William B Ogden Free Library

Tax-deductible

Walton, NY501(c)(3)EducationEIN 15-0612045Revenue $516K in FY2025

On file with the IRSlibraries.4cls.org/waltonPo Box 298, 13856-0298 · Walton, NYTax-exempt since Nov 1943Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide Library services to local area residents.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 9 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 $95K a year · 25% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $12K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7K
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 11 voting members
Concern: none of 11 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$516K
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$356K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$516K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$414K
FY2021$350K
FY2022$232K
FY2023$242K
FY2024$527K
FY2025$516K
Expenses
$356K
FY2025▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$241K
FY2021$248K
FY2022$276K
FY2023$276K
FY2024$314K
FY2025$356K
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2025▼ -16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$3.2M

From the FY2025 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 Nov 1943.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $356K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Heather Johnson’s $52K as Library Director is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $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

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Heather Johnson$51,605$48,276$45,945

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

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William B Ogden Free Library is an education nonprofit based in Walton, NY.

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1 program · $356K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The William B Ogden Free Library loans books, audio books, periodicals and videos. The library offers access to the internet on public use computers and wifi access for patron devices;print, copy and fax services, access to historical books and documents, meeting spaces for regularly scheduled and impromptu patron group meetings and…

$356Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$12K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$516K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$294K
Investment incomeLn 3$196K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24K
Money outPt IX
$356K
Ln 25
Programscol B$356K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$379K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$196K
Other incomeLn 4–11$294K
Gains on assetsLn 7$137K
Total revenueLn 12$516K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$64K
SavingsLn 2$315K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$379K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$626K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$347K$379K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.7M$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M$626K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$7K
Net assetsLn 32$3.8M$3.2M
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$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$189K$189K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$17K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$27K$27K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$645$645
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$27K$27K
TravelLn 17$395$395
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$13K$13K
InsuranceLn 23$17K$17K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$36K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$356K$356K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $516K$356K$160K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $527K$314K$213K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $242K$276K−$33K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $232K$276K−$43K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $350K$248K$102K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $414K$241K$172K$3.5M 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 $516,126 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $44,324$24,267
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,444$1,749
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $208,913$196,121
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $272,052$293,989
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $526,733$516,126
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $188,354$211,859
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $125,695$144,120
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $314,049$355,979
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $212,684$160,147
Part VI · Governance 0 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members0
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
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $516,126 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$24,267
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$24,267
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,749$1,749
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $58,891$58,891
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $137,230$137,230
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $293,989$293,989
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $295,738 · Excluded from tax $196,121$516,126
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $355,979 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 staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $188,954$188,954
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,077$4,077
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,648$1,648
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $17,180$17,180
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,200$2,200
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $26,936$26,936
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,614$8,614
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $645$645
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,813$1,813
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,660$26,660
IX-17 TravelPrograms $395$395
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 amortizationPrograms $12,983$12,983
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,172$17,172
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $36,078$36,078
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,624$10,624
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $355,979 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$355,979
Part X · Balance sheet $3,184,009 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $62,816$64,180
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $284,024$314,516
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts 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 $1,785,886$625,928
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,660,419$2,179,385
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 $3,793,145$3,184,009
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,942$6,996
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,942$6,996
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,785,203$3,177,013
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,785,203$3,177,013
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,793,145$3,184,009
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,177,013 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$516,126
XI-2 Total expenses$355,979
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$160,147
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,785,203
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$49,380
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$817,717
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,177,013

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