Blair Public Library Foundation

Analysis

Blair Public Library Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Blair, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 years ago. 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, Blair Public Library Foundation reported income of $160k and spending of $278k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $160k (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blair Public Library Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Travel Everywhere Inc ($160k), Flower Mound High School Theatrebooster Club ($160k) and New Jersey Scholars Program Inc ($160k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.1m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $3.6m.