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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$281,670
Total expenses
$257,760
Contributions and grants received
$90,980
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,296
Other revenue
$185,394
Total assets, end of year
$295,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,475
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$282,846
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$234,784
Management and general expenses
$22,976
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$234,784

Program services were 91.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,800

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $86,180

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,296 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,296

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $265,235

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $79,841

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $185,394 · related or exempt $154,267 · unrelated business $31,127 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $136,528 · program services $132,418 · management and general $4,110

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,463 · program services $2,340 · management and general $123

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,413 · program services $16,840 · management and general $573

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,131 · management and general $14,131

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,790 · program services $895 · management and general $895

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,324 · program services $2,324

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,021 · program services $16,928 · management and general $1,093

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $213 · management and general $213

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,101 · program services $26,101

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,804 · program services $3,804

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,036 · program services $587 · management and general $449

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,740 · program services $910 · management and general $830

  • 24a · Other expenses: Library Support Services

    total $28,094 · program services $28,094 · management and general $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Taxes & Licenses

    total $3,644 · program services $3,543 · management and general $101

  • 24c · Other expenses: Volunteer & Board Expenses

    total $458 · program services $0 · management and general $458

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $65,906 · end of year $81,572

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $158,444 · end of year $163,740

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $60

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $41,287 · end of year $41,091

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,165 · end of year $8,858

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

    $188,001

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

    $188,001

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,866 · end of year $12,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $258,936 · end of year $281,108

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,738

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Friends of the Seattle Public Library's mission is to elevate the Library and inspire the love of reading in our communities.

  • Distribution of free book bags to children receiving their first library cards, providing service items (headphones and USB drives) for distribution to Library patrons, and other Library projects and programs.

    Expenses $47,132

  • The Friends of the Seattle Public Library operates the FriendShop, a gift store located in the Central Branch of The Seattle Public Library. The FriendShop acts as an ambassador for The Seattle Public Library, selling used books and gift items that celebrate reading and support the Library's mission of bringing people, information, and ideas together to enrich lives and build community. The FriendShop sells custom-designed items related to The Seattle Public Library, such as t-shirts and book bags. The FriendShop also sells memberships to The Friends of the Seattle Public Library and disseminates information about the Friends. An additional used book store, located in a community known to be a book desert, operates to further The Friends' mission by making books more accessible to this community.

    Expenses $173,111 · Revenue $154,267

  • The Friends of the Seattle Public Library advocate on behalf of The Seattle Public Library. The Friends educate and inform its members, library patrons and the greater Seattle community about the Library, its services and the issues that it faces. The Friends support the Library's efforts to create lifelong readers through its Books For Teachers program. Through its surplus book program, the Friends gave books to community organizations in Seattle, including food banks, health clinics, homeless shelters, children's programs, education organizations, and many others.

    Expenses $14,541 · Revenue $4,800

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nandini Rao

    Trustee(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mason Pashia

    Trustee(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Krithiga Annamalai

    Trustee(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amy VanderZanden

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ben Thompson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Zuzu Tang

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Julio Rodriguez Vazquez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jada Pock

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wendy Overton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Devon O'Neill

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rachael Moss

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kim Nguyen Love

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bur Davis

    Trustee(Jan-Oct)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alex Cates

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Calicia Carson

    Secretary(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lauren Abraham

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mary Kilgariff Weese

    Co-Secretary(Jan-Oct)/Trustee(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Monish Shah

    Co-Secretary(Jan-Oct)/Trustee(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Sarina Tewari

    Vice President(Jan-Oct)/Trustee(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jennifer Lo

    Trustee(Jan-Oct)/Vice President(Nov-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Angel Sauls

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503019349301235

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