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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WISSAHICKON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,861,502
Total expenses
$1,619,790
Contributions and grants received
$1,738,064
Grants paid
$19,883
Program service revenue
$8,021
Investment income
$102,650
Other revenue
$12,767
Total assets, end of year
$7,916,141
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,598,234
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,317,907
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,298,113
Management and general expenses
$306,995
Fundraising expenses
$14,682
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,298,113

Program services were 80.1% 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

    $18,354

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $5,048

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,528,951

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $185,711

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LIBRARY OPERATIONS

    total $8,021 · excluded $8,021

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $122,062 · excluded $122,062

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $304,733

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

    securities $324,145

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$19,412

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$19,412 · excluded -$19,412

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,522

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

    $18,354

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,961

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,561 · excluded $10,561

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,206 · excluded $2,206

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,206

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $19,883 · program services $19,883

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,977 · program services $134,977

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $690,692 · program services $489,179 · management and general $201,513

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,637 · program services $16,248 · management and general $7,389

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,252 · program services $48,515 · management and general $20,737

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,550 · program services $49,162 · management and general $16,388

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,575 · management and general $12,575

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,278 · program services $37,880 · management and general $7,398

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $74,821 · program services $74,821

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $96,714 · program services $72,536 · management and general $24,178

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,325 · management and general $4,325

  • 20 · Interest

    total $49,967 · program services $37,475 · management and general $12,492

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $278,411 · program services $278,411

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,299 · program services $28,299

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUND RAISING

    total $14,682 · fundraising $14,682

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION

    total $10,727 · program services $10,727

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $103,681 · end of year $125,728

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,708,226 · end of year $1,585,884

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

    $15,481,576

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

    $10,943,962

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,490,289 · end of year $4,537,614

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $40,030 · end of year $21,082

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,398,060 · end of year $1,645,833

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $89 · end of year $8,234

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $105,097 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,685,000 · end of year $1,590,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,510,329 · end of year $4,768,537

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,439,771 · end of year $1,549,370

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE LIBRARY SERVES AS AN ANCHOR FOR COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LIFE, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING, AND ENCOURAGING LIFE-ENRICHMENT AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT AT THE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LEVEL FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO WELCOME, CONNECT, AND INSPIRE OUR COMMUNITY.

  • THE WISSAHICKON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY (WVPL) HAD MANY PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. 22,032 PEOPLE VISITED THE LIBRARY 134,463 TIMES TO BORROW BOOKS, ATTEND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, STUDY, READ, AND ATTEND MEETINGS AND TO USE OUR COMPUTERS. PATRONS BORROWED 61,983 ELECTRONIC ITEMS INCLUDING EBOOKS, EMAGAZINES AND EAUDIO BOOKS. THE LIBRARY CIRCULATED 316,004 PRINT BOOKS, DVD'S, VIDEO GAMES, AUDIO BOOKS AND MUSEUM PASSES AT THE MAIN LIBRARY IN BLUE BELL AND AT THE AMBLER BRANCH AND LOANED 28,231 MATERIALS TO OTHER LIBRARIES. WVPL PROVIDES PASSES TO 35 PA, NJ AND NYC MUSEUMS. THE WISSAHICKON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY PLANNED AND FACILITATED 1,022 LIVE EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS AT WHICH 16,176 PEOPLE ATTENDED. BESIDES STORY TIMES AND OTHER PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, THE LIBRARY PROVIDES EXERCISE CLASSES, HEALTH SCREENINGS, AUTHOR VISITS, MOVIES SCREENINGS, BOOK DISCUSSIONS AND MORE. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO HOST ESL CLASSES AND CONVERSATION GROUPS HELPING NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS TO PRACTICE THEIR ENGLISH. WVPL ALSO ANSWERED 7,934 QUESTIONS FOR USERS. PATRONS WORKED ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS 2,756 TIMES AND USED THE WIFI 8,543 TIMES. THE LIBRARY WAS AWARDED AN OPERATING GRANT FROM THE VNA FOUNDATION OF GREATER NORTH PENN FOR $4,000. THE LIBRARY ALSO GARNERED $4,500 IN EITC DONATIONS TO PLAN 14 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING, ART AND MATH (STEAM) CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS DURING THE SUMMER AT BOTH BRANCHES AND AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

    Expenses $1,298,113 · Grants $19,883 · Revenue $1,953,681

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARY CLAGHORN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR JENNIFER PULINI

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAELLE FLEISHER

    TREASUER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENNY WHALEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SALLY WEST WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUAN VARLETA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDITH HILL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIA CONNELLY-BAKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA KENNEDY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE FRANK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,563
    From this org
    $115,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,202
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

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
2023
Filed
28 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540709349301154

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