CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 35-1787253 CARMEL, IN

Revenue 2025: $526,887
Expenses 2025: $445,751

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: 425 E MAIN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN THE LONG-TERM EXCELLENCE OF THE CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY BY FUNDING PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE LEARNING, ACCESS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEYOND BASIC PUBLIC FUNDING.

THE FOUNDATION RAISES AND DISTRIBUTES FUNDS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED THROUGH PUBLIC TAX REVENUES, ENSURING CONTINUED INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE AT THE CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY.THE CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NEARLY 2,000 FREE PROGRAMS OFFERED ANNUALLY BY THE LIBRARY BY RAISING FUNDS THROUGH DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGNS AND BY SUPPORTING THREE AFFILIATED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS.THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION'S RETAIL ARM, OPERATING THE FRIENDS BOOKSTORE, HOSTING TWO ANNUAL BOOK SALES, AND MANAGING ONLINE SALES THROUGH AMAZON. ALL MATERIALS ARE DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY OR WITHDRAWN FROM THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION.TWO ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER GROUPS SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDRAISING EVENTS. THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP ORGANIZES THE ANNUAL LIBRARY AFTER DARK EVENT EACH SPRING, WHILE THE GUILD PRESENTS THE GUILDED LEAF AUTHOR EVENT SERIES EACH FALL.

Expenses $329,508 · Grants $194,303 · Revenue $157,322

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Elizabeth HamiltonELIZABETH HAMILTON

FOUNDATION DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$135,895

From this org

$115,046

From related orgs

$0

Other

$20,849

Hours/week

40
Sherry McVeySHERRY MCVEY

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Jane HerndonJANE HERNDON

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Dena StirnDENA STIRN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Pat RodkeyPAT RODKEY

GUILD PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Ranjit PuthranRANJIT PUTHRAN

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brett HoyBRETT HOY

GOVERNENCE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Paul AshleyPAUL ASHLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mike BecherMIKE BECHER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sally ChapmanSALLY CHAPMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Missy EltzMISSY ELTZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sam HarrisSAM HARRIS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
William HowardWILLIAM HOWARD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kasey KauffmanKASEY KAUFFMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Gwen ParkerGWEN PARKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Traci RungeTRACI RUNGE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lalaine SmithLALAINE SMITH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Hadley VlahogeorgeHADLEY VLAHOGEORGE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Casey WilsonCASEY WILSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bob SwanayBOB SWANAY

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2025

Revenue

$526,887

Expenses

$445,751

Contributions

$343,048

Grants paid

$194,303
2024

Revenue

$550,462

Expenses

$440,752

Contributions

$371,932

Grants paid

$197,777
2023

Revenue

$415,250

Expenses

$505,628

Contributions

$248,722

Grants paid

$206,000
2022

Revenue

$1,052,776

Expenses

$483,396

Contributions

$950,955

Grants paid

$239,000

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$526,887	$445,751	$343,048	$194,303
2024	$550,462	$440,752	$371,932	$197,777
2023	$415,250	$505,628	$248,722	$206,000
2022	$1,052,776	$483,396	$950,955	$239,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2025 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$625,706

Expenses

$268,501

Assets (EOY)

$1,841,136
2020 · 990

Revenue

$401,842

Expenses

$252,442

Assets (EOY)

$1,501,461
2019 · 990

Revenue

$458,551

Expenses

$226,812

Assets (EOY)

$1,332,495
2018 · 990

Revenue

$376,673

Expenses

$205,503

Assets (EOY)

$1,096,468
2017 · 990

Revenue

$375,722

Expenses

$214,017

Assets (EOY)

$935,259
2016 · 990

Revenue

$326,586

Expenses

$174,764

Assets (EOY)

$764,186
2015 · 990

Revenue

$326,685

Expenses

$214,518

Assets (EOY)

$612,836
2014 · 990

Revenue

$594,218

Expenses

$441,778

Assets (EOY)

$461,398
2013 · 990

Revenue

$388,170

Expenses

$300,738

Assets (EOY)

$308,057

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2025	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$625,706	$268,501	$1,841,136
2020	990	$401,842	$252,442	$1,501,461
2019	990	$458,551	$226,812	$1,332,495
2018	990	$376,673	$205,503	$1,096,468
2017	990	$375,722	$214,017	$935,259
2016	990	$326,586	$174,764	$764,186
2015	990	$326,685	$214,518	$612,836
2014	990	$594,218	$441,778	$461,398
2013	990	$388,170	$300,738	$308,057

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

$205,000

2022 LIBRARY SERVICE SUPPORT
CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

$193,777

2024 LIBRARY SERVICE SUPPORT
CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

$190,203

2025 LIBRARY SERVICE SUPPORT
CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

$181,000

2023 LIBRARY SERVICE SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

HAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$215,476

2023 2023 Distribution
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$18,211

2023 EDUCATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$18,200

2024 EDUCATION
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$7,350

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.