Center for Research Libraries FY2023 filing

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Chicago, IL501(c)(3)Since 1949EIN 36-2167788Revenue $9.3M in FY2023

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$489K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.8M a year · 21% 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
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$489K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
33 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 33.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $220K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.7M
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.3M
+0.6% vs prior year
Spent
$6.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$17.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.3M
FY2023▲ +0.6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.5M
FY2021$8.5M
FY2022$9.2M
FY2023$9.3M
FY2024$9.1M
FY2025$8.8M
Expenses
$6.2M
FY2023▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.1M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$6.6M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$7.8M
Net assets
$17.0M
FY2023▲ +26%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.4M
FY2021$12.0M
FY2022$13.5M
FY2023$17.0M
FY2024$20.3M
FY2025$22.0M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1950.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $5.5M Management & general 11% · $658K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $489K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$230,000Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Development
$151,071Pt VII · Sec A
Systems Development Proj Manager
$107,641Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director- Past
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gregory Eow$357,746$230,000$230,000$230,000$238,780$79,088
Bernard Reilly—————$203,820
Andrea Duntz$188,969$172,769$151,071$113,665——
Kevin Merriman$150,818—————
James T Simon———$115,727$134,116$118,467
Patricia Xia————$131,727$125,064
Amy Wood$123,770$116,061————
Raymond Sallay———$100,458$118,340$104,517

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports and promotes scholarly and scientific research.

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3 programs · $3.3M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Service and Delivery

The center makes available an estimated 5 million analog items and a digital corpus over 50 million pages to member institutions and other clients. Activities include receiving and processing requests for the centers collection materials from member libraries and clients, retrieval and preparation of materials for delivery, shipping…

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Acquisitions

This program consists of activities supporting the acquisition and processing of collection materials, including surveying of members on collection needs, selection and subscription costs, ordering, transporting and receiving materials.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Cataloging and Metadata

This program involves production and processing of preliminary and final catalog records, finding aids for the center's collection materials and metadata for electronic resources including those produced AND/OR acquired by the center.

$998Kprogram 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 · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$220K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$478K
Money outPt IX
$6.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.5M
Managementcol C$658K
Owns and owesPt X
$17.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17.1M
Total assetsLn 16$23.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$478K
Total revenueLn 12$9.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10.8M
SavingsLn 2$6.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$17.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M
Other assetsLn 15$938
Total assetsLn 16$23.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M
Net assetsLn 32$17.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 550
VolunteersI 630
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$24.1M$17.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.8M$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$31.1M$23.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.6M$6.7M
Net assetsLn 32$13.5M$17.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$263K$241K$22K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.1M$1.9M$173K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$154K$141K$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$366K$335K$30K
Payroll taxesLn 10$189K$173K$16K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$69K$69K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$608K$433K$175K
Office expensesLn 13$150K$128K$22K
OccupancyLn 16$481K$457K$24K
TravelLn 17$51K$44K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$24K$21K$3K
InterestLn 20$7K$6K$265
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$430K$413K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$112K$100K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$1.1M$55K
All other expensesLn 24e$57K$49K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.2M$5.5M$658K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.8M$7.8M$1.0M$22.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.1M$6.5M$2.6M$20.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $9.3M$6.2M$3.1M$17.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.2M$6.6M$2.6M$13.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.5M$7.2M$1.3M$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.5M$8.1M$403K$9.4M 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,269,340 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,112,612$20,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,885,294$7,625,585
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $129,701$1,145,871
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $85,956$477,884
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,213,563$9,269,340
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 $3,576,538$3,048,699
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,057,204$3,136,124
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,633,742$6,184,823
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,579,821$3,084,517
Part VI · Governance 15 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
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 $9,269,340 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$20,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$20,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,625,585$7,625,585
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,145,871$1,145,871
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $477,884$477,884
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,625,585 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,623,755$9,269,340
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,184,823 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $241,308 · Management $21,907$263,215
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,904,480 · Management $172,902$2,077,382
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $140,813 · Management $12,784$153,597
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $335,422 · Management $30,452$365,874
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $172,931 · Management $15,700$188,631
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,670$11,670
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $68,800$68,800
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $432,628 · Management $175,230$607,858
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $127,847 · Management $21,890$149,737
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $456,930 · Management $23,693$480,623
IX-17 TravelPrograms $43,652 · Management $7,372$51,024
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $20,691 · Management $3,385$24,076
IX-20 InterestPrograms $6,275 · Management $265$6,540
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $412,773 · Management $17,329$430,102
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $100,405 · Management $11,924$112,329
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,081,872 · Management $54,770$1,136,642
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $48,568 · Management $8,155$56,723
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,526,595 · Management $658,228 · Fundraising $0$6,184,823
Part X · Balance sheet $23,719,860 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $19,698,018$10,772,950
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,371,016$6,317,319
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $93,735$133,159
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $25,798$262,732
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,149,926$1,704,581
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,781,169$4,528,181
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $25,814$938
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $31,149,356$23,719,860
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,287,622$4,188,679
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,598,909$1,869,242
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,298,481$559,699
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $17,617,167$6,707,328
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $13,404,003$16,915,427
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $128,186$97,105
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $13,532,189$17,012,532
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $31,149,356$23,719,860
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,012,532 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,269,340
XI-2 Total expenses$6,184,823
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,084,517
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$13,532,189
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$395,826
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$17,012,532

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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