Our mission is to support and enrich resources and services of the North Lake County Public Library District through fundraising, advocacy, financial support and innovative leadership that benefits our community and promotes greater awareness of our Library's valuable resources.
North Lake County Library Foundation’s recent grantmaking centers on a single large award: $1,373,237 in 2024 to North Lake County Library in Polson for library funding. That scale aligns with the foundation’s role in supporting the North Lake County Public Library District through fundraising, advocacy, financial support, and leadership. The work is closely tied to the library’s physical space and public services, including renovation and expansion plans, ADA improvements, children’s programming, and collection development. The foundation’s activity points to a library-centered model rather than a broad grantmaker. It supports the public library’s core operations and community-facing programs, with recurring attention to literacy, youth services, and facility accessibility. Active campaigns and donation options show that gifts may be directed to capital work, materials, or general support for collections and programs. In practice, the foundation’s grantmaking serves a local audience in North Lake County through the library district’s services and resources.
Public library support is the clearest theme. The foundation’s Next Chapter Campaign is a $2 million capital effort for renovation and expansion of the North Lake County Public Library, with ADA improvements, expanded public space, a children’s area, a Maker’s Space, furniture, and shelving. It also supports collections and early learning. Through Build Collections, funds go toward books, audio, video, magazines, and early literacy accessories such as blocks, toys, puzzles, and activity bins. Literacy programming is another focus. Under Support Literacy, the foundation backs early literacy, family literacy, Summer Reading Program incentives, outreach to at-risk children, and materials for teachers and students. Facility accessibility remains part of the portfolio through Fund Facility Enhancements, which supports ADA compliance and other library building needs.
The grant-size distribution is flat in the data provided: p25, median, and p75 are all $1,373,237, matching the single recorded 2024 grant. The pattern also suggests one local institutional recipient rather than a spread of many grantees. The foundation operates as a library foundation tied to the North Lake County Public Library District, with giving structured around fundraising, advocacy, program support, and capital or facility funding. It accepts unsolicited support in several active programs, and the donation options include one-time gifts, monthly gifts, legacy or bequest gifts, memorial and honor gifts, gifts of stock, and community partnerships.
$1.4M
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$1.4M
Most grants fall between $1.4M and $1.4M, with a median of $1.4M.
25th Percentile
$1.4M
Median
$1.4M
75th Percentile
$1.4M
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Giving is entirely local and entirely in Montana: 100% of grants go to recipients in MT, with the grant count concentrated in the state where the foundation gives most often. The named recipient in the recent grants data is in Polson, MT, and the active programs also point to Polson and North Lake County. The recipient-country distribution is fully U.S.-based, with 1 grant in the United States and no non-U.S. countries listed.
It supports the North Lake County Public Library District through fundraising, advocacy, financial support, and leadership. The listed focus areas include public libraries, literacy programs, youth services, community programming, and facility accessibility improvements.
Active programs cover renovation and expansion of the North Lake County Public Library, ADA improvements, collection purchases such as books and magazines, early literacy materials, Summer Reading Program incentives, and other library program support.
The foundation’s giving is fully local in the data provided. 100% of grants go to recipients in Montana, and the recipient-country distribution shows 1 grant in the United States.
Yes. Several active programs are marked as accepting unsolicited support, including Next Chapter Campaign, Fund Facility Enhancements, Build Collections, Support Literacy, and General Donations / Online Donations.
The listed donation options include one-time donations, monthly donors, legacy or bequest gifts, memorial and honor gifts, gifts of stock, and community partnerships. Matching gift opportunities are also part of the capital campaign.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Current and upcoming funding from North Lake County Library Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Not a formal grant program described. Funding is provided by the Foundation to support library-run literacy programs. Donors may designate gifts to literacy programming.
Deadline: No application deadlines; donations and designated gifts accepted year-round.
Who can apply: Not a grant offering. Donors may direct gifts to collection development or specific types of materials; specific gifts are subject to acceptance by the Library Director or Board of Trustees.
Deadline: Ongoing (no deadlines).
Who can apply: Not structured as external grants. Foundation directs funds to identified facility needs and may match external grants/donations for specific projects.
Deadline: Ongoing; tied to renovation timeline and campaign milestones. No public RFP deadlines.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY | Polson, MT | $1,373,237 | 2024 | Library Funding |
| NORTH LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY | Polson, MT | $10,000 | 2023 | Library Funding |
NORTH LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY
$1,373,237Library Funding
NORTH LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY
$10,000Library Funding
