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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by JOSEPH T SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,980,220
Total expenses
$1,290,359
Contributions and grants received
$1,908,188
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$41,324
Investment income
$41,612
Other revenue
-$10,904
Total assets, end of year
$7,875,364
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,875,364
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,044,737
Management and general expenses
$173,402
Fundraising expenses
$72,220
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,044,737

Program services were 81.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $9,576

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $556,073

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,183,395

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $159,144

  • 2a · Program service revenue: USER CHARGES & RENTALS

    total $22,289 · related or exempt $22,289

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FINES & ASSESSMENTS

    total $19,035 · related or exempt $19,035

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,453 · excluded $33,453

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $18,563

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $26,973

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$8,410

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$8,410 · related or exempt -$8,410

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,031

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

    securities $0 · other assets $8,872

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $17,031 · other assets -$8,872

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,159 · excluded $8,159

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $556,073

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,246

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$18,246 · excluded -$18,246

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $15,752 · related or exempt $15,752

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,752

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $145,616 · program services $120,861 · management and general $16,018 · fundraising $8,737

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $524,677 · program services $435,482 · management and general $57,714 · fundraising $31,481

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,095 · program services $56,519 · management and general $7,490 · fundraising $4,086

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,276 · program services $46,709 · management and general $6,190 · fundraising $3,377

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,505 · management and general $16,505

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,495 · management and general $24,495

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,982 · program services $7,455 · management and general $988 · fundraising $539

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $49,636 · program services $41,198 · management and general $5,460 · fundraising $2,978

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $99,683 · program services $82,737 · management and general $10,965 · fundraising $5,981

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,090 · program services $2,090

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,064 · program services $2,064

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,774 · program services $3,962 · management and general $525 · fundraising $287

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $187,962 · program services $156,008 · management and general $20,676 · fundraising $11,278

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,883 · program services $25,633 · management and general $3,397 · fundraising $1,853

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY PROGRAMMING

    total $31,828 · program services $31,828

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,969 · program services $8,275 · management and general $1,097 · fundraising $597

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $9,789 · program services $8,125 · management and general $1,077 · fundraising $587

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSES

    total $9,720 · program services $9,720

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,315 · program services $6,071 · management and general $805 · fundraising $439

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,971 · end of year $118,943

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $618,851 · end of year $793,244

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

    $6,016,552

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

    $3,138,652

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,722,656 · end of year $2,877,900

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $762,310 · end of year $856,869

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $736,938 · end of year $799,473

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,287,675 · end of year $2,428,935

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $126,334 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,653,349 · end of year $7,445,470

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $395,718 · end of year $429,894

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE JOSEPH T. SIMPSON LIBRARY IS THE COMMUNITY'S LIBRARY, RESPONSIVE TO NEEDS AND DESIRES FOR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, ENRICHMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, AND CONNECTION.

  • SERVING A RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITY IN SOUTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, THE JOSEPH T. SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVES AS A VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR LEARNING AND LEISURE. BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN ARRAY OF TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES, SIMPSON LIBRARY IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OVER 156,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR. IN 2025, SIMPSON LIBRARY CIRCULATED 588,873 ITEMS TO LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS AND PRESENTED 2,722 PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES WITH MORE THAN 44,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

    Expenses $1,044,737 · Revenue $48,666

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sue Erdman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 02/2026)

    Total calculated
    $106,240
    From this org
    $82,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,500
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Arn Howald

    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/PUBLIC SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $54,438
    From this org
    $54,438
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Elizabeth Seidel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/2025)

    Total calculated
    $8,438
    From this org
    $8,438
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Thomas Topolski

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • G Edward Blum

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sandra McIntyre

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Patricia Leib

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Belinda Lawrence

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • David Carll

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Cochran

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Heather Knisley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Rob Moran

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Corrin Ruggiero

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dwight Utz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2025
Filed
11 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602549349301120

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