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THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION

THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being Seidman Family Foundation ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$30k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100
Net assets
$302k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Thousand Oaks Library Foundation does

Mission

The Thousand Oaks Library Foundation (tolf) strengthens communities by supporting excellence in the the thousand oaks library system through philanthropy, advocacy and outreach.- preserve and make the special collections accessible to the public.- raise funds for the purchase of library materials and expanded collections, support of children's services, and adult literacy programs.- support special projects at the request of the library services director including cultural events for the community.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The foundation helps to improve this library's service to the general public. One service is to provide dvds, and other educational items and services to those using the library. The foundation also provides programs for the "one city one book" city wide program. Maintain, preserve, and perpetuate materials for the american radio archives. This is a collection of radio library materials and historical documents. The foundation receives contributed rental income so that it may store and preserve these materials for the archives. Purchase of supplementary material for the thousand oaks library so that the library may provide additional services to its patrons.

    $1,414,308 spentof which $1,380,147 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $1,414,308.

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 ($103k) Expenses 100 ($132k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 70 ($73k) Expenses 77 ($102k) Net assets 98 ($1.9M)2019 Revenue 41 ($42k) Expenses 75 ($99k) Net assets 96 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 33 ($34k) Expenses 87 ($115k) Net assets 91 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 9 ($9k) Expenses 1084 ($1.4M) Net assets 18 ($343k)2022 Revenue 29 ($30k) Expenses 54 ($71k) Net assets 16 ($302k)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (29)Expenses (54)Net assets (16)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 2020 to 2021, from $1.8M to $347k (−80%).

$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$347k
$304k
201720182019202020212022
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

6% of THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION’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. 6 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$28k
’17
−$29k
’18
−$57k
’19
−$81k
’20
−$1.4M
’21
−$41k
’22
25
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.

2017201820192020
Listed161388
Joined·+3+2+0
No longer listed·670
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of THOUSAND OAKS 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.

Where its funders are

THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

DE

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

THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION's revenue fell 71% between 2017 and 2022.

Operating margin−137% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−22% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,195 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being Seidman Family Foundation ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
Seidman Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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