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THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION

THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Maine) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,300 to it, the largest being THE REDMOND FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$77k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$29k
Net assets
$1.1M
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Thomas Memorial Library Foundation does

Mission

To provide funding for the Cape Elizabeth ME town library.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fund programs at Thomas Memorial Library

    $27,500 spentof which $27,500 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,500.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($55k) Expenses 100 ($25k) Net assets 100 ($723k)2021 Revenue 124 ($68k) Expenses 95 ($23k) Net assets 116 ($842k)2022 Revenue 146 ($81k) Expenses 253 ($62k) Net assets 101 ($730k)2023 Revenue 126 ($70k) Expenses 8 ($2k) Net assets 116 ($837k)2024 Revenue 145 ($80k) Expenses 138 ($34k) Net assets 131 ($949k)2025 Revenue 138 ($77k) Expenses 153 ($38k) Net assets 149 ($1.1M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (138)Expenses (153)Net assets (149)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 2024 to 2025, from $949k to $1.1M (+13%).

$723k
$842k
$730k
$837k
$949k
$1.1M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

69% of THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$31k
’20
$45k
’21
$18k
’22
$68k
’23
$46k
’24
$39k
’25
81
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed101111141412
Joined·+1+0+4+0+3
No longer listed·00105
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $3k → $3k.

From the IRS filings of THOMAS MEMORIAL 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

THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

55%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 59% · 2019 83% · 2020 83% · 2021 54% · 2022 99% · 2023 58% — growing more concentrated.

“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

82% of THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME
CA
CO
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maine 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 MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin51% · top quartile
Months of reserve81.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 16%Fundraising 11%

Governance

12
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

66%

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 THOMAS MEMORIAL 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 THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Maine) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,300 to it, the largest being THE REDMOND FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $29,300 in grants to THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
THE REDMOND FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2020–2025), 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