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← NORTHERN NEW YORK LIBRARY NETWORK

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NORTHERN NEW YORK LIBRARY NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,017,840
Total expenses
$1,262,567
Contributions and grants received
$850,387
Grants paid
$73,713
Program service revenue
$128,189
Investment income
$1,216
Other revenue
$38,048
Total assets, end of year
$1,496,279
Total liabilities, end of year
$245,415
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,250,864
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,080,613
Management and general expenses
$181,954
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,080,613

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $850,387

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AUTOMATION

    total $100,431 · related or exempt $100,431

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HOSPITAL FEES

    total $22,800 · related or exempt $22,800

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $4,958 · related or exempt $4,958

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,216 · excluded $1,216

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $27,125

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $27,125

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $27,125 · excluded $27,125

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $10,923 · related or exempt $10,923

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,923

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $62,314 · program services $62,314

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $11,399 · program services $11,399

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,317 · program services $60,238 · management and general $25,079

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $314,947 · program services $223,612 · management and general $91,335

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $27,189 · program services $19,032 · management and general $8,157

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,752 · program services $36,926 · management and general $15,826

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,466 · program services $22,026 · management and general $9,440

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,708 · program services $1,266 · management and general $2,442

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,375 · program services $5,188 · management and general $5,187

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $83 · management and general $83

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,634 · program services $1,144 · management and general $490

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,465 · program services $11,599 · management and general $3,866

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,592 · program services $8,592

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $30,583 · program services $22,937 · management and general $7,646

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,870 · program services $7,692 · management and general $7,178

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $396,568 · program services $396,568

  • 24b · Other expenses: ONLINE SEARCH

    total $135,491 · program services $135,491

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUILDING REPAIRS & MAIN

    total $18,187 · program services $13,640 · management and general $4,547

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $15,409 · program services $15,409

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,218 · program services $25,540 · management and general $678

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,850 · end of year $15,887

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,009,654 · end of year $1,003,421

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $309,938 · end of year $127,308

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,644 · end of year $42,048

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,041,255

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $733,640

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $336,310 · end of year $307,615

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,778 · end of year $56,502

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $190,027 · end of year $188,913

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,443,678 · end of year $1,207,058

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $51,913 · end of year $43,806

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE NORTHERN NEW YORK LIBRARY NETWORK IS A REGIONAL NON-PROFIT MULTI-TYPE LIBRARY AGENCY DEDICATED TO DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES AND SERVICES AMONG ITS MEMBERS IN THE 12,000 SQUARE MILE, SEVEN-COUNTY AREA KNOWN AS THE NORTH COUNTRY. MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES: ACADEMICS, SCHOOL (P-12), PUBLIC, ARCHIVES, AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NORTHERN NEW YORK LIBRARY NETWORK IS A REGIONAL NON-PROFIT MULTI-TYPE LIBRARY AGENCY DEDICATED TO DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES AND SERVICES AMONG ITS MEMBERS IN THE 12,000 SQUARE MILE, SEVEN-COUNTY AREA KNOW AS THE NORTH COUNTRY. MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES: ACADEMICS, SCHOOL (P-12), PUBLIC, ARCHIVES, AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES.

  • PROVIDE COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT TO HELP MEMBERS MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS, FOR THE ULTIMATE BENEFIT OF THE LIBRARY USER. SERVICES INCLUDE ELECTRONIC RESOURCE SHARING PROGRAMS, ACCESS TO DIGITIZATION EQUIPMENT, SPECIALIZED MEDICAL INFORMATION SERVICES, A REGIONAL CATALOG AND GROUND DELIVERY, COORDINATED COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AMONG ACADEMIC LIBRARIES, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, PROJECT GRANTS AND TRAVEL GRANTS, AND ACCESS TO AN ATTORNEY FOR TIMELY INPUT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, VENDOR CONTRACTS, FIRST AMENDMENT, CIVIL RIGHTS, EMPLOYMENT LAW, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS THAT IMPACT LIBRARY OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $1,080,613 · Grants $73,713 · Revenue $139,112

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Kelly

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenica Rogers

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Kenworthy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginger Tebo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Weisman Begin January

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Krista Briggs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gwendolyn Cunningham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Garvey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Owen Hastings

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Adams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Madison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Daby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Thomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paulette Roes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Kovalsky Thru December

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret E Backus

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,012
    From this org
    $104,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,806
    Hours/week
    35

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • PHYSICAL PRESERVATION OF BLUEPRINTS TO ENSURE ACCESS. BUILD A HUMIDIFICATION CHAMBER AND BUY FILE CABINETS TO FLATTEN BLUEPRINTS OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE (EG CURE COTTAGES UNIQUE TO THE AREA) AND STORE THEM PROPERLY. EQUIPMENT WILL BE USEFUL WELL INTO FUTURE AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORING SMALL ORGS TO HELP THEM WITH SIMILAR PRESERVATION/ACCESS NEEDS.

  • DIGITAL DEI: MAKING DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE. BUILD A DEDICATED COLLECTION OF DIGITAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT ACCESS AND LEARNING AMONG STUDENT FELLOWS AND SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANTS, WHO COME FROM SLU'S MOST DIVERSE UNDERGRADUATE GROUPS, MEETING ONE OR MORE OF SLU'S DIVERSITY CRITERIA.

  • SHARED SERVICES STUDY. HIRE A PLANNING FIRM TO STUDY THE REVITALIZATION IMPACT AND COMMUNITY BUY-IN FOR A RENOVATION/ADDITION OF THE RENSSELAER FALLS LIBRARY BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE A SPACE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER VILLAGE PERSONNEL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO USE FOR PURPOSES BEYOND LIBRARY FUNCTIONS.

  • EQUITY THROUGH STEM. BUY CLASSROOM SIZED KITS OF SMALL ROBOTICS AND MAKER KITS AND HOLD MONTHLY PROGRAMS IN THE LIBRARY AND ON LOCATION AT THE SOZO TEEN CENTER WITH THE GOAL OF EXPOSING PATRONS AGES 11-18 IN WATERTOWN TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, BASIC COMPUTING, AND CODING SKILLS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
23 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431359349304633

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