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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$392,105
Total expenses
$320,688
Contributions and grants received
$294,651
Grants paid
$187,042
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$95,855
Other revenue
$1,599
Total assets, end of year
$5,303,800
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,654
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,299,146
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$214,100
Management and general expenses
$77,439
Fundraising expenses
$29,149
Program service expenses (Part III)
$214,100

Program services were 66.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $294,651

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,538

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $124,529 · excluded $124,529

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,116,921

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

    securities $1,145,595

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$28,674

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$28,674 · related or exempt -$28,674

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,380

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,781

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,599 · excluded $1,599

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $187,042 · program services $187,042

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $58,984 · program services $17,695 · management and general $23,594 · fundraising $17,695

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,512 · program services $1,354 · management and general $1,804 · fundraising $1,354

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,060 · management and general $7,060

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $36,958 · management and general $36,958

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,621 · program services $4,810 · fundraising $4,811

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,477 · program services $369 · fundraising $1,108

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,019 · program services $2,219 · management and general $3,190 · fundraising $2,610

  • 17 · Travel

    total $579 · program services $174 · management and general $231 · fundraising $174

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,121 · management and general $2,121

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,454 · management and general $1,057 · fundraising $1,397

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $1,861 · program services $437 · management and general $1,424

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $116,553 · end of year $140,070

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $313,912 · end of year $153,828

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,753 · end of year $1,610

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,412,197 · end of year $5,008,292

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,377

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,376 · end of year $2,277

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $851,733 · end of year $962,922

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,015,306 · end of year $4,336,224

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MISSION - THE MISSION OF THE DURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE A MARGIN OF EXCELLENCE FOR DURHAM COUNTY LIBRARY. OUR GOAL TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN NEED AND COUNTY FUNDING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ANNUAL GIVING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION ENHANCES COUNTY FUNDING OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY SECURING, MAINTAINING, AND EXPENDING OR DONATING TO THE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR ITS EXPENDITURE, RESOURCES FROM OTHER SOURCES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A MARGIN OF EXCELLENCE, BEYOND THAT ATTAINABLE FROM COUNTY FUNDING ALONE, FOR THE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN ITS SERVICES TO ITS PUBLIC.

  • PROGRAMS - THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS LIBRARY EVENTS AND SERVICES THAT FEATURE NATIONAL AND LOCAL PRESENTERS IN HUMANITIES, CHILDREN'S LITERACY, AND FUNDING FOR COLLECTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY. LIBRARY FEST, AN ANNUAL ONE-WEEK, FULL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF LIBRARIES, SERVED 2,000 CITIZENS IN 2023.

    Expenses $71,975 · Grants $62,880

  • ADULT HUMANITIES - THE FOUNDATION'S HISTORY BEGAN WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2007. SINCE THEN, HUNDREDS OF PRESENTATIONS HAVE FEATURED INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND LOCAL EXPERTS OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING THE ARTS, MUSIC, LOCAL HISTORY, RELIGION, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE. PROGRAMS ARE OFTEN DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MANY LOCAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND INSTITUTIONS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS PROJECTS FROM UNRESTRICTED FUNDS WHICH ARE OUTSIDE THE PURPOSES OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS, SUCH AS DIGGING DURHAM, A SEED LIBRARY FREE FOR DURHAM CITIZENS.

    Expenses $93,153 · Grants $81,379

  • CHILDREN'S LITERACY - SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN'S LITERACY INCLUDES COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMS. A HIGHLIGHT WAS 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOREST AT DUKE, IMPORTANT FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. ADDITIONALLY, SUMMER READING AND CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES IN LIBRARY FEST RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING.

    Expenses $48,972 · Grants $42,783

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ARTHUR ROGERS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LIZ GUSTAFSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • JENNINGS BRODY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LETA LOYD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • JOHN BOWMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SAM NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANN CRAVER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • SYLVIANNE ROBERGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KEN SOO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NORMA MARTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATE MEDLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DESIREE PALMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GLORIA QUICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JUDITH RUDERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIS P WHICHARD

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHY JACKSON

    FRIENDS REPRESENTATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KAREN WELLS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,579
    From this org
    $60,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420739349300212

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