Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc
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.
Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc at a glance
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.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $478,642
- -26.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $478,642
- -26.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $478,642
- Total assets
- $5,918,182
- +16.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Dallas Public Library ($479K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
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.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $423K (2021) to $2.6M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $479K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Public Library Dallas, TX | General Support | $478,642 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,918,182 | $1,601,666 | $954,893 | $478,642 | 1 | $309,689 |
| 2024 | $5,091,938 | $1,094,576 | $1,061,773 | $653,732 | 1 | $312,075 |
| 2023 | $4,869,907 | $637,089 | $1,046,386 | $646,745 | 1 | $50,589 |
| 2022 | $4,968,118 | $1,220,612 | $784,016 | $427,812 | 1 | $228,727 |
| 2021 | $5,305,610 | $1,163,424 | $728,598 | $422,550 | 1 | $508,827 |
| 2019 | $4,248,582 | $1,152,133 | $2,891,997 | $2,621,918 | 1 | $158,172 |
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
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.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 3, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 8, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 26, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 20, 2026)
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