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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$741,781
Total expenses
$683,164
Contributions and grants received
$672,499
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$21,108
Investment income
$46,828
Other revenue
$1,346
Total assets, end of year
$1,357,453
Total liabilities, end of year
$216,055
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,141,398
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$497,347
Management and general expenses
$185,817
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$497,347

Program services were 72.8% 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

    $409,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $262,999

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REGISTRATIO

    total $21,108 · related or exempt $21,108

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46,235 · excluded $46,235

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $32,436

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $31,843

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $593

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $593 · excluded $593

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,346 · related or exempt $1,346

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,346

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $379,349 · program services $241,694 · management and general $137,655

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,500 · management and general $4,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,932 · management and general $2,932

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,784 · program services $600 · management and general $13,184

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,983 · program services $1,420 · management and general $2,563

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,771 · management and general $3,771

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,276 · program services $12,511 · management and general $6,765

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $235,711 · program services $235,711

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,331 · management and general $2,331

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $5,933 · program services $4,924 · management and general $1,009

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $4,371 · management and general $4,371

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $4,186 · management and general $4,186

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES

    total $2,010 · management and general $2,010

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,027 · program services $487 · management and general $540

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $352,903 · end of year $211,603

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,950 · end of year $28,587

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,001,681 · end of year $1,117,263

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,625 · end of year $55

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $275,609 · end of year $216,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,059,300 · end of year $1,141,398

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

COSLA'S MISSION IS TO NURTURE STATE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES AND LEAD WITH A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE NATION'S LIBRARIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO NURTURE STATE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES AND LEAD WITH A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE NATION'S LIBRARIES

  • PARTNERSHIPS & PROJECTS: SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR STATE LIBRARY AGENCY STAFF WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING, IMPLEMENTING, AND/OR EVALUATING CORE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS COMMON ACROSS AGENCIES.

    Expenses $238,534 · Revenue $1,346

  • CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS: THE ORGANIZATION HOSTS MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY. MAJOR EVENTS INCLUDE A FALL CONFERENCE, CONTINUING EDUCATION FORUM, AND SPRING MEETING.

    Expenses $258,813 · Revenue $21,108

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Ritter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Mary Soucie

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Natalie Currie

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lori Stockman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Julie Walker

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Deborah Schander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jennifer Chilcoat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nicolle Davies Term Ended 825

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
29 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642129349301319

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