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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE BOOK THING OF BALTIMORE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$230,936
Total expenses
$193,032
Contributions and grants received
$174,694
Grants paid
$108,136
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,866
Other revenue
$52,376
Total assets, end of year
$369,010
Total liabilities, end of year
$28
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$368,982
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$189,417
Management and general expenses
$3,434
Fundraising expenses
$181
Program service expenses (Part III)
$189,417

Program services were 98.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,554

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $173,140

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $100,905

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,866 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $3,866

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,884

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,554

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,836

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,048 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,048

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $67,101

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $18,773

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $48,328 · related or exempt $48,328

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,500 · program services $12,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $95,636 · program services $95,636

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $54,420 · program services $54,420 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,861 · program services $4,861 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,000 · program services $0 · management and general $1,000 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,594 · program services $3,401 · management and general $1,193 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,349 · program services $5,349 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $744 · program services $744 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,726 · program services $5,726 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,423 · program services $6,547 · management and general $876 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS/MAINTENANCE

    total $233 · program services $233 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PENALTIES/FINES

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSACTION FEES

    total $181 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $181

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSE/REGISTRATION

    total $365 · program services $0 · management and general $365 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $137,290 · end of year $47,301

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $141,402

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2

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

    $308,991

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

    $128,684

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $186,033 · end of year $180,307

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $28

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $323,325 · end of year $368,982

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BOOK THING PROVIDES FREE DONATED BOOKS TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BOOKS FOR INNER CITY SCHOOLS.

  • THE BOOK THINGS SOLE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A FREE EXCHANGE OF BOOKS TO THE COMMUNITY. BOOKS ARE DONATED AND INDIVIDUALS CAN TAKE ANY BOOKS THEY CHOOSE, IN ANY NUMBER. BOOKS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO STOCK CLASSROOM LIBRARIES IN INNER CITY SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE. A SMALL NUMBER OF BOOKS ARE SOLD TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES. IN 2024, MORE THAN 215,000 BOOKS WERE GIVEN AWAY. NEARLY 10,000 PATRONS ATTENDED GIVEAWAYS, SERVED BY 160 VOLUNTEERS WORKING MORE THAN 9,000 HOURS.

    Expenses $189,417 · Grants $108,136 · Revenue $149,233

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Donald Karlowa

    PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • Melissa Poussart

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melanie Matthews

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Mergen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.5

  • Josh Clement

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543139349300114

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