PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B11

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 12822

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 3626), covering 113 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

• FRIENDS OF THE PENN-KIDDER LIBRARY

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 30-0738340 · ALBRIGHTSVLLE, PA

• FRIENDS OF THE PARKLAND COMM LIB

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 23-3075522 · ALLENTOWN, PA

• FRIENDS OF MILLVALE COMMUNITY LIBRA

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 83-0634419 · ALLISON PARK, PA

• FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON VALLEY

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 46-2976334 · AMBLER, PA

• FRIENDS OF BEAVER AREA M L

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 25-1723593 · BEAVER, PA

• CHIPPEWA LIBRARY FRIENDS

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 01-0911693 · BEAVER FALLS, PA

• FRIENDS OF EASTTOWN P L

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 23-3021852 · BERWYN, PA

• FRIENDS OF THE BLOSSBURG MEMORIAL L

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 20-2164478 · BLOSSBURG, PA

• FRIENDS OF WVPL AT BLUE BELL

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 23-2035229 · BLUE BELL, PA

• FRIENDS OF COLLINSVILLE COMMUNITY

  PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES · EIN 23-2202448 · BROGUE, PA

All 113 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2025

• ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORT OF LOCAL LIBRARIES BY COLABORATION WITH OTHER LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS, AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE LIBRARY FUNDING AND RELATED SERVICES. LEAD EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE, TRAIN AND SUPPORT LIBRARY FRIENDS.

  Expenses $15,112 · Grants $11,295

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.

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

  $25,155

  Expenses

  $27,382

  Contributions

  $1,150

  Grants paid

  $11,295

• 2024

  Revenue

  $24,573

  Expenses

  $28,280

  Contributions

  $1,390

  Grants paid

  $12,463

• 2023

  Revenue

  $22,396

  Expenses

  $23,156

  Contributions

  $1,994

  Grants paid

  $8,725

• 2022

  Revenue

  $22,404

  Expenses

  $31,260

  Contributions

  $1,720

  Grants paid

  $7,000

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

• 2021 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $24,017

  Expenses

  $21,787

  Assets (EOY)

  $55,488

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $22,379

  Expenses

  $18,674

  Assets (EOY)

  $52,147

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $24,285

  Expenses

  $26,755

  Assets (EOY)

  $48,418

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $36,138

  Expenses

  $28,136

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,254

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $26,195

  Expenses

  $31,927

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,252

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $37,835

  Expenses

  $40,127

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,984

• 2015 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $27,789

  Expenses

  $20,621

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,275

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $24,928

  Expenses

  $24,182

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,107

• 2013 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $40,068

  Expenses

  $33,402

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,361

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• REKINDLE THE SPIRIT

  $10,000

  2022

• ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $7,522

  2024 · OPERATING FUND

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