Public Charity

THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION

THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in PORTLAND, OR. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.5M revenue, $4.0M expenses, $28.9M total assets. 46 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 931190983 PORTLAND, OR Humanities NTEE: A70 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.5M
Total Expenses$4.0M
Total Assets$28.9M
Grant Records46
Funding Total$2.1M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATES A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN BY SUPPORTING, EXPANDING AND ADVOCATING FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY'S INNOVATIVE AND GROUNDBREAKING WORK. GIFTS, LARGE AND SMALL, MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE.

Where $100 goes at The Library Foundation

How The Library Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$32
Lifelong learning programs, workshops and events reached more than 30,000 teens, adults and seniors last year, with free arts, cultural, and humanities programs, including everybody reads, a community-wide…
38% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 30,000 teens
$32
Building projects
37% of program spending
$13
Early literacy programs that motivated families to read together reached more than 100,000 babies, young children and parents
15% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 31,000 children; 52,000 children; 20,000 children

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Anne Jarvis
CHAIR Brad Thies
EXECUTIVE DIR. Dan Love Centerwall
TRUSTEE David Barnard
TRUSTEE David L Vernier
TRUSTEE Jean Josephson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$1,182,117 17 grants
General Support
$517,378 20 grants
Arts & Culture
$273,058 7 grants
Unspecified
$135,032 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.5M $4.0M $28.9M
2024 $3.0M $3.8M $27.7M
2023 $4.8M $2.5M $26.4M
2021 $4.5M $2.4M $25.0M
2020 $2.4M $2.4M $20.2M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.4M to $3.5M (+47%), with total assets most recently reported at $28.9M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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