Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024
Filed by FRIENDS OF THE DES PLAINES PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $199,348
- Total expenses
- $198,260
- Contributions and grants received
- $198,523
- Grants paid
- $197,252
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $825
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $56,213
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $56,213
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $197,251
Program services were 99.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
The mission of the Friend of the Des Plaines Public Library is to stimulate public interest in the library, promote literacy, life-long learning and the love of reading for all residents of Des Plaines, IL. It is also to support the activities of the DPPL designed to develop new library services of facilities, to provide ancillary financial support for project deemed desirable by DPPL board and FDPPL not normally available thru library. conventional budget provisions. Programs benefit city of DP community. Programs are for young children to seniors and include reading, lectures, music and arts.
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Restricted donation to building and equipment for Creative Space/Media lab space located in Des Plaines Public Library
Expenses $100,430
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Education programs 2024 summer and winter reading programs all ages, family reading programs. Sunday movies, teen band concerts, summer/fall programs including music.
Expenses $96,821
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Karen Wierer
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 16
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Debra Sus
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 16
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Arlene Arend
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 16
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John Leach
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 16
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202512839349201416
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