Boulder Public Library Foundation Inc

Analysis

Boulder Public Library Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2025. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Boulder Public Library Foundation Inc reported income of $522k and spending of $759k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $980k to $522k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Boulder Public Library Foundation Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yoga Behind Bars ($522k), Virtual Properties ($522k) and Zoe Institute Inc ($521k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $159k (21% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $85k. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 2 employees.