Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,921,341
- Total expenses
- $23,732
- Contributions and grants received
- $70,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $6,972,527
- Investment income
- $878,814
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $25,332,825
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,382
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $25,325,443
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,896
- Management and general expenses
- $17,836
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,896
Program services were 24.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$70,000
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2a · Program service revenue: Better World Books
total $6,972,527 · related or exempt $6,972,527
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3 · Investment income
total $878,814 · excluded $878,814
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $23,082 · program services $5,771 · management and general $17,311
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
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24a · Other expenses: Business Expense
total $400 · program services $100 · management and general $300
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24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees
total $150 · management and general $150
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24c · Other expenses: Books & Subscriptions
total $100 · program services $25 · management and general $75
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,524 · end of year $52,698
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $260,036 · end of year $260,936
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $17,168,750 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $25,019,191
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $3,476 · end of year $7,382
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $17,427,834 · end of year $25,325,443
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The specific and primary purpose of this corporation is to engage in charitable and educational activities within the means of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal revenue law.
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A number of agreements were renegotiated in February of 2020 to finish Better World Librarys acquisition intent of Better World Books and to help with facilities and build out their website.Better World Libraries continues to enable Better World Books to preserve their cultural heritage by continuing to provide an outlet for public libraries across the United States to sell their decommissioned books, offering these books to consumers at discounted prices through a secondary market and also donating millions of books to non-profits partners promoting literacy all around the world.
Expenses $5,896
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Brewster Kahle
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Meikle Hall
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff Ubois
Treasurer
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543189349316429
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