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To foster an atmosphere that will encourage individuals to pursue a sustained plan of learning through recreational reading, research, and develop a life-long interest in reading for learning and enjoyment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
26¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1 volunteers and 5 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $44K a year · 30% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
26%
of spending
Concern: 26% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$51K
to officers and key staff · 49% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 49% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $532K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% 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
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$121K
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$105K
To programs
26%
Net assets
$826K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$121K
FY2024▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$85K
FY2021$218K
FY2022$163K
FY2023$134K
FY2024$121K
Expenses
$105K
FY2024▼ -18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$79K
FY2021$98K
FY2022$94K
FY2023$128K
FY2024$105K
Net assets
$826K
FY2024▼ -30%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$996K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$826K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 1952.

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

Where the money goes

26 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 26% · $27K Management & general 74% · $78K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $51K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$32,448Pt VII · Sec A
$6,148Pt VII · Sec A
$5,918Pt VII · Sec A
$5,534Pt VII · Sec A
$1,135Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Izabela Nowak’s $32K as Director is at the 25th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Izabela Nowak$32,448$31,200$30,000$26,673$25,675
Jessica Jester——$2,369$9,693$12,558
Rachel Roushey$6,148$12,031$11,536$7,675$4,946
Lydia Sadowski$5,918————
Amanda Bajdo$5,534$420———
Jessica Rogers$1,135$2,523———

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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3 programs · $16K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Purchased books including audio recordings, videos, and periodicals for free lending to the public. Circulation: 20375, Patron visits: 11833

$14Kprogram expense
02

Provide computer workstations for public use. Computer patron visits: 3900

$2Kprogram expense
03

Copier/fax machine available for public use.

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$121K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$62K
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Money outPt IX
$105K
Ln 25
Programscol B$27K
Managementcol C$78K
Owns and owesPt X
$826K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$18K
Total assetsLn 16$826K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$62K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$8K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Other incomeLn 4–11$958
Total revenueLn 12$121K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$9K
SavingsLn 2$9K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$18K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$275K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$532K
Total assetsLn 16$826K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$826K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 61
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$3K
Share of the $16K endowmentSch D 1g16.1%
Typical, median of 1,806 orgs0.44%
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$16K$15K$14K$15K$15K
Given inLn 1b$0$0$0$0$0
SpentLn 1d–1f$0$0$0$0$0
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13K$18K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$517K$532K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$648K$275K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$826K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$826K
5Every 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$32K$0$32K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$19K$0$19K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$836$0$836$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$0$4K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$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$3K$0$3K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$0$7K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$753$0$753$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$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$4K$0$4K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$31K$25K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$105K$27K$78K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 28, 2025 $121K$105K$16K$826K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 1, 2024 $134K$128K$6K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 11, 2023 $163K$94K$69K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 27, 2022 $218K$98K$120K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 6, 2022 $85K$79K$7K$996K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $120,764 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $74,419$61,514
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,407$4,796
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,467$53,496
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $17,396$958
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $133,689$120,764
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 $50,465$55,934
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $77,200$48,632
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $127,665$104,566
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,024$16,198
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 $120,764 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,724 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$11
VIII-1c Fundraising events$7,920
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$53,583
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$61,514
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,338 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,338
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $53,496 · Excluded from tax $0$53,496
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $692 · Excluded from tax $0$692
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,062 · Unrelated business $54,188 · Excluded from tax $0$120,764
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $104,566 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 $32,448 · Fundraising $0$32,448
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $18,735 · Fundraising $0$18,735
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $836 · Fundraising $0$836
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $3,915 · Fundraising $0$3,915
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
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 $2,525 · Fundraising $0$2,525
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $7,479 · Fundraising $0$7,479
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $753 · Fundraising $0$753
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,307 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,307
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
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 $4,485 · Fundraising $0$4,485
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $24,640 · Management $6,443$31,083
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $26,947 · Management $77,619 · Fundraising $0$104,566
Part X · Balance sheet $825,620 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,392$9,452
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,608$8,583
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $647,887$275,410
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $516,696$532,175
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,177,583$825,620
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $1,177,583$825,620
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,177,583$825,620
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,177,583$825,620
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $825,620 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$120,764
XI-2 Total expenses$104,566
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$16,198
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,177,583
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,791
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$2,525
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$372,477
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$825,620

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