Public Charity

FRIENDS OF THE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

FRIENDS OF THE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY is a Public Charity headquartered in ITHACA, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $581K revenue, $594K expenses, $992K total assets. IRS filings disclose 13 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $2.4M.

EIN: 156023223 ITHACA, NY Education NTEE: B Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$581K
Total Expenses$594K
Total Assets$992K
Grants Given13
Grant Total$2.4M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FRIENDS OF THE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE IN TOMPKINS COUNTY BY PROMOTING READING BY PLACING MORE BOOKS IN MORE HANDS, RAISING FUNDS THROUGH BOOK SALES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, AWARDING GRANTS TO LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCATING FOR LIBRARY FUNDING, AND ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEERISM.

Where $100 goes at Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library

How Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$97 Programs the work itself
$3 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $97 for programs

$97
Semi-annual book sales to benefit tompkins county public library, other public libraries, and the general public
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Given

TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
ITHACA, NY · 2025
UNRESTRICTED USE
$345,000
ITHACA, NY · 2025
UNRESTRICTED USE
$70,000
TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
ITHACA, NY · 2024
UNRESTRICTED USE
$243,909
ITHACA, NY · 2024
UNRESTRICTED USE
$50,000
TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
ITHACA, NY · 2023
UNRESTRICTED USE
$352,809

Showing up to 5 of 13 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Anne Carson
PRESIDENT Bruce Need
2ND VICE PRESIDENT Christine Hallam
DIRECTOR David Gooding
1ST VICE PRESIDENT Emily Koester
TREASURER Jeffrey Janowsky

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,415,651 13 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $581K $594K $992K
2024 $581K $464K $1.0M
2023 $539K $614K $887K
2022 $513K $426K $962K
2020 $373K $369K $711K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $373K to $581K (+56%), with total assets most recently reported at $992K.

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in NY.

NY

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