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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$912,985
Total expenses
$788,042
Contributions and grants received
$836,531
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$21,767
Investment income
$49,687
Other revenue
$5,000
Total assets, end of year
$1,357,534
Total liabilities, end of year
$298,234
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,059,300
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$607,714
Management and general expenses
$180,328
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$607,714

Program services were 77.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $411,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $302,031

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $123,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REGISTRATIO

    total $21,767 · related or exempt $21,767

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,719 · excluded $44,719

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $73,061

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

    securities $68,093

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,968

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,968 · excluded $4,968

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $361,317 · program services $214,546 · management and general $146,771

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,784 · management and general $2,784

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,918 · program services $1,000 · management and general $918

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,669 · program services $1,022 · management and general $647

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,971 · management and general $2,971

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,185 · program services $10,959 · management and general $16,226

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $376,982 · program services $376,982

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,192 · management and general $2,192

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

    total $5,281 · management and general $5,281

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,459 · program services $1,850 · management and general $609

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $1,929 · management and general $1,929

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $1,355 · program services $1,355

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $337,889 · end of year $352,903

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,013 · end of year $2,950

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $800,378 · end of year $1,001,681

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,017 · end of year $22,625

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $208,000 · end of year $275,609

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $928,263 · end of year $1,059,300

Mission and programs · 2024

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

  • COORDINATION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FURTHERANCE OF STATE LIBRARY AGENCY ISSUES. RELATIONSHIPS AND COOPERATIVE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE LIBRARY SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $383,839 · Revenue $5,000

  • CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS; TO EDUCATE MEMBERS ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN STATE GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND EXPLORE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS.

    Expenses $223,875 · Revenue $21,767

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Walker

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nicolle Davies

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

  • James Ritter

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Mary Soucie

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Lori Fisher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Natalie Currie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennifer Chilcoat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennie Stapp

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2024
Filed
29 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542109349301564

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