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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ROBERT W WOODRUFF LIBRARY OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,844,842
Total expenses
$15,290,330
Contributions and grants received
$3,273,602
Grants paid
$26,779
Program service revenue
$10,740,271
Investment income
$658,692
Other revenue
$172,277
Total assets, end of year
$38,186,177
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,766,513
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$35,419,664
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,099,477
Management and general expenses
$1,694,502
Fundraising expenses
$496,351
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,099,477

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $713,332

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,560,270

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,642

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

    total $10,576,544 · related or exempt $10,576,544

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REVENUE BOOK MAIN.

    total $9,989 · related or exempt $9,989

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LIBRARY INCOME

    total $153,738 · related or exempt $153,738

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $347,571 · excluded $347,571

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $185,425

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $20,199

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $165,226 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $165,226 · excluded $165,226

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,413,496

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

    securities $7,102,354 · other assets $21

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $311,142 · other assets -$21

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $311,121 · excluded $311,121

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARKING REVENUE

    total $6,385 · excluded $6,385

  • 11b · Other revenue: VENDING INCOME

    total $666 · excluded $666

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,051

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $26,779 · program services $26,779

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $405,822 · program services $340,067 · management and general $60,182 · fundraising $5,573

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,063,335 · program services $3,393,762 · management and general $612,474 · fundraising $57,099

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $149,786 · program services $131,049 · management and general $17,321 · fundraising $1,416

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $904,304 · program services $791,182 · management and general $104,575 · fundraising $8,547

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $334,269 · program services $292,455 · management and general $38,655 · fundraising $3,159

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,533 · program services $2,845 · management and general $492 · fundraising $196

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,900 · management and general $24,900

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $69,166 · program services $58,583 · management and general $6,502 · fundraising $4,081

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,991,765 · program services $2,408,850 · management and general $416,864 · fundraising $166,051

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $598,164 · program services $503,907 · management and general $59,299 · fundraising $34,958

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $217,797 · program services $184,650 · management and general $21,928 · fundraising $11,219

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,459,589 · program services $1,231,168 · management and general $142,732 · fundraising $85,689

  • 17 · Travel

    total $147,931 · program services $136,132 · management and general $7,249 · fundraising $4,550

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $110,615 · program services $107,431 · management and general $1,956 · fundraising $1,228

  • 20 · Interest

    total $47,996 · program services $40,652 · management and general $4,512 · fundraising $2,832

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,841,477 · program services $1,559,731 · management and general $173,099 · fundraising $108,647

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,730 · program services $5,700 · management and general $633 · fundraising $397

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY RESOURCES

    total $1,874,354 · program services $1,874,354

  • 24b · Other expenses: UNIFORMS

    total $7,769 · program services $6,581 · management and general $730 · fundraising $458

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,462 · program services $2,932 · management and general $325 · fundraising $205

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOARD SUPPORT

    total $787 · program services $667 · management and general $74 · fundraising $46

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $711,463 · end of year $825,667

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $109,861 · end of year $44,135

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $35,218 · end of year $302,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $33,186 · end of year $37,317

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $647,838 · end of year $529,937

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

    $96,024,269

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

    $72,265,317

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,823,927 · end of year $23,758,952

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,389,128 · end of year $12,688,169

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $721,995 · end of year $995,027

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $119,743 · end of year $118,534

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $129,644 · end of year $1,652,952

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,297,126 · end of year $21,620,041

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,482,113 · end of year $13,799,623

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER ROBERT W. WOODRUFF LIBRARY PARTNERS WITH MEMBER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE AUC: THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGICAL CENTER, CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, AND SPELMAN COLLEGE, PROVIDING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, INSTRUCTION AND ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF GLOBAL INFORMATION RESOURCES ACQUIRED AND ORGANIZED IN SUPPORT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, SCHOLARSHIP AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Provide the highest level of information resources and services in support of student and faculty success, and cultural preservation of the Atlanta University Center

  • The AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library serves as the center of the academic village for Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College and Spelman College, providing the highest level of information management; instruction, research and consulltation; and access to globally-curated resources in support of student and faculty success. The Library serves approximately 8,696 undergraduate and 627 graduate students and maintains an extensive holding of volumes, serials, periodicals, microfilm, and electronic databases, including special collections and archives rich in African American and African Diaspora materials. Principle activities include reference and research consultation services; curriculum-centric-instruction; acquisition, organization, arrangement, dissemination, and preservation of information in all formats; and interlibrary loan services. In FY22/23 the Library added 19,623 new items including print, media, and electronic resources; added 12 new collections and publications to its electronic scholarship repository RADAR (Repository of AUC Digital collections and Archives, and Research); had 31,549 user interactions with students and faculty; and 245 instructional sessions impacting 3,533 users. The Library is responsible for the provision of information technology services including network and website management, hardware and software acquisition, and desktop support for 410 workstations and continued upgrade and maintenance of the wireless footprint throughout the building and designated perimeter spaces. In addition, the Library provides the following services to facilitate teaching and learning, scholarship and cultural preservation: facilities and maintenance; human and resource management; security; and shuttle transportation service from the four AUC campuses to the Library and designated locations. The AUC Woodruff Library completed Phase II Renovation Project: Brawley Greenscape and Pedestrian Parkway, which transformed the grassy lot across from its main entrance into an outdoor learning space, which included adding an outdoor dining area for the Library's Woodi Caf. The AUC Woodruff Library provides the Bloomberg Finance Lab, which supports the teaching and learning activities of students and faculty in business, economics and finance-related programs. The Library provides a Digital Preservation Lab to support many of its AUC and collaborative digital preservation projects and initiatives. The AUC Woodruff Library is the winner of the 2016 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the university category from the Association of Collegiate and Research Libraries (ACRL). Library CEO Loretta Parham was named the ACRL 2017 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. These are the highest honors bestowed in the field of library science. In July 2022, the AUC Woodruff Library became the 127th member of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries - the second only HBCU Library (after Howard University) to earn this distinction.

    Expenses $11,896,520 · Grants $26,779 · Revenue $10,740,271

  • Mellon Project STAND Student Activism CMED&T 2007-08690 Grant The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library in partnership with Project STAND was awarded a $750,000 public knowledge program grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The "Building Capacity, Ethical Documentation and Archiving of Student Activism in BIPOC Communities" is a three-year (36-month) project that will advance the community archiving of social justice initiatives among former and current college and university students of color. Starting in January 2021 and ending in January 2024, the AUC Woodruff Library, Project STAND, and project partner, the University of Maryland will support the archiving and accessibility of organizing and activism among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color students. Project partners completed one out of two archivist residencies for the purpose of creating modules for teaching with primary sources on student activism in marginalized communities, conduct five workshops on personal archiving and ethical documentation, expand Project STAND's web presence and infrastructure through a usability study, and create a digital repository to host scholarly works, oral histories, presentations, and archived social media. Additionally, project partners awarded micro-grants ($80,000 in total) to Project STAND consortium member and non-member institutions to support small digitization projects documenting social justice activism by students of color. This initiative also seeks to broaden and promote the work of the community through the launch of a podcast that will feature the voices of marginalized organizers within student communities and archivists. During the last reporting period, FY 2022-2023, all project goals and deliverables are on track for completion. The AUC Woodruff Library serves as the fiduciary agent for funds of the grant to partner institutions and established a financial contract with the University of Maryland. The AUC Woodruff Library and project partners planned the second residency scheduled for September 2023, titled "Archiving Joy & Trauma: The Humanization of BIPOC Communities." This in-person residency will host eight fellows and included a student panel where students shared their experiences with activism on their home campuses. Funds were given to five institutions that awarded micro-grants (from $2,000-$16,000) to support small digitization projects, and those projects are set to be completed by November 30, 2023.

    Expenses $318,123

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $271,821

  • PROGRAM ACTIVITY #4 - SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $496,053

  • PROGRAM ACTIVITY #5 - SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $116,960

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Loretta Parham

    CEO & Library Dir/Ex-Officio

    Total calculated
    $235,850
    From this org
    $214,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,951
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,899
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,331
    Filer's total
    $235,850

  • Eric Miller

    CFO/Asst Dir for Operations

    Total calculated
    $144,814
    From this org
    $134,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,656
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

  • Kimberly Bugg

    Associate Library Director

    Total calculated
    $140,914
    From this org
    $130,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,766
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

  • Theresa Scales

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $123,512
    From this org
    $114,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,113
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

  • Andrea Gavin Jackson

    DIRECTOR ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $109,012
    From this org
    $106,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,135
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

  • Dr David A Thomas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry Zigtema

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Matthew Wesley Williams

    Chairman of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr George T French

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Jamil Zainaldin

    Member-at-large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Helene Gayle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Lorraine J Haricombe

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400829349300280

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