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New Castle Library Commission

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Hst Newcastle, DE501(c)(3)Education EIN 51-0102644Revenue $890K in FY2025

On file with the IRSnccde.org/newcastle424 Delaware St, 19720-5040 · Hst Newcastle, DETax-exempt since Apr 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of the New Castle public Library is to enrich our community by providing Library resources and services to meet the informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs of the citizens of New Castle. The Library serves as a community center where people come together to discuss, learn, grow, and share.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 21 volunteers and 16 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
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $125K a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$85K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 75% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $75K
Fine: 2 funders name 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
$890K
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$4.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$890K
FY2025▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$861K
FY2021$791K
FY2022$898K
FY2023$616K
FY2024$668K
FY2025$890K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2025▲ +31%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$973K
FY2021$916K
FY2022$980K
FY2023$786K
FY2024$787K
FY2025$1.0M
Net assets
$4.0M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$4.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Apr 2006.

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

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $867K Management & general 16% · $163K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $85K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Julie Kirk
Library Director
$85,238Pt VII · Sec A
Annette Marconi
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Matthew Alexander
Secretary, Friends Liaison
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Amy Bishop-Ryan
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tom Clayton
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mary Grace Flowers
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Susan Hannell
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Julie Kirk’s $85K as Library Director is at the 75th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Julie Kirk$85,238$82,452$84,724$80,791$79,933$77,969

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

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Enrich community by providing resources for informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs.

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1 program · $867K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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New castle public library provided informational, educational, and recreational materials and services to 47,254 visitors and circulated 63,154 items in both print and electronic format in FY25.

$867Kprogram 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
Trustees of the New Castle CommonFY2024$60K
Yhb Charitable Endowment INCFY2024$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$75K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$890K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$848K
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$867K
Managementcol C$163K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$301K
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$848K
Government grantsLn 1e$551K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$225K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$13K
Total revenueLn 12$890K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$26K
SavingsLn 2$275K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$301K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$138K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 621
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$315K$301K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$123K$138K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.7M$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.1M$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M$4.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$102K$80K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$333K$270K$63K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$6K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$17K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$25K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$320$320
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K$517
OccupancyLn 16$311K$280K$31K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$146K$132K$15K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K$622
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$47K$47K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$867K$163K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $890K$1.0M−$139K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $668K$787K−$120K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $616K$786K−$170K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $898K$980K−$82K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $791K$916K−$124K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $861K$973K−$113K$4.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $890,115 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $653,568$848,226
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,787$4,768
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,993$34,163
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,335$2,958
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $667,683$890,115
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 $494,767$498,172
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $292,519$531,280
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $787,286$1,029,452
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$119,603−$139,337
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $890,115 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$67,589
VIII-1e Government grants$550,752
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$229,885
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$225,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$848,226
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,768$4,768
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,794$20,794
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $13,369$13,369
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $263$263
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,695$2,695
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,768 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $37,121$890,115
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,029,452 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $80,437 · Management $21,315$101,752
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $269,527 · Management $63,223$332,750
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,528 · Management $1,843$7,371
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,341 · Management $7,791$25,132
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,245 · Management $5,922$31,167
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,500$8,500
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,695$1,695
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,825$2,825
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $320$320
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,882 · Management $517$5,399
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $279,678 · Management $31,076$310,754
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $2,285$2,285
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $131,503 · Management $14,612$146,115
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,601 · Management $622$6,223
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $47,164$47,164
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $866,906 · Management $162,546 · Fundraising $0$1,029,452
Part X · Balance sheet $3,978,428 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $28,171$26,028
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $286,957$274,897
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,498$7,894
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,674,499$3,531,771
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $122,640$137,838
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,117,765$3,978,428
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,078,573$3,934,078
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $39,192$44,350
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,117,765$3,978,428
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,117,765$3,978,428
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,978,428 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$890,115
XI-2 Total expenses$1,029,452
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$139,337
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,117,765
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,978,428

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

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