Friends of the Fresno County Public Library

Analysis

Friends of the Fresno County Public Library is a registered charity in United States, based in Fresno, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1980, 46 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, Friends of the Fresno County Public Library reported income of $471k and spending of $323k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $345k to $471k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 364%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of the Fresno County Public Library sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Consortium for Independent Study ($471k), Gordon Philanthropies Inc ($471k) and Dippikill Inc ($470k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $33k. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $29k, net assets of $6.6m. It reported 1 employees.