclusive of all its branches, and herein also referred to as the library, and to represent it to the community. B) to promote growth, development, and greatest possible use of the chattanooga public library. C) to serve as an advisory auxilliary to the board of directors and the director of the library, and to support and cooperate with the library in developing library services and facilities for the community. D) to enrich the library's resources through funds derived from memberships and special projects, to encourage gifts of books and other publications which will be compatible with the objective of the library, and to encourage endowments and bequests. E) to develop support among legislators and other elected officials. F) to affiliate with the friends of tennessee libraries, inc. And attend their meetings and workshops. G) to support the freedom to read.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provided funding for library special projects including staff development, purchase of library equipment and materials, support for library programs, and renovation of library spaces.
$0 spentof which $26,355 as grants
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 2022 to 2023, from $160k to $72k (−55%).
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: 2022 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Alexander Hooper
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $11k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 THE CHATTANOOGA 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
THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
63% 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 THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 34% · 2023 51% — 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
14% of THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 22% 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
63% of THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $38k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE CHATTANOOGA 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
76%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,836 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($46,231). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $101,836 in grants to THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc is the largest funder on record, with $46,231 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 9 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