Whippanong Library Association

Tax-deductible

Whippany, NJ501(c)(3)EducationEIN 22-1601997Revenue $522K in FY2025

On file with the IRSwhippanong.orgPo Box 250, 07981-0250 · Whippany, NJTax-exempt since Oct 1992Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Operate free lending Library for residents of hanover township

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 12 volunteers and 13 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 $26K a year · 5% 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
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 72% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $11
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
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$522K
-0.9% vs prior year
Spent
$513K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$276K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$522K
FY2025▼ -0.9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$483K
FY2021$498K
FY2022$519K
FY2023$523K
FY2024$527K
FY2025$522K
Expenses
$513K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$467K
FY2021$461K
FY2022$477K
FY2023$513K
FY2024$484K
FY2025$513K
Net assets
$276K
FY2025▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$135K
FY2021$173K
FY2022$214K
FY2023$225K
FY2024$267K
FY2025$276K

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 Oct 1992.

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% · $513K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$80,073Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amy Puskas’s $80K as Director is at the 72nd 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amy Puskas$80,073$76,941————
Rochelle Levin——$78,474$77,829$75,056$74,043

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Provide free books and resources through a community lending library.

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1 program · $513K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The mission of the Whippanong Library is to serve the community with print and non-print materials in a professional, cordial, efficient and equitable manner. The whippanong Library provides a full range of resources in various media to meet the informational, cultural, and recreational needs of the resident of Hanover Township.

$513Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$522K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$503K
Other incomeLn 4–11$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$360
Money outPt IX
$513K
Ln 25
Programscol B$513K
Owns and owesPt X
$276K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$276K
Total assetsLn 16$276K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$503K
Government grantsLn 1e$503K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$360
Other incomeLn 4–11$18K
Total revenueLn 12$522K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$114K
SavingsLn 2$162K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$276K
Total assetsLn 16$276K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$276K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 612
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$267K$276K
Total assetsLn 16$267K$276K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$267K$276K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$80K$80K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$238K$238K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$67K$67K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$25K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$25K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$54K$54K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$513K$513K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $522K$513K$9K$276K 990 PDF
FY2024 $527K$484K$43K$267K 990 PDF
FY2023 $523K$513K$11K$225K 990 PDF
FY2022 $519K$477K$41K$214K 990 PDF
FY2021 $498K$461K$37K$173K 990 PDF
FY2020 $483K$467K$16K$135K 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 $521,820 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $513,052$503,179
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $314$360
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,149$18,281
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $526,515$521,820
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 $365,066$410,069
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $118,846$102,943
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $483,912$513,012
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $42,603$8,808
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $521,820 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $771 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$503,179
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$503,179
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $360 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$360
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,192$12,192
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $5,318 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,318
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,449 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,192$521,820
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $513,012 across 10 lines filed
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $80,073$80,073
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $238,194$238,194
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $66,816$66,816
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $24,986$24,986
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,621$1,621
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,658$11,658
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,526$24,526
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,028$9,028
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,866 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$53,866
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,244 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,244
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $513,012 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$513,012
Part X · Balance sheet $276,174 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $102,629$114,077
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $164,737$162,097
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $267,366$276,174
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $267,366$276,174
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $267,366$276,174
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $267,366$276,174
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $276,174 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$521,820
XI-2 Total expenses$513,012
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$8,808
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$267,366
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$276,174

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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