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Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Dallas, TX EIN: 75-2033106 Website

Friends of the Dallas Public Library exists to support the mission of the Dallas Public Library system in its delivery of resources, services and information to the Dallas community.

Key facts about Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc

In short: Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc gave $479K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $479K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
75-2033106
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$478,642
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$478,642
Median grant
$478,642
Total assets
$5,918,182
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

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

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$5.9M

+16.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$479K

-26.8% YoY

Grant Count

1

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$479K

-26.8% YoY

How Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+12%). Method

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

About Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc

Based on IRS filings

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Dallas, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $479K. Net investment income was $310K.

Focus Areas

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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

Dallas

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M1 grant2019 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $423K (2021) to $2.6M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $479K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Dallas Public Library: $479KDallas Public Library$479K

The largest 2025 recipient was Dallas Public Library ($479K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K3$250–500K2$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Dallas Public Library Dallas, TXGeneral Support$478,642

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$5,918,182$5,091,938$4,869,907
Revenue$1,601,666$1,094,576$637,089
Expenses$954,893$1,061,773$1,046,386
Net Investment Income$309,689$312,075$50,589

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 3, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 8, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 18, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 26, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 20, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc is led by Ken Benson, Chairman since 2024 (on filings since 2021); none of the 35 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Ken Benson

    Chairman

    Director → Vice Chairman, 2022

    Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Annette Corman

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise McGovern

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Porter

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Jerry

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sharolyn Headroe

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Timm Mathews

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Evans

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrea Pender

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ann Piper

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anne Besser

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Van Pelt

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cynthia Rutherford

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Juliette Coulter

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Altschuler

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Harris

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christa Camp

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • George De Verges

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jenae Ward

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marrie Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Farheen Charanya

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Kara Cecala

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Megan Townsend

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Neil Schlager

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Nikita Sarin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Philip Crew

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Dominguez

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Font

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Zhen Barrientos

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Gary Gadson

    Imm Past Chair

    Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2022

    Chairman → Imm Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larrie Weil

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leigh Hopkins

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Williamson

    Treasurer

    Director → Assistant Treasurer, 2024

    Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Chalmer

    Assistant Secretary

    Director → Assistant Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicole Paquette

    Vice Chairman

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (45)
  • Former: Mary Wilonsky (2019–2025) — Executive Director · Filing note: Thru 725
  • Former: David Henderson (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Kitner (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Michelle Alden (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Nicole Paqeutte (2019–2024) — Vice Chairman
  • Former: Patti Clapp (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Susan Fleming (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Barbara Clay (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Carolyn Barta (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kathryn Kraft (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kristine Schwope (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Meagan Camp (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jim Feldman (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bob Buehler (2024) — Director
  • Former: Joy Strickland (2024) — Director
  • Former: Lacy Naylor (2024) — Director
  • Former: Anne Harding (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Howard Schulman (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Stephanie Parker (2019–2023) — Assistant Treasurer
  • Former: Veree Hawkins Brown (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Amanda Hyde (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Tim Webb (2023) — Director
  • Former: Cary Schmelzer (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ed Palmer (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jamila Thomas (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Walt McCool (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Celina Cardenas-Fleites (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Pat Alshuler (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Andrea Hilburn (2022) — Director
  • Former: Derek Stapleton (2022) — Director
  • Former: Karen Carnevale (2022) — Director
  • Former: Basheer Ghorayeb (2019–2021) — Past Chairman
  • Former: Paula Romberg (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Suzanne Massey (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Chris Salerno (2021) — Director
  • Former: Anna Segal (2019) — Director
  • Former: Ellen Jackofsky (2019) — Director
  • Former: Gail Bialas (2019) — Director
  • Former: Ganapathy Subramanian (2019) — Director
  • Former: Gay Donnell (2019) — Director
  • Former: Janet Morrison-Lane (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Faust (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lee Loudermilk (2019) — Director
  • Former: Sarah Albert (2019) — Director
  • Former: Susan Fisk (2019) — Director

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.

Frequently asked questions about Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc

How much does Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc give each year?

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc gave $479K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $654K across 1 grant.

How large is Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc?

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc reported $5.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.

What is Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc?

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Dallas, TX. It holds $5.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc operate?

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc's EIN?

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-2033106. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

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