Norfolk Library INC FY2023 filing

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Free Public Library serving the Town of Norfolk Connecticut as well as the surrounding area.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$90K 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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FY2023 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $425K a year · 36% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$90K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $15.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 3.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $15K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
<0.01% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$537K
-45% vs prior year
Spent
$809K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$17.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$537K
FY2023▼ -45%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$921K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$968K
FY2023$537K
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$809K
FY2023▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$612K
FY2021$625K
FY2022$739K
FY2023$809K
FY2024$843K
FY2025$906K
Net assets
$17.1M
FY2023▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.9M
FY2021$18.3M
FY2022$16.2M
FY2023$17.1M
FY2024$18.2M
FY2025$18.8M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1942.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $586K Management & general 25% · $199K Fundraising 3% · $24K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $90K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$89,923Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Asst Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ann Havemeyer’s $100K as Executive Dir. is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ann Havemeyer$100,019$95,319$89,923$85,983$83,479$81,048

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

Provides free library services to Norfolk, Connecticut, and nearby communities.

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1 program · $586K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Free public library serving the town of norfolk connecticut as well as the surrounding area. The library provides to the general public: books, refference materials, periodicals, newspapers, audio-visual materials, and sponsors monthly exhibits, concerts and lectures.

$586Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$537K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$321K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$214K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$809K
Ln 25
Programscol B$586K
Managementcol C$199K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$17.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$208K
Total assetsLn 16$17.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$214K
Government grantsLn 1e$76K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$18K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$321K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$75K
Total revenueLn 12$537K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$49K
SavingsLn 2$159K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$208K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15.1M
Total assetsLn 16$17.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$17.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Investment feesPt IX, Sch D
Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$89K
Share of the $15.1M endowmentSch D 1g0.59%
Typical, median of 1,806 orgs0.44%
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
End of yearLn 1g$15.1M$14.3M$16.4M$10.9M$11.9M
Given inLn 1b$1K$5K
SpentLn 1d–1f$630K$655K$489K$520K$456K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$229K$208K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.3M$15.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$16.2M$17.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$877$1K
Net assetsLn 32$16.2M$17.1M
5Every 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$116K$87K$23K$6K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$203K$152K$41K$10K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$4K$1K$267
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$23K$6K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$18K$5K$1K
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$89K$89K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$28K$9K$16K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$19K$12K$5K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$22K$20K$2K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$115K$109K$6K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$407$366$41
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$56K$53K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$21K$20K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$78K$77K$533$129
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$721$360$120
Total functional expensesLn 25$809K$586K$199K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 30, 2026 $2.5M$906K$1.6M$18.8M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 3, 2025 $1.2M$843K$324K$18.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 7, 2024 $537K$809K−$272K$17.1M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 3, 2023 $968K$739K$229K$16.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 16, 2022 $1.0M$625K$404K$18.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 13, 2021 $921K$612K$310K$12.9M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $536,950 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $158,942$214,157
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,129$1,597
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $808,104$321,196
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $968,175$536,950
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $348,735$379,077
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $389,958$429,491
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $738,693$808,568
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $229,482−$271,618
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $536,950 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$75,630
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$138,527
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$18,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$214,157
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,597$1,597
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $395,945$395,945
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$74,749−$74,749
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,597 · Excluded from tax $321,196$536,950
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $808,568 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 $87,185 · Management $23,250 · Fundraising $5,812$116,247
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $152,340 · Management $40,624 · Fundraising $10,156$203,120
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,009 · Management $1,070 · Fundraising $267$5,346
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $22,527 · Management $5,983 · Fundraising $1,496$30,006
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,268 · Management $4,872 · Fundraising $1,218$24,358
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $89,374$89,374
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,810 · Management $16,307 · Fundraising $2,885$28,002
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,431 · Management $4,554 · Fundraising $1,654$18,639
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $19,679 · Management $2,187$21,866
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $109,064 · Management $5,740$114,804
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $366 · Management $41$407
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $53,264 · Management $2,803$56,067
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $20,181 · Management $1,167$21,348
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $77,121 · Management $533 · Fundraising $129$77,783
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $721 · Management $360 · Fundraising $120$1,201
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $585,966 · Management $198,865 · Fundraising $23,737$808,568
Part X · Balance sheet $17,148,765 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $50,581$49,476
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $178,276$158,541
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
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 $1,735,083$1,792,944
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $14,273,234$15,147,804
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 $16,237,174$17,148,765
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $877$1,337
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $877$1,337
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $16,236,297$17,147,428
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $16,236,297$17,147,428
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,237,174$17,148,765
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,147,428 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$536,950
XI-2 Total expenses$808,568
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$271,618
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$16,236,297
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,182,749
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$17,147,428

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