California · Nonprofit
WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $951,750 to it, the largest being BCM Foundation ($652,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $265k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $952k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Whittier Public Library Foundation does
Mission
To help secure and maintain funding for the whittier public library. To serve as a conduit between the library and the diverse community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Organization is for literacy, educational, and public purposes. The foundation provided funds to help remodel the central & branch libraries of whittier.
$139,709 spentof which $139,709 as grants72% of program spendingFoundation was able to provide several resources for the whittier public library. This included books, software, and various programs that the library hosted.
$53,910 spent28% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $193,619.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $2.6M (+107%).
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.
19% of WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $41k → $279k.
From the IRS filings of WHITTIER PUBLIC 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
WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 55% · 2022 95% · 2023 91% — 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
76% of WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California 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.
Against its field
WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WHITTIER PUBLIC 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
45% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
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 WHITTIER PUBLIC 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 WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $951,750 to it, the largest being BCM Foundation ($652,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $951,750 in grants to WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- BCM Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $652,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHITTIER PUBLIC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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