Blake Memorial Library Association FY2019 filing

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East Corinth, VT501(c)(3)Since 1902EIN 03-0212407Revenue $73K in FY2019

On file with the IRSblakememorial.org676 Village Road, 05040-0000 · East Corinth, VTTax-exempt since Apr 1971Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Public Library

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$28K 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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FY2019 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
6 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $24K a year · 18% of revenue · last 7 filings
Fine: a surplus in 6 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$28K
to officers and key staff · 46% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 46% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
24 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 24.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$73K
Spent
$61K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$921K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$73K
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$73K
FY2020$152K
FY2021$148K
FY2022$139K
FY2023$223K
FY2024$111K
FY2025$78K
Expenses
$61K
FY2019
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$61K
FY2020$64K
FY2021$122K
FY2022$162K
FY2023$199K
FY2024$75K
FY2025$76K
Net assets
$921K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$921K
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2019 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1971.

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

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $45K Management & general 26% · $16K

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; $28K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$18,019Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Director
$9,896Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Miranda Miller——$48,105$22,600$23,086$10,530
Jennifer G Spanier$22,073$23,511$24,576$24,693$16,514—
Kimberly Hotelling$14,419$15,540$19,189$15,784$14,142$12,521
Christiane Carroll—————$11,308

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

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

Programs and updates

Blake Memorial Library Association is a nonprofit based in East Corinth, VT, formed in 1902.

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1 program · $45K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Public library in a small rural community that operates to benefit all citizens of all ages. Access for services including books and other circulation material, educational programs, as well as online access to circulation materials. In addition free access to WIFI, water, and heat in times where a citizen's power or loss of water occurs.

$45Kprogram 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$6K

By the numbers

The FY2019 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$73K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$73K
Investment incomeLn 3$219
Money outPt IX
$61K
Ln 25
Programscol B$45K
Managementcol C$16K
Owns and owesPt X
$921K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$124K
Total assetsLn 16$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$73K
Government grantsLn 1e$883
Investment incomeLn 3$219
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$73K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$43K
SavingsLn 2$81K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$124K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$630K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$163K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$921K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
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 FY19End FY19
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$106K$124K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$616K$630K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$142K$163K
Total assetsLn 16$865K$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$863K$921K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$28K$28K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$50$50
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$238$238
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$145$145
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$947$947
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$675$675
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$444$444
Total functional expensesLn 25$61K$45K$16K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $78K$76K$2K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $111K$75K$36K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $223K$199K$24K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $139K$162K−$23K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $148K$122K$26K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $152K$64K$88K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2019 Viewing $73K$61K$12K$921K 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 FY2019 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $73,073 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $78,899$72,854
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,989$219
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $80,888$73,073
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $32,035$30,308
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $38,111$31,012
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $70,146$61,320
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $10,742$11,753
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $73,073 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$883
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$60,566
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$72,854
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $219$219
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $219$73,073
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $61,320 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $27,915$27,915
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $50$50
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $238$238
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,105$2,105
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $145$145
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $947$947
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $3,022$3,022
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $9,959$9,959
IX-17 TravelPrograms $675$675
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,911$1,911
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,909$13,909
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $444$444
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $45,481 · Management $15,839 · Fundraising $0$61,320
Part X · Balance sheet $925,336 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,933$42,686
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $71,094$81,336
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$8,305
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $142,369$162,827
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $616,316$630,182
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $864,712$925,336
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,347
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,845$2,487
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,845$4,834
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $862,867$920,502
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $864,712$925,336
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $920,502 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$73,073
XI-2 Total expenses$61,320
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,753
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$862,867
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$43,866
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$2,016
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$920,502

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