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THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC

THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being John C and Eunice B Morrison Charitable Foundation ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$77k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$1.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Thomas Crane Public Library Foundation Inc does

Mission

The thomas crane public library foundation, inc. Supports and strengthens the mission of the thomas crane public library system (and the library's national historic landmark richardson building) by raising the visibility of the library and its programs, and encouraging community involvement.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Various educational materials, equipment, and furnishings were directly purchased by the foundation for the exclusive use and benefit of the thomas crane public library of quincy, ma. The furnishings, materials, and equipment provided raises the library's level of service to all.

    $1,259 spentof which $1,259 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,259.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($40k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($959k)2018 Revenue 154 ($62k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 94 ($899k)2019 Revenue 150 ($60k) Expenses 132 ($64k) Net assets 109 ($1.0M)2020 Revenue 120 ($48k) Expenses 38 ($18k) Net assets 118 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 176 ($70k) Expenses 138 ($67k) Net assets 129 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 117 ($47k) Expenses 108 ($52k) Net assets 110 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 107 ($43k) Expenses 170 ($82k) Net assets 115 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 193 ($77k) Expenses 4 ($2k) Net assets 132 ($1.3M)
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Revenue (193)Expenses (4)Net assets (132)Peer revenue range

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 $1.2M to $1.1M (−14%).

$959k
$899k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

2% of THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
$14k
’18
−$4k
’19
$30k
’20
$4k
’21
−$5k
’22
−$39k
’23
$75k
’24
764
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed999106544
Joined·+3+3+1+0+0+4+0
No longer listed·3304150
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin98% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve764.3mo · outside the comparable range
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 32%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being John C and Eunice B Morrison Charitable Foundation ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC?
John C and Eunice B Morrison Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 1 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