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88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$988K 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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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
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $384K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$988K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $7.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$4.5M
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 13 voting members
Concern: none of 13 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.2M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$5.6M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$13.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.2M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$5.8M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$6.2M
Expenses
$5.6M
FY2024+0.4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$5.6M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$5.3M
Net assets
$13.5M
FY2024▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11.6M
FY2021$13.1M
FY2022$11.5M
FY2023$12.3M
FY2024$13.5M
FY2025$14.9M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1988.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $4.9M Management & general 12% · $687K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $988K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$165,431Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. Library
$150,969Pt VII · Sec A
$146,324Pt VII · Sec A
$143,178Pt VII · Sec A
$142,081Pt VII · Sec A
Ux & Emergin
$122,015Pt VII · Sec A
Manager of S
$117,994Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ms Kimberly L Armstrong’s $233K as Exec Dir is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ms Kimberly L Armstrong$232,852$146,324————
Mr Mark D Jacobs——$190,421$205,529$202,687$197,920
Mr Donald Gourley$172,954$165,431$161,453$160,146$160,758$165,699
Mr Timothy a Connolly$160,114$142,081$139,525$140,736$140,241$137,160
Mr Aaron Krebeck$145,434$150,969$137,872$129,237$128,714$114,847
Ms Katherine Kilduff$146,637$143,178$138,734$135,137$134,424$130,527
Mr Joel Shields$125,672$122,015$118,988$116,702$116,649$125,740
Mr Thomas Boone$121,529$117,994$109,940$107,321$107,132—

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

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3 programs · $4.9M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Resource sharing- WRLC member libraries have combined resources to create a shared collection- a virtual library- for students and faculty in the washington, DC area. This program includes reciprocal borrowing based on shared on-line catalog, and consortial licensing of on-line resources.

$1.9Mprogram expense
02

Shared collection facility- WRLC operated a shared storage facility to free valuable space in the campus libraries. The facility provides high density, environmentally controlled, retrievable storage for books, audiovisual and microfilm media and archival boxes.

$1.7Mprogram expense
03

Information technology services have been a central focus of WRLC'S services since 1990. Provides online catalog to nine members representing over 20 million records.

$1.3Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$235K
Money outPt IX
$5.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.9M
Managementcol C$687K
Owns and owesPt X
$13.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$18.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$235K
Total revenueLn 12$6.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$150
SavingsLn 2$2.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.9M
Total assetsLn 16$18.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.5M
Net assetsLn 32$13.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$2.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.1M$7.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.1M$7.9M
Total assetsLn 16$17.4M$18.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.1M$4.5M
Net assetsLn 32$12.3M$13.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$385K$307K$77K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.3M$253K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$175K$146K$30K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$141K$112K$30K
Payroll taxesLn 10$142K$117K$24K
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
Investment management feesLn 11f$57K$57K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$82K$41K$41K
Office expensesLn 13$87K$72K$16K
Information technologyLn 14$1.3M$1.3M$6K
OccupancyLn 16$539K$472K$66K
TravelLn 17$74$35$39
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$12K$7K
InterestLn 20$153K$153K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$630K$584K$46K
InsuranceLn 23$77K$71K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$260K$259K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.6M$4.9M$687K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $6.2M$5.3M$872K$14.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $6.2M$5.6M$645K$13.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.1M$5.6M$511K$12.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.1M$5.6M−$493K$11.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.8M$5.4M$430K$13.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $5.9M$5.5M$337K$11.6M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $6,225,280 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,817,794$5,990,205
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $249,194$235,075
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,066,988$6,225,280
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,199,330$2,361,822
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,357,068$3,218,481
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,556,398$5,580,303
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $510,590$644,977
Part VI · Governance 0 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members0
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 $6,225,280 across 3 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,990,205$5,990,205
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $235,075$235,075
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,990,205 · Excluded from tax $235,075$6,225,280
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,580,303 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $307,230 · Management $77,318$384,548
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,265,766 · Management $253,325$1,519,091
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $145,560 · Management $29,631$175,191
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $111,506 · Management $29,798$141,304
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $117,384 · Management $24,304$141,688
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $8,119$8,119
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,704$17,704
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $57,126$57,126
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $40,990 · Management $41,284$82,274
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $71,869 · Management $15,563$87,432
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,281,329 · Management $5,944$1,287,273
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $472,479 · Management $66,270$538,749
IX-17 TravelPrograms $35 · Management $39$74
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,471 · Management $7,019$19,490
IX-20 InterestPrograms $152,995$152,995
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $583,801 · Management $45,970$629,771
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $70,519 · Management $6,716$77,235
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $258,994 · Management $1,245$260,239
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,892,928 · Management $687,375 · Fundraising $0$5,580,303
Part X · Balance sheet $17,955,811 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $150$150
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,796,333$2,052,983
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $127,696$54,672
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $204,155$143,997
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,149,361$7,905,496
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $7,106,918$7,798,513
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $17,384,613$17,955,811
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $303,869$350,039
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $651,374$650,092
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $4,103,112$3,463,112
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,058,355$4,463,243
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,219,340$5,694,055
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,106,918$7,798,513
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,326,258$13,492,568
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $17,384,613$17,955,811
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $13,492,568 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,225,280
XI-2 Total expenses$5,580,303
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$644,977
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,326,258
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$521,333
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$13,492,568

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