North Carolina · Nonprofit
Transylvania County Library Foundation
Transylvania County Library Foundation (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being JOHN HENRY ELDRED JR FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Transylvania County Library Foundation does
Mission
To obtain and manage funds and memorials and to receive gifts, grants and bequests for the use of the Transylvania County Library; to promote and support library services in Transylvania County.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
LIBRARY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY ACCESS INITIATIVES: The Foundation funded enhancements to library services beyond the operational budget, including access to the Kanopy streaming video platform, staff professional development, and outdoor furnishings for the library patio. The Foundation also supported digitization of the Transylvania Times newspaper archives (1975-2023) through DigitalNC, preserving local history and providing free, searchable online access for researchers and the public.
$150,461 spentof which $6,520 as grants$5,310 earned by the program100% of program spendingJ.R. MCDOWELL SPEAKER SERIES The J.R. McDowell Speaker Series brings nationally recognized speakers to the community to present educational programs on topics of broad public interest. In September 2024, the Foundation hosted travel writer Rick Steves for a public lecture. Speakers also participate in educational outreach with local students and community groups, extending the programs impact beyond the public event.
LOOKING GLASS ROCK WRITERS CONFERENCE The Looking Glass Rock Writers Conference, a partnership with Brevard College, promotes creative writing through workshops, readings, and community engagement centered on a sense of place. The program brings nationally and regionally recognized authors to Transylvania County and provides educational opportunities for writers of all experience levels. In 2025, featured faculty included Terrance Hayes, Elizabeth Rush, and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $150,461.
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.
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 $3.8M to $4.9M (+28%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Morris Jenkins
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Transylvania County 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
Transylvania County Library Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.
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 Transylvania County 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
17%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Transylvania County 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 Transylvania County Library Foundation?
- Transylvania County Library Foundation (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being JOHN HENRY ELDRED JR FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Transylvania County Library Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to Transylvania County Library Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Transylvania County Library Foundation?
- JOHN HENRY ELDRED JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Transylvania County Library Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2017–2025), 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