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← BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$163,152,905
Total expenses
$164,328,930
Contributions and grants received
$160,353,024
Grants paid
$1,119,070
Program service revenue
$791,677
Investment income
$818,262
Other revenue
$1,189,942
Total assets, end of year
$209,539,851
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,962,665
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$158,577,186
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$145,645,347
Management and general expenses
$13,637,109
Fundraising expenses
$5,046,474
Program service expenses (Part III)
$145,645,347

Program services were 88.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JORDAN D BAROWITZ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANTHONY CROWELL ESQ

    VICE CHAIR - UNTIL 2/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NINA COLLINS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HONORABLE ALICE FISHER RUBIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL LIBURD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANDRA J SCHUBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • CHRISTINA TETTONIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MADELINE CARSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HANK GUTMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL BEST

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICK TRAIN-GUTIERREZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BLAKE FOOTE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN O'NEIL

    TREASURER - FROM 02/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARATUNDE THURSTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMOTHY J INGRASSIA

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID WOMACK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIN TEXEIRA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MILOVAN BLAIR

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHAD DICKERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WES JACKSON

    TRUSTEE THRU 06/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRAD LANDER

    TRUSTEE - THRU 12/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOMINIC WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSE CLAXTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CASSANDRA METZ

    SECRETARY - THRU 02/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAIRE HOFFMAN

    TRUSTEE - FROM 03/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHARI JENKINS-TAYLOR

    TRUSTEE - FROM 02/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIRIAM E KATOWITZ

    SECRETARY - FROM 02/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • STEVE MEI

    TRUSTEE - FROM 03/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TAI DANMOLA

    TRUSTEE - FROM 03/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • XOCHITL GONZALEZ

    TRUSTEE - FROM 06/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA E JOHNSON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $679,909
    From this org
    $631,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,665
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $553,492
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $2,752
    Deferred
    $37,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,425
    Filer's total
    $679,909

  • NICHOLAS L HIGGINS

    CHIEF LIBRARIAN

    Total calculated
    $301,669
    From this org
    $240,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,134
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,535
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,508
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,626
    Filer's total
    $301,669

  • KAREN M SHEEHAN

    EVP FINANCE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $336,770
    From this org
    $271,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,433
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,337
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,807
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,626
    Filer's total
    $336,770

  • DAVID WOLOCH

    EVP OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $318,573
    From this org
    $253,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,433
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,140
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,807
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,626
    Filer's total
    $318,573

  • LASZLO J ORSOS

    VP OF ARTS AND CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $294,835
    From this org
    $251,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,044
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,791
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,932
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,112
    Filer's total
    $294,835

  • SELVON SMITH

    VP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLO

    Total calculated
    $270,373
    From this org
    $207,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,773
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,100
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,333
    Filer's total
    $270,373

  • ALEXANDRA MAYERS

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $274,872
    From this org
    $224,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,204
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,668
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,578
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,626
    Filer's total
    $274,872

  • AMADU WAGIE

    VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $254,741
    From this org
    $215,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,380
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,361
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,940
    Filer's total
    $254,741

  • LACHONNE P WALTON

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $252,944
    From this org
    $233,049
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,895
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,049
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,955
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,940
    Filer's total
    $252,944

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B, III
THE LIBRARY PROVIDES LINDA E. JOHNSON (PRESIDENT & CEO) WITH A BPL VEHICLE FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS. THE AMOUNTS REPRESENT THE VALUE ASSESSED FOR THE PERSONAL USE OF THE VEHICLE.
SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C
RETIREMENT AND OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION - VALUE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (NYSLRS) OR NEW YORK VOLUNTARY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (VDC) PENSION PLANS.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7
LINDA E. JOHNSON, THE LIBRARY'S PRESIDENT & CEO, RECEIVED A MINIMUM GUARANTEED CONTRACTUAL BONUS OF $75,000 FOLLOWING A REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WERE AWARED NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES BASED ON MERIT.

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

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.

  • BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC DIALOGUE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT · NY

    Directly controlled by BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY

  • THE CITY OF NEW YORK

    115 · THE CITY OF NEW YORK PROVIDES GRANTS TO BPL · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401299349302395

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