Whittier Public Library Foundation

Analysis

Whittier Public Library Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Whittier, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1999, 27 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 June 2024, Whittier Public Library Foundation reported income of $1.5m and spending of $88k, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $218k to $1.5m (+566%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 766%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Whittier Public Library Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beginning Project ($1.5m), Vida ($1.5m) and Ridgewood School Association ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.6m.