Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,452,972
- Total expenses
- $6,363,878
- Contributions and grants received
- $6,904,831
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $72,553
- Investment income
- $475,588
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $17,349,348
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,050,830
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $16,298,518
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,487,613
- Management and general expenses
- $697,813
- Fundraising expenses
- $178,452
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,487,613
Program services were 86.2% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$5,405,948
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,498,883
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2a · Program service revenue: Library Fees
total $72,553 · related or exempt $72,553
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3 · Investment income
total $293,295 · excluded $293,295
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,540,002
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,357,709
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $182,293
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $182,293 · excluded $182,293
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $161,910 · program services $48,572 · management and general $97,146 · fundraising $16,192
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,335,975 · program services $2,934,093 · management and general $302,723 · fundraising $99,159
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $309,534 · program services $274,031 · management and general $27,269 · fundraising $8,234
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $688,941 · program services $616,496 · management and general $56,167 · fundraising $16,278
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11g · Fees: other
total $239,326 · program services $106,510 · management and general $122,083 · fundraising $10,733
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13 · Office expenses
total $49,032 · program services $44,303 · management and general $3,565 · fundraising $1,164
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14 · Information technology
total $262,442 · program services $235,778 · management and general $20,103 · fundraising $6,561
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16 · Occupancy
total $209,280 · program services $188,017 · management and general $16,031 · fundraising $5,232
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20 · Interest
total $33,255 · program services $29,877 · management and general $2,547 · fundraising $831
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $109,523 · program services $98,396 · management and general $8,389 · fundraising $2,738
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23 · Insurance
total $55,966 · program services $50,280 · management and general $4,287 · fundraising $1,399
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24a · Other expenses: Books, Periodicals, and
total $459,038 · program services $459,038
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24b · Other expenses: Maintenance and Securit
total $325,402 · program services $292,341 · management and general $24,926 · fundraising $8,135
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24c · Other expenses: Equipment and Supplies
total $106,885 · program services $96,315 · management and general $9,152 · fundraising $1,418
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24e · All other expenses
total $17,369 · program services $13,566 · management and general $3,425 · fundraising $378
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,157,096 · end of year $5,280,320
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $80,082 · end of year $99,498
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $103,355 · end of year $86,896
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,397,536
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,986,675
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,293,877 · end of year $1,410,861
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,757,719 · end of year $10,062,819
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $3,940 · end of year $3,659
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $389,552 · end of year $405,295
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $434,316 · end of year $435,793
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $637,220 · end of year $604,797
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $15,181 · end of year $10,240
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,609,355 · end of year $6,843,464
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,089,549 · end of year $9,455,054
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and collaboration.
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Portland Public Library operates five physical locations (four public branches and one offsite storage facility) and a bookmobile. PPL also provides an extensive online collection of materials and digital services. PPL is a nonprofit organization governed by a Board of Trustees and managed by professional staff. The library serves the City of Portland and, through a cooperative agreement with the Maine State Library, the residents of Cumberland and York Counties. In 2024, PPL added 5,064 new borrowers; offered 1,456 programs with total attendance of 22,598; responded to 37,089 reference inquiries; and recorded 937,136 circulations of print and digital materials.
Expenses $5,487,613 · Revenue $72,553
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Erica Johanson
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lauren Epstein
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mitchell Pierter
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stefanie Manning
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linda Morton-Hebert
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kyra Walker
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy Osher Blumberg
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kate Simmons
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Brenerman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Campbell Badger
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matt Purington
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nate Stevens
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sharon Sudbay
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe Walsh
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Caitlin Wahrer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kate Sykes
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lydia Allen
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kari Rasheed
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sarah Moore
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $158,788
- From this org
- $134,670
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,118
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $134,670
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,528
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,590
- Filer's total
- $158,788
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 · Written employment contract
- 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)
- Part I, Line 3
- Executive Compensation - The Search Committee reviewed comparability data prior to establishing the compensation of the Executive Director. Thereafter the change in compensation has been subject to the collective bargaining agreement with all other employees.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513509349301111
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