Tenney Memorial Library INC

Tax-deductible

Newbury, VT501(c)(3)Since 1896EducationEIN 03-0194410Revenue $76K in FY2025

On file with the IRStenneymemoriallibrary.orgPo Box 85, 05051-0085 · Newbury, VTTax-exempt since May 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide a safe and inclusive space for everyone in our community to have access to reading materials printed and electronic, internet access and to provide educational resources and programming to the public.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 27 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
21 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 20.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 9 voting members
Concern: none of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$76K
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$57K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$606K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$76K
FY2025▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$41K
FY2021$55K
FY2022$56K
FY2023$58K
FY2024$67K
FY2025$76K
Expenses
$57K
FY2025▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$46K
FY2021$54K
FY2022$60K
FY2023$49K
FY2024$59K
FY2025$57K
Net assets
$606K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$559K
FY2021$586K
FY2022$502K
FY2023$539K
FY2024$555K
FY2025$606K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2010-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2012.

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

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $35K Management & general 36% · $21K Fundraising 1% · $492

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

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides public library services, offering reading materials and informative programs.

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3 programs · $34K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Provide books, audio and ebook for patrons. Total books in collection - 10,359 (Adult - 7573, Young Adult - 365, Children - 2421)

$14Kprogram expense
02

Provide programs and activities for adults and children. 8 programs and 12 activities, 1851 attendees. Provide books to children 0-5 through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Children served monthly - 21

$13Kprogram expense
03

To provide internet access, including free WIFI and public computers. 650 public computer users during the year. Plus unknown number of WIFI users.

$7Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$76K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$40K
Investment incomeLn 3$33K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$57K
Ln 25
Programscol B$35K
Managementcol C$21K
Fundraisingcol D$492
Owns and owesPt X
$606K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$97K
Total assetsLn 16$609K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$40K
Government grantsLn 1e$18K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$438
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$33K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$76K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$44K
SavingsLn 2$54K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$97K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$510K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$609K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$606K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 627
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$77K$97K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$479K$510K
Total assetsLn 16$558K$609K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$3K
Net assetsLn 32$555K$606K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$27K$25K$1K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$2K$122$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$154$0$154$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$755$5K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$2K$3K$492
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$9K$0$9K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$3K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$57K$35K$21K$492

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $76K$57K$20K$606K 990 PDF
FY2024 $67K$59K$8K$555K 990 PDF
FY2023 $58K$49K$9K$539K 990 PDF
FY2022 $56K$60K−$4K$502K 990 PDF
FY2021 $55K$54K$1K$586K 990 PDF
FY2020 $41K$46K−$5K$559K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $76,340 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $38,925$40,106
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $26,756$32,859
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,270$3,375
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $66,951$76,340
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $29,307$29,150
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $30,039$27,418
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $59,346$56,568
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,605$19,772
Part VI · Governance 0 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $76,340 across 15 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,318 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$18,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$22,106
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$438
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$40,106
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $32,859 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$32,859
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $57 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$57
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $36,234 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$76,340
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $56,568 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $25,372 · Management $1,335 · Fundraising $0$26,707
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,321 · Management $122 · Fundraising $0$2,443
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $154 · Fundraising $0$154
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $755 · Management $5,200 · Fundraising $0$5,955
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,582 · Management $2,901 · Fundraising $492$4,975
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,725 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,725
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $9,317 · Fundraising $0$9,317
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $1,558 · Fundraising $0$1,558
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,734 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,734
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $35,489 · Management $20,587 · Fundraising $492$56,568
Part X · Balance sheet $608,923 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,809$43,568
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $42,136$53,830
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,373$940
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $719$591
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $478,873$509,994
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $557,910$608,923
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,586$2,706
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,586$2,706
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $555,324$606,217
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $557,910$608,923
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $606,217 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$76,340
XI-2 Total expenses$56,568
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$19,772
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$555,324
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$31,121
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$606,217

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