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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION

EIN 91-1140642 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2025
$10,113,731
Expenses 2025
$8,254,897

Program services were 77.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B116
Classification
1000
Street
1000 4TH AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INSPIRES THE COMMUNITY'S PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, ADVOCACY FOR, AND PRIDE IN THE LIBRARY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INSPIRE THE COMMUNITY'S PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, ADVOCACY FOR, AND PRIDE IN THE LIBRARY.

  • THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION CHANNELS THE GENEROSITY OF MORE THAN 8,300 DONORS INTO DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, FUNDING COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT PUBLIC DOLLARS PROVIDE. IN 2025, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED MORE THAN $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING AND DIRECT PROGRAM SUPPORT, INCLUDING OVER $5.9 MILLION IN CASH FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, ACROSS SIX PATRON SERVICE PRIORITIES: COLLECTIONS AND MATERIALS, YOUTH AND FAMILY LEARNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS, WELCOMING SPACES, AND SEATTLE CULTURE AND HISTORY. THIS SUPPORT FUNDED 54 FREE, EQUITY-BASED PROGRAMS AT LIBRARY BRANCHES, WHICH TOGETHER ORDERED MORE THAN 5,000 EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COLLECTIVELY, THESE PROGRAMS STRENGTHENED THE LIBRARY'S CAPACITY TO INNOVATE, EVALUATE RESULTS, AND INVEST WHERE IMPACT IS GREATEST. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS LIBRARY TRAINING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO HELP KEEP THE LIBRARY REMAIN A LEADER IN ITS FIELD.THE FOUNDATION'S LARGEST GRANT, MORE THAN $2.1MILLION, EXPANDED THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES FOR READERS OF ALL AGES. THESE FUNDS ALLOWED THE LIBRARY TO PURCHASE BOOKS, E-BOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, DVDS, AND MUSIC, AS WELL AS BOOKS AND MATERIALS FOR NUMEROUS LIBRARY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BOOKS UNBANNED AND THE SEATTLE ROOM. ABOUT ONE IN EVERY THREE NEW ITEMS JOINED THE COLLECTION WITH FOUNDATION SUPPORT.FOUNDATION FUNDS SUPPORT MANY PROJECTS THAT ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN A WIDE RANGE OF ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF PATRONS. MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION BROUGHT THE LIBRARY TO PEOPLE WHO FACE BARRIERS VISITING A BRANCH. FOUNDATION FUNDED MOBILE SERVICES MADE MORE THAN 1,200 VISITS TO SENIOR COMMUNITIES, PRESCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNER LOCATIONS IN 2025, WHILE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND ADULT PROGRAMS SERVED 35,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING NEW AUDIENCES TO THE LIBRARY.FOUNDATION FUNDS SUPPORTED MORE THAN A DOZEN YOUTH AND FAMILY LEARNING INITIATIVES. $795,000 SPONSORED PROGRAMS THAT HELP CHILDREN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, INCLUDING SUMMER OF LEARNING, HOMEWORK HELP, RAISING A READER, STORY TIME, AND THE GLOBAL READING CHALLENGE, TOGETHER SERVING APPROXIMATELY 75,000 YOUTH, CHILDREN, AND FAMILY MEMBERS.GRANTS OF OVER $761,000 UPGRADED LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVED ACCESS TO LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND FUNDED DIGITAL MEDIA LEARNING PROGRAMS.WELCOMING LIBRARY SPACES SUPPORTED THE LIBRARY'S EFFORTS TO CREATE WELCOMING AND SAFE SPACES TO BETTER SERVE GROWING POPULATIONS BY SUPPORTING FURNITURE AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, AND SEATTLE CULTURE AND HISTORY. GRANTS FUNDED SPECIALIZED STAFF TRAINING, STRATEGIC SUPPORT, AND SEATTLE CULTURE AND HISTORY PROGRAMMING TO HELP THE LIBRARY REMAIN A LEADER IN ITS FIELD. ADVOCACY AND OTHER IN-DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE LIBRARY: THROUGH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ACTION NETWORK, A GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF SUPPORTERS WHO CONTACT ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE FOUNDATION ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARY AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE FOUNDATION HAS HELPED SECURE $572 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET AND LEVY MEASURES. TOTAL OTHER PROGRAM AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT WAS $778,000 IN 2025.

    Expenses $6,385,044 · Grants $5,757,464

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sarah Stanley

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Matt Hillman

    CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Southwell

    CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jon Jurich

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nick Momyer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stephanie Axelrod

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Morgan Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Conover

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christiana Dellorusso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeanette Flory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sibyl Frankenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justo Gonzlez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharon Hammel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roy Hamrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Kohut

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Florence Larson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jiayi Liang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellen Look

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael McGreevy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tyler Preston Mickey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brittney Moraski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raj Rakhra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Solomon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Strauss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Valente

    DIRECTOR THRU 10/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $10,113,731
    Expenses
    $8,254,897
    Contributions
    $6,889,782
    Grants paid
    $5,757,464
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $35,448,459
    Expenses
    $7,583,580
    Contributions
    $7,766,358
    Grants paid
    $5,063,020
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,074,439
    Expenses
    $7,408,420
    Contributions
    $7,741,029
    Grants paid
    $5,319,232
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,311,806
    Expenses
    $6,187,152
    Contributions
    $4,833,953
    Grants paid
    $4,195,998

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,213,683
    Expenses
    $5,953,803
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,431,810

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,173,987
    Expenses
    $6,195,737
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,346,840

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,584,142
    Expenses
    $5,502,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,825,333

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,327,127
    Expenses
    $6,337,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,366,911

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,846,939
    Expenses
    $5,750,770
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,524,324

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,624,637
    Expenses
    $12,595,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,109,885

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,703,771
    Expenses
    $6,666,593
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,735,413

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,466,582
    Expenses
    $4,894,620
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,567,358

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,908,814
    Expenses
    $8,452,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,643,828

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,579,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,274,942

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2025 return

  • CHARITABLE LEAD ANNUITY TRUST (1)

    INVESTMENT · WA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.