Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY
TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $632,839 to it, the largest being SHERMAN HAROLD Q TRUST UNDER WILL ($309,455). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $633k
- Net assets
- $581k
What Towanda Public Library does
Mission
Library services to community
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
The Towanda Public Library provides the lending of books, periodicals, computers and software to the public
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $68k → $89k.
From the IRS filings of TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY’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
TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 53% · 2019 100% · 2020 70% · 2021 47% · 2022 49% · 2023 54% — broadly stable.
“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
98% of TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY: 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 TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $632,839 to it, the largest being SHERMAN HAROLD Q TRUST UNDER WILL ($309,455). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $632,839 in grants to TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- SHERMAN HAROLD Q TRUST UNDER WILL is the largest funder on record, with $309,455 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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