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Capital District Library Council

Public charity · Grantmaker Latham, NY EIN: 14-1501684 Website

We partner with members to strengthen library service through education, shared collections, and local connections.

Capital District Library Council at a glance

In short: Capital District Library Council gave $8K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $8K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$7,731
+3.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$7,731
+3.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$7,731
Total assets
$1,442,800
+5.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Capital District Library Council

Who Capital District Library Council funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Historic Cherry Hill: $8KHistoric Cherry Hill$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was Historic Cherry Hill ($8K).

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 6 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

AlbanySchenectadyCobleskillGlens FallsGranvillePotsdam

How Capital District Library Council gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−18%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K4 grants2019 3 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2021) to $35K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $8K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Historic Cherry Hill Albany, NYGrant for regional bibliographic databases and interlibrary resources sharing program$7,731
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,442,800$912,274$804,302$7,7311$31,566
2024$1,370,876$900,814$764,230$7,5001$981
2023$1,263,261$1,015,152$888,961$10,8732$996
2022$959,279$1,150,905$1,056,103$9,4541$1,103
2021$831,082$866,485$801,365$6,4861$1,324
2020$757,362$855,490$803,133$23,5543$4,207
2019$597,322$853,979$831,195$34,7674$3,138

About Capital District Library Council

Based on IRS filings

Capital District Library Council is a public charity focused on Education, based in Latham, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $8K. Net investment income was $32K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Capital District Library Council is led by Kathleen Gundrum, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 16 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kathleen Gundrum

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    35 hrs/week

    $92K (2019) → $115K (2025)

  • Kimberly Mitchell

    President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew White

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emily Spinner

    Trustee

    Secretary → President, 2021

    President → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jacqueline Keleher

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Philip Eppard

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Dallas

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Annie Gersztoff

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristi Beedon

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carey Hatch

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathryn Kosto

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Carrier

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Zawacki Graves

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kerrie Burch

    Secretary

    Trustee → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Paulmeno

    Vice President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Fellows

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (15)
  • Former: Joanna Dipasquale (2020–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Mary Zawacki (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Charity Thorne (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Eric Trahan (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Rebecca Mugridge (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Tim Burke (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Gary Schwartz (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: J'aime Pfeiffer (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Katherine Moss (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Andrew Urbanek (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Alexandra Gutelius (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Elissa Kane (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: Frances Maloy (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Jen Cannell (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Susan Iwanowicz (2019) — President

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kathleen Gundrum — Executive Director: $115KKathleen GundrumExecutive Director$115K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $115K, to Kathleen Gundrum (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Capital District Library Council

How much does Capital District Library Council give each year?

Capital District Library Council gave $8K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $8K across 1 grant.

How large is Capital District Library Council?

Capital District Library Council reported $1.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $912K.

What is Capital District Library Council?

Capital District Library Council is a public charity focused on Education, based in Latham, NY. It holds $1.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Capital District Library Council operate?

Capital District Library Council has awarded grants in New York.

What is Capital District Library Council's EIN?

Capital District Library Council's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 14-1501684. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(1)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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