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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$422K 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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FY2023 · 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 $1.1M a year · 12% 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
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$422K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $9.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 10.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $71K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$862K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.4M
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$7.7M
To programs
66%
Net assets
$17.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.4M
FY2023▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.6M
FY2021$9.0M
FY2022$8.8M
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$10.1M
FY2025$8.9M
Expenses
$7.7M
FY2023▼ -0.8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.7M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$7.7M
FY2023$7.7M
FY2024$8.2M
FY2025$8.7M
Net assets
$17.8M
FY2023▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.8M
FY2021$15.4M
FY2022$15.7M
FY2023$17.8M
FY2024$20.0M
FY2025$21.0M

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 Dec 1937.

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Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $5.1M Management & general 34% · $2.6M

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

11 people listed on the 990; $422K 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
Exec. Dir./S
$120,694Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Tech.
$102,019Pt VII · Sec A
$101,642Pt VII · Sec A
Director Wmr
$97,596Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jenny L Bakos’s $131K as Executive Director / Secretary is at the 53rd 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary C Baykan—————$196,340
Jenny L Bakos$130,691$126,654$120,694$116,480$104,813$6,051
Elizabeth Hulett$124,473$103,090$97,596$94,605$92,833$91,149
Kathleen M O'Connell$121,507$108,200$101,642$97,657$95,826$94,073
Ian Seibert$112,934$107,516$102,019$102,019——
Jennifer M Keysor$95,257—————
Sara Baker$71,107—————

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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1 program · $5.1M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Library operations

$5.1Mprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$274K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K
Money outPt IX
$7.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.1M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$17.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.7M
Total assetsLn 16$18.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$862K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$7.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K
Investment incomeLn 3$274K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$11K
Total revenueLn 12$8.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$6.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$553K
Total assetsLn 16$18.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$862K
Net assetsLn 32$17.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5126
VolunteersI 620
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$6.3M$6.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.9M$9.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$16.5M$18.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$794K$862K
Net assetsLn 32$15.7M$17.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$364K$364K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.9M$2.1M$741K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$479K$319K$160K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$325K$238K$87K
Payroll taxesLn 10$429K$285K$144K
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$74K$74K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$5K$5K
Investment management feesLn 11f$64K$64K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$87K$87K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$21K$21K
Office expensesLn 13$719K$508K$211K
Information technologyLn 14$42K$42K
OccupancyLn 16$632K$632K
TravelLn 17$20K$20K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$42K$42K
InterestLn 20$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$926K$872K$54K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$562K$84K$479K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.7M$5.1M$2.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.9M$8.7M$207K$21.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.1M$8.2M$1.8M$20.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $8.4M$7.7M$736K$17.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.8M$7.7M$1.0M$15.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.0M$7.1M$1.9M$15.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.6M$7.7M$836K$12.8M 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,412,751 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,313,452$8,051,963
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $75,431$87,109
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $367,750$273,679
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,756,633$8,412,751
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,628,234$4,464,930
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,106,723$3,211,577
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,734,957$7,676,507
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,021,676$736,244
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $8,412,751 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$7,898,264
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$153,699
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,051,963
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $87,109$87,109
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $284,841$284,841
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$11,162−$11,162
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $87,109 · Excluded from tax $273,679$8,412,751
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,676,507 across 20 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $363,510$363,510
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,127,722 · Management $740,624$2,868,346
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $318,672 · Management $160,406$479,078
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $238,468 · Management $86,904$325,372
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $285,111 · Management $143,513$428,624
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $7,903$7,903
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $73,984$73,984
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $5,000$5,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $64,344$64,344
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $86,532$86,532
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $21,089$21,089
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $508,087 · Management $211,061$719,148
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $42,314$42,314
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $632,403$632,403
IX-17 TravelManagement $19,881$19,881
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $42,477$42,477
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,827$4,827
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $872,109 · Management $53,729$925,838
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $83,682 · Management $478,514$562,196
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,641$3,641
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,069,895 · Management $2,606,612 · Fundraising $0$7,676,507
Part X · Balance sheet $18,684,377 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,135$1,135
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,286,627$6,685,986
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,005$1,259
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,400$9,291
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $449,068$448,263
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,525,274$1,601,296
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $7,945,364$9,384,243
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $282,767$552,904
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,499,640$18,684,377
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $85,858$112,670
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $649$994
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $707,046$748,064
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $793,553$861,728
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,706,087$17,822,649
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,499,640$18,684,377
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,822,649 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,412,751
XI-2 Total expenses$7,676,507
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$736,244
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,706,087
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,380,318
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$17,822,649

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