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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FERGUSON LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,348,380
Total expenses
$12,656,512
Contributions and grants received
$10,901,665
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$419,009
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$27,706
Total assets, end of year
$20,023,154
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,610,821
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,412,333
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,123,130
Management and general expenses
$4,243,804
Fundraising expenses
$289,578
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,123,130

Program services were 64.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,722,624

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $179,041

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PASSPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

    total $419,009 · related or exempt $419,009

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $27,706 · related or exempt $27,706

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $27,706

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,323,285 · program services $3,646,905 · management and general $2,521,355 · fundraising $155,025

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $380,147 · program services $315,522 · management and general $53,221 · fundraising $11,404

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $830,188 · program services $664,150 · management and general $157,736 · fundraising $8,302

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $458,234 · program services $277,690 · management and general $168,676 · fundraising $11,868

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $243,604 · program services $108,166 · management and general $33,465 · fundraising $101,973

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98,272 · program services $98,272

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,806 · program services $40,806

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,397,350 · program services $958,984 · management and general $438,366

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $769,358 · management and general $769,358

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND PERIODICALS

    total $505,119 · program services $505,119

  • 24b · Other expenses: GRANT FUNDED EXPENSES

    total $471,126 · program services $471,126

  • 24c · Other expenses: ELECTRONIC MEDIA

    total $388,969 · program services $388,969

  • 24d · Other expenses: LIBRARY SOFTWARE

    total $220,766 · program services $220,766

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $529,288 · program services $426,655 · management and general $101,627 · fundraising $1,006

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,428,097 · end of year $1,160,903

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $452,382 · end of year $25,406

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $148,979 · end of year $149,057

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

    $40,572,121

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

    $21,969,333

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,252,919 · end of year $18,602,788

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $85,000 · end of year $85,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $825,550 · end of year $823,006

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $50,716 · end of year $17,169

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,980,540 · end of year $7,770,646

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,093,289 · end of year $11,207,220

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $417,282 · end of year $205,113

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE LIBRARY'S MISSION IS TO MAKE AVAILABLE BOOKS, FILMS, RECORDINGS, AND OTHER MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC, AND PROVIDE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE FREE AND EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION, IDEAS, BOOKS, AND TECHNOLOGY TO EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND

  • WE SERVE OUR USERS EQUITABLY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND LIFELONG LEARNING. OUR COLLECTION OF SERVICES REFLECT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND WE ENCOURAGE THE SHARING OF DIVERSE POINT OF VIEWS TO BROADEN OUR MINDS AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS. WE FORM PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE LEAD THEIR BEST LIVES.

    Expenses $8,123,130 · Revenue $11,558,274

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • RJ MERCEDE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAKEDA MAYS GREEN

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDY GEORGE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE O'SHEA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN M FREDERICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDERSON R LIVINGSTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TAMU LUCARO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN MEYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDSEY MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COREY P PARIS

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630659349300223

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