To provide quality library and museum services to the citizens and visitors of Jefferson County, WV.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2 volunteers and 12 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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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $571K a year · 54% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $9.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 6.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
0.02% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% 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
$1.2M
+89% vs prior year
Spent
$619K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$12.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +89%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$946K
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$408K
FY2023$637K
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
$619K
FY2024▲ +34%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$432K
FY2021$436K
FY2022$471K
FY2023$461K
FY2024$619K
Net assets
$12.3M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.1M
FY2021$12.3M
FY2022$11.0M
FY2023$11.5M
FY2024$12.3M

From the FY2024 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 1963.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $581K Management & general 6% · $38K

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

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President & Acting Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers library and museum services to Jefferson County residents and visitors.

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2 programs · $581K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Library Services

The Charles Town Library provided the citizens and visitors of Jefferson County with high quality library services including book lending, public access to computers and the internet; adult education programs, and numerous children's programs, including summer reading.

$457Kprogram expense
02

Museum Services

The Jefferson County Museum maintains a collection of artifacts and documents that have historical significance to Jefferson County. The museum contains numerous artifacts related to the Washington Family which have been used to accurately document dates and events of the Washington Family History.

$124Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$1.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$153K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Money outPt IX
$619K
Ln 25
Programscol B$581K
Managementcol C$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$12.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$338K
Total assetsLn 16$12.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$153K
Government grantsLn 1e$93K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$19K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$338K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$338K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$253K
Other assetsLn 15$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$12.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$12.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 62
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$411K$338K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.8M$9.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$259K$253K
Total assetsLn 16$11.5M$12.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$3K
Net assetsLn 32$11.5M$12.3M
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$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$278K$250K$28K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$12K$11K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$23K$3K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K$545$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$26K$23K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$4K$482
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$118K$118K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$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$5K$5K$542$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K$109$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$133K$131K$2K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$619K$581K$38K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.2M$619K$585K$12.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $637K$461K$176K$11.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $408K$471K−$62K$11.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.1M$436K$1.6M$12.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $946K$432K$514K$10.1M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,204,407 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $173,417$153,386
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,264$19,149
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $431,741$1,011,712
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,955$20,160
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $637,377$1,204,407
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 $281,273$315,225
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $179,843$303,949
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $461,116$619,174
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $176,261$585,233
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,204,407 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$92,700
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$60,686
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$153,386
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $19,149 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$19,149
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,011,712 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,011,712
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $18,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$18,000
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $2,160 · Excluded from tax $0$2,160
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,048,861 · Unrelated business $2,160 · Excluded from tax $0$1,204,407
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $619,174 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 $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $250,187 · Management $27,799 · Fundraising $0$277,986
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $10,796 · Management $1,199$11,995
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,720 · Management $2,524 · Fundraising $0$25,244
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,905 · Management $545 · Fundraising $0$5,450
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $23,467 · Management $2,608$26,075
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,329 · Management $482$4,811
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $118,073 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$118,073
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
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 $4,879 · Management $542 · Fundraising $0$5,421
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,756 · Management $109 · Fundraising $0$10,865
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $130,943 · Management $2,311 · Fundraising $0$133,254
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $581,055 · Management $38,119 · Fundraising $0$619,174
Part X · Balance sheet $12,269,443 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $410,649$337,714
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $258,636$253,215
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $8,822,232$9,624,002
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 $2,054,512$2,054,512
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,546,029$12,269,443
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
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$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,501$3,032
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,501$3,032
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,052,304$12,266,411
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,491,224$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,543,528$12,266,411
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,546,029$12,269,443
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,266,411 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,204,407
XI-2 Total expenses$619,174
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$585,233
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,543,528
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$137,650
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,266,411

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