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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 13 volunteers and 10 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $97K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$115K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 17.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$311K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$912K
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$804K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$912K
FY2025▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$855K
FY2021$866K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$901K
FY2025$912K
Expenses
$804K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$803K
FY2021$801K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$889K
FY2024$764K
FY2025$804K
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$601K
FY2021$666K
FY2022$761K
FY2023$887K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Aug 1968.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $618K Management & general 23% · $186K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $115K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$115,434Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kathleen Gundrum’s $115K as Executive Director is at the 89th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathleen Gundrum$115,434$107,690$103,804$100,059$97,251$94,881

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 15aYes

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1 program · $618K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The capital district library council (CDLC) is a non-profit membership organization that provides continuing education, access to and awareness of library collections, access to digital resources, member grants, and advocacy efforts to libraries and cultural institutions in ten counties of upstate new YORK.MEMBERS include all types of…

$618Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5
Grants paid · 9 grants · $66K · 2019–2024
Historic Cherry HillNY · FY2024$7,731
Crandall LibraryNY · FY2023$7,500
Albany Med Health SystemNY · FY2022$5,634
Community LibraryNY · FY2022$5,239
Albany Med Health SystemNY · FY2021$9,454
Albany Med Health SystemNY · FY2020$6,486
Maria CollegeNY · FY2019$12,390
Pember Library and MuseumNY · FY2019$6,099
Albany Med Health SystemNY · FY2019$5,065

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$912K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$779K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Money outPt IX
$804K
Ln 25
Programscol B$618K
Managementcol C$186K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$311K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$779K
Government grantsLn 1e$779K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Total revenueLn 12$912K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$245K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$311K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$196$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$347K$311K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$138K$138K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$125K$89K$35K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$316K$226K$90K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$31K$22K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$23K$17K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$23K$9K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$2K$928
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$15K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$4K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$872$625$247
Information technologyLn 14$5K$4K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$45K$32K$13K
TravelLn 17$5K$4K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$16K$11K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$196$141$55
InsuranceLn 23$4K$3K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$30K$24K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K$687
Total functional expensesLn 25$804K$618K$186K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $912K$804K$108K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $901K$764K$137K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$889K$126K$887K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.1M$95K$761K 990 PDF
FY2021 $866K$801K$65K$666K 990 PDF
FY2020 $855K$803K$52K$601K 990 PDF

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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 $912,274 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $794,921$778,625
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $61,912$58,049
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $981$31,566
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $43,000$44,034
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $900,814$912,274
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $141,471$138,039
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $489,351$527,186
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $133,408$139,077
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $764,230$804,302
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $136,584$107,972
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $912,274 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$778,625
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$778,625
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $58,049$58,049
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $31,566$31,566
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $44,034$44,034
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $133,649 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$912,274
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $804,302 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $138,039$138,039
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $89,369 · Management $35,332$124,701
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $226,427 · Management $89,518$315,945
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $22,422 · Management $8,864$31,286
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,832 · Management $6,655$23,487
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,766 · Management $9,001$31,767
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,347 · Management $928$3,275
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $15,158 · Management $5,992$21,150
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,912 · Management $1,546$5,458
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $625 · Management $247$872
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,870 · Management $1,530$5,400
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $32,282 · Management $12,762$45,044
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,750 · Management $1,483$5,233
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $11,382 · Management $4,500$15,882
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $141 · Management $55$196
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,831 · Management $1,119$3,950
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $23,975 · Management $6,214$30,189
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,741 · Management $687$2,428
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $617,869 · Management $186,433 · Fundraising $0$804,302
Part X · Balance sheet $1,442,800 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $177,890$1,193,961
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $901,312$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,721$1,034
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,248$2,989
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $196$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $279,509$244,816
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,370,876$1,442,800
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $60,304$58,067
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $287,125$253,314
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $347,429$311,381
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $994,522$1,110,422
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $28,925$20,997
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,023,447$1,131,419
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,370,876$1,442,800
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,131,419 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$912,274
XI-2 Total expenses$804,302
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$107,972
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,023,447
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,131,419

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