Dauphin County Library System FY2020 filing

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Harrisburg, PA501(c)(3)Since 1889EducationEIN 23-1352317

The Library builds community and transforms lives by connecting people, ideas, and opportunities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$275K 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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FY2020 · 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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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$275K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $13K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.5M
Spent
$7.7M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$19.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$7.5M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$9.5M
FY2022$11.1M
FY2023$8.5M
FY2024$9.4M
Expenses
$7.7M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.7M
FY2021$7.8M
FY2022$8.0M
FY2023$8.6M
FY2024$8.8M
Net assets
$19.9M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$19.9M
FY2021$22.4M
FY2022$24.8M
FY2023$25.8M
FY2024$26.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1959.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $5.9M Management & general 17% · $1.3M Fundraising 6% · $483K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $275K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$140,193Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$134,905Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Immediate Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ryan McCrory Joined 524’s $78K as Executive Director is at the 18th 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Karen S Cullings————$140,193
Karen Cullings—$118,567$139,071$136,344—
Aaron S Grumbling————$134,905
Aaron Grumbling—$123,808$133,840$131,216—
Ryan McCrory Joined 524$77,840————
Stephanie Kazanjan Joined 924$25,249————
Dustin Brinton-Wilson—$16,955———

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

Programs and updates

Connects people, ideas, and opportunities to build community and transform lives.

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3 program services account for $2.8M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Collections

Lending of books, magazines, DVDs and other resources to the Library's 138,163 cardholders, is one of the primary services offered by the Library. In 2020, Library users borrowed approximately 607,068 items. Of this total, adult and children's resource items were borrowed 595,784 and 445,845 times, respectively.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Programming and Outreach

Programs for families and children are a core Library service. The in-library and outreach programs are designed to encourage children to associate fun with learning and reading. In 2020, The Library had 1,555 programs and outreach visits with 23,638 attendees throughout the year.

$909Kprogram expense
03

Public Computing

Free access to the internet and public computing is another core service provided by The Library. In 2020 The Library offered 160 public use computers (PC's and laptops), however, starting in late March only 81 were available for use, which were used 43,781 times by library visitors during 11,938 public hours.

$765Kprogram expense

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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$13K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$106K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K
Money outPt IX
$7.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.9M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$483K
Owns and owesPt X
$19.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$23.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$6.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$109K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K
Investment incomeLn 3$106K
Total revenueLn 12$7.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.2M
Other assetsLn 15$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$23.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$19.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5171
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.1M$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.1M$14.2M
Total assetsLn 16$22.3M$23.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$19.9M$19.9M
4Every 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$275K$0$222K$53K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.4M$2.5M$663K$271K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$138K$100K$27K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$211K$154K$41K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$280K$207K$51K$22K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$937$1K$278
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K$16K$18K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$52K$52K
Investment management feesLn 11f$56K$23K$27K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$44K$23K$0$21K
Office expensesLn 13$109K$68K$20K$21K
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$889K$754K$132K$3K
TravelLn 17$48K$40K$9K$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$1.5M$1.4M$55K$0
InsuranceLn 23$52K$40K$12K$271
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$585K$562K$23K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$2K$2K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.7M$5.9M$1.3M$483K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $9.4M$8.8M$558K$26.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.5M$8.6M−$40K$25.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.1M$8.0M$3.0M$24.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.5M$7.8M$1.7M$22.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $7.5M$7.7M−$184K$19.9M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,526,557 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$6,603
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$6,772,904
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$553,638
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$108,808
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,333,145
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $87,204 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$87,204
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $106,208 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$106,208
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $193,412 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$7,526,557
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,711,003 across 31 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 $221,812 · Fundraising $53,286$275,098
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,492,462 · Management $663,034 · Fundraising $271,039$3,426,535
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $100,355 · Management $26,696 · Fundraising $10,913$137,964
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $153,718 · Management $40,892 · Fundraising $16,716$211,326
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $207,234 · Management $51,158 · Fundraising $21,617$280,009
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $937 · Management $1,105 · Fundraising $278$2,320
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $15,624 · Management $18,416 · Fundraising $4,633$38,673
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $52,015$52,015
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $22,770 · Management $26,839 · Fundraising $6,752$56,361
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $23,136 · Management $0 · Fundraising $21,118$44,254
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $68,363 · Management $19,522 · Fundraising $20,684$108,569
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $753,529 · Management $132,112 · Fundraising $3,259$888,900
IX-17 TravelPrograms $39,720 · Management $8,719 · Fundraising $0$48,439
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 $1,444,650 · Management $55,143 · Fundraising $0$1,499,793
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $39,653 · Management $12,183 · Fundraising $271$52,107
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $561,872 · Management $22,804 · Fundraising $0$584,676
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,615 · Management $2,349 · Fundraising $0$3,964
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,925,638 · Management $1,302,784 · Fundraising $482,581$7,711,003
Part X · Balance sheet $23,196,858 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $17,124$2,480
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,043,979$3,246,247
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $91,230$510,542
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $247,063$214,547
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,149,189$14,155,986
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,768,285$5,067,056
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $22,316,870$23,196,858
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,463,573$2,597,123
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$666,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,463,573$3,263,123
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $15,502,197$15,127,400
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,351,100$4,806,335
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,853,297$19,933,735
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $22,316,870$23,196,858
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,933,735 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,526,557
XI-2 Total expenses$7,711,003
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$184,446
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,853,297
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$510,007
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$6,883
XI-7 Investment expenses$20,661
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$272,667
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,933,735

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