FRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

300 NICOLLET MALL SUITE N290

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

• LIBRARY SUPPORT: AS THE LIBRARY'S NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING PARTNER, FHCL BUILDS LIBRARY AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION THROUGH COMPELLING STORYTELLING AND RAISES SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR LIBRARY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORLD CLASS COLLECTION. TOGETHER, WE ENVISION A HENNEPIN COUNTY WHERE LIBRARY SERVICES ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES TO READ, GRADUATE, ENGAGE, WORK AND LEARN.

  Expenses $2,590,310 · Grants $2,500,000

• PEN PALS: PEN PALS IS THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED, LONGEST RUNNING LITERARY SERIES IN THE TWIN CITIES FEATURING AWARD-WINNING, BEST-SELLING AUTHORS WHO SPEAK ON THEIR LIFE AND WORK AS WRITERS. THIS AUTHOR LECTURE SERIES GENERATES INCOME SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. FORTY-ONE VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED STAFF AT FIVE IN-PERSON EVENTS, CONTRIBUTING 280 HOURS TO THE PROGRAM. IN 2025, 4,500 PEOPLE ATTENDED IN-PERSON EVENTS, AND 3,320 HOUSEHOLDS ATTENDED VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM PROGRAMS OR ON-DEMAND RECORDINGS.

  Expenses $295,126 · Revenue $582,147

• PUBLIC AWARENESS AND DONOR ENGAGEMENT: TALK OF THE STACKS IS A FREE AUTHOR LECTURE SERIES PRODUCED BY FRIENDS WITH GUEST AUTHORS WHO FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND CULTURE ACROSS AN ARRAY OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND GLOBAL TOPICS. THE 2025 SEASON INCLUDED FOUR IN-PERSON EVENTS, THAT ALSO OFFERED A VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM OPTION, AND ONE VIRTUAL-ONLY PROGRAM. IN TOTAL, 740 PEOPLE ATTENDED IN-PERSON EVENTS, 2,190 HOUSEHOLDS ATTENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND 1,590 ACCESSED ON-DEMAND RECORDINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT NO COST. IN ADDITION TO THESE PROGRAMS, ONE AUTHOR/BOOK CLUB PANEL EVENT WAS PRODUCED WITH 225 PEOPLE ATTENDING IN-PERSON, 140 HOUSEHOLDS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, AND ANOTHER 290 ATTENDEES VIEWING THE ON-DEMAND RECORDING THEREAFTER. FINALLY, ONE LIBRARY FUNDRAISER WAS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ATTENDED BY 151 GUESTS, AND ONE DONOR STEWARDSHIP LUNCHEON WAS ATTENDED BY 116 GUESTS. FURTHER PUBLIC AWARENESS PIECES ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM: 2,500 PRINTED EVENT GUIDES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS AT THE FIVE IN-PERSON PEN PALS EVENTS AND FOUR IN-PERSON TALK OF THE STACKS EVENTS, AND 1,036 ATTENDEES ACCESSED VIRTUAL EVENT GUIDES. MORE THAN 25,984 PRINT NEWSLETTERS WERE DISTRIBUTED. 12 EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS WERE SENT TO 30,779 E-NEWS SUBSCRIBERS. SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, LINKEDIN) GREW TO 14,883 SUBSCRIBERS, AND THERE WERE 163,934 FHCL WEBSITE VISITS.

  Expenses $482,854

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.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $5,976,963

  Expenses

  $4,242,221

  Contributions

  $4,898,904

  Grants paid

  $2,500,000

• 2024

  Revenue

  $4,340,269

  Expenses

  $4,056,890

  Contributions

  $3,314,457

  Grants paid

  $2,400,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,105,719

  Expenses

  $4,015,277

  Contributions

  $3,227,457

  Grants paid

  $2,300,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,920,419

  Expenses

  $3,996,666

  Contributions

  $4,242,561

  Grants paid

  $2,200,000

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

  $5,950,054

  Expenses

  $3,519,311

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,936,956

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,893,102

  Expenses

  $2,954,059

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,361,803

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,641,849

  Expenses

  $2,627,258

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,115,205

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,781,669

  Expenses

  $2,490,592

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,698,034

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,203,709

  Expenses

  $2,347,652

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,835,230

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,058,532

  Expenses

  $1,941,597

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,597,445

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,832,113

  Expenses

  $1,776,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,386,475

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,560,421

  Expenses

  $1,835,877

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,400,561

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,596,086

  Expenses

  $1,647,136

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,683,752

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,392,959

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,655,432

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

• HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY

  $2,500,000

  2025 · OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

• HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY

  $2,400,000

  2024 · OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

• HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY

  $2,300,000

  2023 · OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

• HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY

  $2,200,000

  2022 · OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $157,903

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $126,637

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $124,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $86,820

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $81,510

  2024 · EDUCATION

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $62,441

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, EDUCATION

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $55,536

  2023 · ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES, EDUCATION, DONOR-ADVISED, EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $53,540

  2023 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $49,050

  2022 · EDUCATION

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $47,452

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

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

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