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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY THE.

Totals

Total revenue
$708,752
Total expenses
$557,330
Contributions and grants received
$135,364
Grants paid
$475,180
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$87,115
Other revenue
$486,273
Total assets, end of year
$2,573,898
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,573,898
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$475,180
Management and general expenses
$57,254
Fundraising expenses
$24,896
Program service expenses (Part III)
$475,180

Program services were 85.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $35,335

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100,029

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $87,115 · excluded $87,115

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $486,273

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $486,273 · related or exempt $486,273

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $470,455 · program services $470,455

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,725 · program services $4,725

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,855 · management and general $7,855

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,336 · management and general $10,336

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,210 · fundraising $9,210

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,188 · management and general $6,188

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $534 · management and general $534

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,551 · management and general $8,551

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOK SALES

    total $12,986 · fundraising $12,986

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES & FEES

    total $9,610 · management and general $9,610

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER APRECIATION

    total $7,535 · management and general $7,385 · fundraising $150

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $3,874 · management and general $3,310 · fundraising $564

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,471 · management and general $3,485 · fundraising $1,986

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $587,849 · end of year $562,554

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $248,369 · end of year $298,360

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

    $8,821

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

    $7,753

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,602 · end of year $1,068

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,580,624 · end of year $1,711,450

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,032 · end of year $466

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,422,476 · end of year $2,573,898

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY ENHANCES THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM SO THAT IT MAY FULFILL ITS LITERARY, EDUCATIONAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURAL PURPOSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

  • THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY SUPPORTED THE LIBRARY SYSTEM'S SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THROUGH DONATIONS TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S MATCHING FUND PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES A 1:1 MATCH FOR DONATIONS UP TO $1.2 MILLION ANNUALLY, THUS DOUBLING THE IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S (FRIENDS') SUPPORT. THESE DONATIONS SUPPORT ELIGIBLE PURCHASES OF MATERIALS (BOOKS, MEDIA, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, DATABASES, ETC.), LIBRARY PROGRAMS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES, AND FURTHERMORE HELPED PROMOTE EQUITY AMONG THE 37 LIBRARIES, AS HALF OF THE FUNDS DERIVED FROM THE CITY MATCH ARE REDISTRIBUTED AMONG THE BRANCH LIBRARIES HAVING THE FEWEST RESOURCES AND THUS GREATEST NEEDS.

    Expenses $475,180 · Grants $475,180

  • THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY SUPPORTED THE LIBRARY SYSTEM'S SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THROUGH DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND LIBRARY MATERIALS (BOOKS, MEDIA, ETC.), PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARIES, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER NEEDS, WHICH WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR USE OF MATCHING FUNDS.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pat Wilson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Gene Long

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Carolyn Satter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jean Coddington

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

  • Bill Bischoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nolan Breymaier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Clayton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gordon Gidlund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Yoeuth

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610139349303411

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