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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,833,722
Total expenses
$6,096,079
Contributions and grants received
$5,473,440
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$46,035
Investment income
$314,247
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$15,785,621
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,086,717
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,698,904
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,179,346
Management and general expenses
$752,568
Fundraising expenses
$164,165
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,179,346

Program services were 85.0% 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)

    $5,024,476

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $448,964

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Library Fees

    total $46,035 · related or exempt $46,035

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $272,267 · excluded $272,267

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,293,768

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

    securities $1,251,788

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $41,980

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $41,980 · excluded $41,980

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $153,536 · program services $46,062 · management and general $92,121 · fundraising $15,353

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,119,286 · program services $2,850,533 · management and general $200,188 · fundraising $68,565

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $293,751 · program services $269,041 · management and general $18,329 · fundraising $6,381

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $668,810 · program services $600,890 · management and general $51,910 · fundraising $16,010

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $373,355 · program services $155,528 · management and general $208,586 · fundraising $9,241

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,200 · program services $6,403 · management and general $616 · fundraising $181

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,444 · program services $46,227 · management and general $4,034 · fundraising $1,183

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $237,741 · program services $211,424 · management and general $20,350 · fundraising $5,967

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $168,876 · program services $45,414 · management and general $95,469 · fundraising $27,993

  • 20 · Interest

    total $35,568 · program services $31,631 · management and general $3,044 · fundraising $893

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $98,734 · program services $87,804 · management and general $8,452 · fundraising $2,478

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,297 · program services $45,618 · management and general $4,391 · fundraising $1,288

  • 24a · Other expenses: Books, Periodicals, and

    total $435,107 · program services $435,107

  • 24b · Other expenses: Maintenance and Securit

    total $195,931 · program services $174,243 · management and general $16,771 · fundraising $4,917

  • 24c · Other expenses: Equipment and Supplies

    total $133,314 · program services $110,880 · management and general $20,483 · fundraising $1,951

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,129 · program services $62,541 · management and general $7,824 · fundraising $1,764

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,219,597 · end of year $5,157,096

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $83,753 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,559 · end of year $80,082

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $83,145 · end of year $103,355

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

    $3,226,316

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

    $1,932,439

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,348,950 · end of year $1,293,877

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,003,207 · end of year $8,757,719

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $5,629 · end of year $3,940

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $362,265 · end of year $389,552

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $392,658 · end of year $434,316

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $667,086 · end of year $637,220

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $15,181

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,792,520 · end of year $6,609,355

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,292,841 · end of year $8,089,549

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Portland Public Library fosters learning, discovery, joy, and conversation to enrich our diverse community and to advance literacy.

  • Portland Public Library (PPL) is a library system consisting of 5 physical locations (four open to the public plus an offsite storage facility) as well as a bookmobile and a robust online collection of materials and services. PPL is the most visited cultural institution in Maine, serving the City of Portland and all of Cumberland and York Counties through a cooperative agreement with the State Library. PPL is a nonprofit organization governed by a Board of Trustees and administered and operated by a team of professional staff. In 2023, PPL welcomed 4,780 new borrowers; held 1,320 programs with a combined attendance of 22,900; answered 31,500 reference questions; and circulated 871,700 print and digital books, audiobooks, movies, music, and other items.

    Expenses $5,179,346 · Revenue $46,035

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Johanson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Epstein

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Ventre

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stefanie Manning

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Dalton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ekhlas Ahmed

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Osher Blumberg

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Belle Bocal

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Brenerman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Eng

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Piper

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Purington

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nate Stevens

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Sudbay

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Walsh

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caitlin Wahrer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Sykes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Moore

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $100,960
    From this org
    $85,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,623
    Hours/week
    40
  • Zoe Scott

    Interim Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $39,060
    From this org
    $32,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,403
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
7 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521049349301017

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