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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,811,302
Total expenses
$2,985,335
Contributions and grants received
$2,163,874
Grants paid
$1,736,797
Program service revenue
$212,024
Investment income
$435,404
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,331,118
Total liabilities, end of year
$71,878
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,259,240
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,024,089
Management and general expenses
$340,727
Fundraising expenses
$620,519
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,024,089

Program services were 67.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $146,545

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $255,730

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,761,599

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $37,239

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOOKSHOP SALES

    total $212,024 · related or exempt $212,024

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $255,408 · excluded $255,408

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $179,996

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $179,996

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $179,996 · excluded $179,996

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $176,110

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

    $255,730

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $176,110

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,736,797 · program services $1,736,797

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $195,845 · program services $43,086 · management and general $39,169 · fundraising $113,590

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $494,747 · program services $116,465 · management and general $112,427 · fundraising $265,855

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,470 · program services $2,959 · management and general $4,036 · fundraising $7,475

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $74,198 · program services $17,357 · management and general $25,941 · fundraising $30,900

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,413 · program services $15,079 · management and general $14,131 · fundraising $32,203

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,000 · management and general $22,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $60,426 · management and general $60,426

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,514 · program services $13,114 · management and general $40,603 · fundraising $4,797

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $76,987 · program services $3,549 · management and general $2,836 · fundraising $70,602

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,306 · program services $22,547 · management and general $333 · fundraising $7,426

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,379 · management and general $383 · fundraising $23,996

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,139 · program services $12,440 · management and general $124 · fundraising $5,575

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,203 · program services $3,262 · management and general $2,062 · fundraising $36,879

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,278 · program services $3,278

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $680 · management and general $680

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,548 · management and general $3,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $47,111 · program services $34,056 · management and general $593 · fundraising $12,462

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $11,619 · program services $100 · management and general $11,435 · fundraising $84

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $8,675 · fundraising $8,675

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,508,198 · end of year $1,487,493

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $633,278 · end of year $2,150

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $132,353 · end of year $125,205

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

    $47,250

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

    $47,080

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $850 · end of year $170

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,719,387 · end of year $9,713,333

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $2,767

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $78,690 · end of year $51,878

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $20,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $135,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,207,412 · end of year $2,072,093

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,572,964 · end of year $9,187,147

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ENRICHES OUR COMMUNITY BY BUILDING SUPPORT AND RAISING MONEY TO EXPAND THE LIBRARY'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUILDS SUPPORT AND RAISES MONEY TO EXPAND THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

  • THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION IS ENRICHING THE COMMUNITY BY BUILDING SUPPORT AND RAISING MONEY TO ENHANCE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. FUNDS DONATED TO THE FRIENDS FOUNDATION SUPPORT: RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO LIBRARY BRANCHES; THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS, MATERIALS AND RESOURCES FOR CIRCULATION; PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN HISTORY AND OTHER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS; AN EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND FOR LIBRARY STAFF; SERVICES FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS; ADVOCACY EFFORTS; AND MORE.

    Expenses $2,024,089 · Grants $1,736,797 · Revenue $212,024

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JEFF RILEY

    EXEC. DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $195,845
    From this org
    $186,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,836
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,009
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,098
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,738
    Filer's total
    $195,845
  • KATHYRN ANDERSON

    CHIEF PHILNT

    Total calculated
    $120,822
    From this org
    $115,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,893
    Hours/week
    40
  • LAURIE TROGE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • RON TOMASSI

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • LAWSON PARKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • AKASH MADIAH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • JUDY ALLENDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • STEFAN BECK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ANDY BISHOP

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOE BOCHENEK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DEB BRACKNEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KIM BURKHARDT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JULIE DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ALTON DILLARD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • APRIL LAMBATOS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRIS OTTELE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DANIELLE REUBENSTEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JAYME RITCHIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ANDI RUGG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • BYEONGSOOK SEO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LISA VELA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
MANAGEMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ANNUALLY REVIEW COMPARATIVE SALARIES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL OTHER KEY FOUNDATION EMPLOYEES. THIS IS DONE DURING THE BUDGETING PROCESS. ONCE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THE BUDGET, IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202541499349301034

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