Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,019,688

Total expenses

$2,725,461

Contributions and grants received

$950,258

Grants paid

$108,892

Program service revenue

$937,831

Investment income

$74,135

Other revenue

$57,464

Total assets, end of year

$25,535,709

Total liabilities, end of year

$233,636

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$25,302,073

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,607,458

Management and general expenses

$968,540

Fundraising expenses

$149,463

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,607,458

Program services were 59.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• KINBER OPERATIONSCOMPLETED POST-CLOSING TRANSITION, INCLUDING TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE OF ASSETS. COMPLETED POST-CLOSING RECONCILIATION OF CONTRACTS AND NETWORKING CAPITAL CALCULATIONS. ESTABLISHED A RECONCILIATION PROCESS BETWEEN FIRSTLIGHT AND KINBER. OPENED A NEW OFFICE IN LITITZ, PA. TOOK PLANNING STEPS TO POSITION ORGANIZATION FOR CHANGE IN 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.COMPLETION OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) PLANNING GRANTOVERVIEW: MANY SMALLER AND MID-SIZED CAMPUSES IN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE COMPELLING SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER ACCESS TO CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES. YET, THESE UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE PROCESS TO: IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, AND QUANTIFY THEIR EXISTING SCIENCE DRIVERS; UNDERSTAND THE CORRESPONDING CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE; AND, THEN PROVIDE BOTH THE TECHNICAL AND APPLICATION SUPPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT INITIAL AND FUTURE RESEARCH APPLICATIONS. FOR SOME INSTITUTIONS, THE STANDARD REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY MODEL, A SEPARATE CONNECTION TO A HIGH-PERFORMANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK, MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE.KINBER LEAD THE GRANT PROJECT AND WORKED WITH THE INITIAL SET OF PILOT SCHOOLS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE AND LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO DEVELOP MECHANISMS FOR A CAMPUS TO IDENTIFY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE-BASED APPLICATIONS, UNDERSTAND THE REQUIRED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE- BASED RESOURCES AND IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE CAMPUS SCIENCE DMZ ARCHITECTURES. THROUGH FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PROJECT TEAM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION DRIVER LOCATED AT PENN STATE NEW KENSINGTON CALLED THE DIGITAL FOUNDRY AND INCLUDED THOSE FINDINGS AS PART OF THE OVERALL OUTCOMES. THE PROJECT INVESTIGATED THE FEASIBILITY OF VARIOUS CAMPUS AND REGIONAL SCIENCE DMZ DESIGNS THROUGH OUTREACH TO EXISTING FUNDED PROJECTS AND DEVELOP A DESIGN FOR A STATEWIDE REGIONAL SCIENCE DMZ AIMED AT EASING ACCESS TO CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER FOR SMALL AND MID-SIZED CAMPUSES IN THE REGION. UPON COMPLETION OF THE PLANNING GRANT, KINBER SUBMITTED ITS FINDINGS TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. FINAL REPORT MATERIALS CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE KINBER WEBSITE.COMPLETION OF LIBRARIES CONNECT COMMUNITIES GRANTKINBER CONTINUED TO GROW ITS WORK IN SERVING OUR UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, AND COMPLETED OUR WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMONWEALTH LIBRARIES TO SERVE AS THE MANAGING AGENCY FOR THE LIBRARIES CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND BROADBAND RESOURCES PROJECT. AS PENNSYLVANIA'S STATEWIDE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY NETWORK, KINBER WAS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORT AND EXECUTE THIS ACTIVITY MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF (GEER) FUNDS AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS AND POPULATIONS IN IDENTIFIED COUNTIES OF GREATEST NEED.LIBRARIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL HUB WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES PROVIDING KEY SERVICES AND SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF NEED. IF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS TAUGHT US ANYTHING, ITS THAT PEOPLE MUST BE ABLE TO SAFELY ACCESS HEALTHCARE, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT VIA A SAFE AND RELIABLE BROADBAND CONNECTION. LIBRARIES ARE A CRITICAL RESOURCE DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY (AND NON- EMERGENCY TIMES) IN PROVIDING BROADBAND ACCESS AND SERVICES TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE TO THE MOST RURAL COUNTIES WITH HISTORICALLY, THE MOST DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS. THE LIBRARIES CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND BROADBAND RESOURCES PROJECT WORKED TO ENSURE LIBRARIES WERE MADE "FUTURE READY" IN THEIR OWN NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES, AND BROADBAND RESOURCES.THE PROJECT HELPED: EXPAND UNIVERSAL AND SUSTAINABLE BROADBAND ACCESS TO PARTICIPATING COUNTIES; IMPROVED THE CONNECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND BROADBAND CAPABILITIES OF PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIES WITHIN PARTICIPATING COUNTIES AND MAKE THEM "FUTURE READY" TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND BE A PART OF COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANS; PROVIDED TRAINING ON BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNTY- BASED COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AND MORE; STRENGTHENED THE PERCEPTION OF LIBRARIES AND ESTABLISH THEM AS A TRUSTED BROADBAND RESOURCE CENTER/COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTION; PROVIDED TRAINING AND WEBINARS TO LIBRARIES AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ON BROADBAND, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGAGEMENT. CREATED AND PROVIDED ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE A BROADBAND TOOLKIT,EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY WEBINAR, LINKS TO SPEED TEST RESOURCES AND BROADBAND MAPPING AND PLANNING TOOLS AND RESOURCES.MATERIALS AND RESOURCES RELATED TO THE PROJECT CAN BE FOUND ON THE KINBER WEBSITE.

  Expenses $1,607,458 · Grants $108,892 · Revenue $995,295

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

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

• CRAWFORD COUNTY FEDERATED LIBRARY SYSTEM

  $11,620

  THE PURPOSE OF THE STAFF STIPEND WAS TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME STAFF WAGE AND BENEFIT STIPEND TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE EXPENSES LIBRARIES ARE FACING WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LCC GRANT. THE STIPEND HELPED TO ENSURE THAT LOCATIONS CAN ALLOCATE STAFF TIME TO DO THE WORK OF MAKING CONNECTIONS, COLLECTING INFORMATION, COMPLETING RESEARCH, AND GATHERING VALUABLE ASSESSMENT DATA ABOUT BROADBAND RESOURCES IN THE AREA.

• ADAMS COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM - GETTYSBURG

  $9,120

  THE PURPOSE OF THE STAFF STIPEND WAS TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME STAFF WAGE AND BENEFIT STIPEND TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE EXPENSES LIBRARIES ARE FACING WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LCC GRANT. THE STIPEND HELPED TO ENSURE THAT LOCATIONS CAN ALLOCATE STAFF TIME TO DO THE WORK OF MAKING CONNECTIONS, COLLECTING INFORMATION, COMPLETING RESEARCH, AND GATHERING VALUABLE ASSESSMENT DATA ABOUT BROADBAND RESOURCES IN THE AREA.

• SNYDER COUNTY LIBRARIES

  $6,620

  THE PURPOSE OF THE STAFF STIPEND WAS TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME STAFF WAGE AND BENEFIT STIPEND TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE EXPENSES LIBRARIES ARE FACING WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LCC GRANT. THE STIPEND HELPED TO ENSURE THAT LOCATIONS CAN ALLOCATE STAFF TIME TO DO THE WORK OF MAKING CONNECTIONS, COLLECTING INFORMATION, COMPLETING RESEARCH, AND GATHERING VALUABLE ASSESSMENT DATA ABOUT BROADBAND RESOURCES IN THE AREA.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

5 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202410369349300516

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