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Aldrich Public Library FY2021 filing

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Barre, VT501(c)(3)Since 1898Education EIN 03-0179303Revenue $1.6M in FY2021Latest return filed May 15, 2026

On file with the IRSaldrichpubliclibrary.org6 Washington St, 05641-4227 · Barre, VTTax-exempt since Jul 1951Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Aldrich Public Library inspires the joy of reading, promotes lifelong learning, and strenghthens community. The Library serves the residents of barre city and barre town and welcomes all others.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$62K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $583K a year · 43% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$62K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $31K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$146K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
Spent
$613K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$5.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$844K
FY2025$914K
Expenses
$613K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$613K
FY2022$698K
FY2023$784K
FY2024$806K
FY2025$904K
Net assets
$5.8M
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$5.8M
FY2022$6.3M
FY2023$7.2M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$8.1M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1951.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $436K Management & general 25% · $151K Fundraising 4% · $26K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $62K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Loren Polk
Director
$62,254Pt VII · Sec A
Lisa Liotta
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Nancy Pope
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mike Smith
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Robert Spring
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tom White
Liason
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristin J Bauman’s $76K as Executive Di is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Kristin J Bauman$76,477————
Loren Polk——$61,548$61,548$62,254
Kristin Bauman—$52,323———
Garrett Grant—$15,974———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $436K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Operation of a public library for barre city and barre town residents and also welcomes non residents who pay a small fee for a library card.

$436Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Elizabeth M Campbell Library Trust FundFY2025$31K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$31K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$756
Money outPt IX
$613K
Ln 25
Programscol B$436K
Managementcol C$151K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$278K
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$146K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$501K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$21K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$756
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Other incomeLn 4–11$25
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$276K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$278K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M
Other assetsLn 15$25K
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$146K
Net assetsLn 32$5.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 663
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY21FY20FY19FY18FY17
End of yearLn 1g$3.7M$2.3M$918K$244K$229K
Given inLn 1b$982K$59K$149K$15K$4K
SpentLn 1d–1f$39K$80K$87K$8K$17K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$205K$278K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.3M$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$144K$146K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M$5.8M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$61K$43K$15K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$265K$188K$65K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$5K$2K$306
Other employee benefitsLn 9$35K$25K$9K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$19K$6K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$14K$5K$860
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$13K$9K$3K$552
Advertising and promotionLn 12$400$284$99$17
Office expensesLn 13$20K$14K$5K$840
Information technologyLn 14$12K$9K$3K$518
OccupancyLn 16$56K$40K$14K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$38K$27K$9K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$5K$2K$293
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$52K$37K$13K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$763$676$73$14
Total functional expensesLn 25$613K$436K$151K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 $914K$904K$10K$8.1M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Dec 11, 2024 $844K$806K$38K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 7, 2024 $1.4M$784K$663K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2022 $1.9M$698K$1.2M$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 8, 2022 $1.6M$613K$983K$5.8M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,595,998 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $591,560$1,563,482
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,097$756
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $83,295$31,735
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $175$25
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $680,127$1,595,998
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $411,825$394,220
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $208,535$218,858
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $620,360$613,078
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $59,767$982,920
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,595,998 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$500,950
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,062,532
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$20,615
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,563,482
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $756$756
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $31,735$31,735
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $25$25
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $756 · Excluded from tax $31,760$1,595,998
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $613,078 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,006 · Management $14,920 · Fundraising $2,603$60,529
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $188,431 · Management $65,434 · Fundraising $11,390$265,255
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,059 · Management $1,756 · Fundraising $306$7,121
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,035 · Management $8,690 · Fundraising $1,515$35,240
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,524 · Management $6,414 · Fundraising $1,137$26,075
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,209 · Management $4,932 · Fundraising $860$20,001
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,123 · Management $3,167 · Fundraising $552$12,842
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $284 · Management $99 · Fundraising $17$400
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,876 · Management $4,817 · Fundraising $840$19,533
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,556 · Management $2,970 · Fundraising $518$12,044
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $39,838 · Management $13,830 · Fundraising $2,412$56,080
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $27,215 · Management $9,447 · Fundraising $1,647$38,309
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,845 · Management $1,682 · Fundraising $293$6,820
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $36,988 · Management $12,838 · Fundraising $2,240$52,066
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $676 · Management $73 · Fundraising $14$763
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $435,665 · Management $151,069 · Fundraising $26,344$613,078
Part X · Balance sheet $5,915,101 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,462$2,435
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $199,383$275,868
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,562$1,819
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,980,306$1,953,736
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,291,171$3,656,243
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $25,000$25,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,508,884$5,915,101
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $144,396$145,665
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $144,396$145,665
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,117,451$5,059,783
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $247,037$709,653
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,364,488$5,769,436
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,508,884$5,915,101
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,769,436 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,595,998
XI-2 Total expenses$613,078
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$982,920
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,364,488
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$422,028
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,769,436

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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