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← THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,072,275
Total expenses
$1,196,583
Contributions and grants received
$982,763
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$49,504
Other revenue
$40,008
Total assets, end of year
$1,059,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,059,991
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$974,036
Management and general expenses
$173,945
Fundraising expenses
$48,602
Program service expenses (Part III)
$974,036

Program services were 81.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $509,648

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $473,115

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,108 · excluded $51,108

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $131,381

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

    securities $132,985

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,604

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,604 · excluded -$1,604

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $51,327

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,744

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $33,583 · excluded $33,583

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,425 · related or exempt $6,425

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,425

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,163 · management and general $68,372 · fundraising $22,791

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $291,350 · program services $255,721 · management and general $27,845 · fundraising $7,784

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,029 · program services $5,319 · management and general $1,053 · fundraising $657

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,501 · program services $21,177 · management and general $7,086 · fundraising $2,238

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,650 · management and general $8,650

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,710 · management and general $3,710

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,398 · management and general $5,398

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,837 · program services $3,606 · management and general $5,616 · fundraising $615

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $73,483 · program services $58,786 · management and general $14,697

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $585,074 · program services $551,592 · management and general $21,068 · fundraising $12,414

  • 17 · Travel

    total $330 · management and general $330

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,890 · management and general $1,890

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,060 · program services $6,448 · management and general $1,612

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESTRICTED PURCHASES

    total $25,979 · program services $25,979

  • 24b · Other expenses: PATRON RESOURCES

    total $20,061 · program services $20,061

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKS

    total $18,549 · program services $18,549

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $7,010 · program services $4,206 · management and general $701 · fundraising $2,103

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,509 · program services $2,592 · management and general $5,917

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $72,803 · end of year $76,448

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $401,141 · end of year $340,414

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $689,811 · end of year $643,129

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,071,018 · end of year $1,025,384

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,737 · end of year $34,607

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO INSPIRE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES BY OFFERING VALUABLE LIFETIME LITERACIES AND A COMMUNITY OF CENTRIC SERVICE APPROACH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES BY OFFERING VALUABLE LIFETIME LITERACIES AND A COMMUNITY CENTRIC SERVICE APPROACH.

  • THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE LIBRARY IS TO MAINTAIN A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE BOROUGH OF NAZARETH, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. THE VISION: "THE LIBRARY WILL BE THE COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WE SERVE, WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHARE EXPERIENCES, INFORMATION AND CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS" IS AN EXAMPLE OF ASPIRATIONAL THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND NOT AN OVER-INFLATED VIEW OF THE LIBRARY. THE VISION IS BASED ON THE PROCESS OF MAKING A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE THROUGH CONNECTING, DISCOVERING, EDUCATING AND RESPONDING TO THEIR NEEDS. THE LIBRARY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL PATRONS IN A COURTEOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL MANNER. THE LIBRARY PROMOTES THE LOVE OF BOOKS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF READING. THE LIBRARY VALUES READING AND INFORMATION LITERACY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND RECREATION THEY BRING. IT RECOGNIZED THAT READING AND INFORMATION LITERACY PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, OPENING DOORS, AND EXPANDING HORIZONS. THE LIBRARY IS COMMITTED TO INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND TO PROVIDING CONVENIENT, EQUITABLE AND OPEN ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE LIBRARY EXTENDS ITS REACH AND IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUALS, PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, EDUCATORS, AND BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $974,036 · Revenue $6,425

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Holly Bennett

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $91,163
    From this org
    $76,963
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,200
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christopher Crook

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Nate Golub

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • James Buskirk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Becky Bartlett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jarred Bedoya

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Julie Bender

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Cindy Corpora

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Evan Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Keith McKeon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mary Reichel-Knecht

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Nancy Teague

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Leonard Fedora

    TREAS. UNTIL 8/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
22 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632039349301278

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