PHILLIPS FREE LIBRARY

EIN 15-0532226 HOMER, NY

Revenue 2024: $301,317
Expenses 2024: $355,300

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: B71Z
Classification: 2000
Street: PO BOX 7

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 · 2024

Mission

THE LENDING OF READING MATERIALS AND OTHER ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE FINGER LAKES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM WHICH SERVICES THE LITERACY NEEDS OF THE HOMER NEW YORK AREA

THE LIBRARYS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO LEND BOOKS AND ALLOW COMPUTER ACCESS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT. IN 2008 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND CLUBS WERE CREATED FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND TEENS. THE LIBRARY CONTINUED TO ADD TO THE BOOK COLLECTION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE LIBRARY ALSO FORGED FURTHER ALLIANCES WITH THE SCHOOLS TO HELP COORDINATE LIBRARY PROGRAMS WITH THE SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL MISSION. THE LIBRARY OFFERS SPECIAL READING ACTIVITIES FOR TARGETED GROUPS AS WELL AS BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS TO PROMOTE LITERACY IN THE COMMUNITY.

Expenses $280,618

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Shari PowersSHARI POWERS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ellen BatzerELLEN BATZER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Linda RobisonLINDA ROBISON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Hongli FanHONGLI FAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Stacey McCallSTACEY MCCALL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jennifer BlockJENNIFER BLOCK

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Noah KilmerNOAH KILMER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Zack ArthurZACK ARTHUR

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Sarah RollerSARAH ROLLER

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kelley Nadge BrownKELLEY NADGE BROWN

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Olivia SmallOLIVIA SMALL

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Martsje Vanderschaaf-RiehlmanMARTSJE VANDERSCHAAF-RIEHLMAN

LIBRARIAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40

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

2024

Revenue

$301,317

Expenses

$355,300

Contributions

$257,792

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$270,085

Expenses

$280,469

Contributions

$239,454

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$265,444

Expenses

$323,017

Contributions

$238,069

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$301,317	$355,300	$257,792	$0
2023	$270,085	$280,469	$239,454	$0
2022	$265,444	$323,017	$238,069	$0

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

Revenue

$254,921

Expenses

$289,801

Assets (EOY)

$3,135,086
2020 · 990

Revenue

$252,971

Expenses

$258,747

Assets (EOY)

$3,251,202
2019 · 990

Revenue

$262,193

Expenses

$287,459

Assets (EOY)

$2,574,351
2018 · 990

Revenue

$260,735

Expenses

$261,347

Assets (EOY)

$2,137,322
2017 · 990

Revenue

$228,298

Expenses

$247,167

Assets (EOY)

$2,083,945
2017 · 990

Revenue

$228,298

Expenses

$247,167

Assets (EOY)

$2,083,945
2016 · 990

Revenue

$229,864

Expenses

$232,890

Assets (EOY)

$1,951,927
2015 · 990

Revenue

$213,928

Expenses

$253,641

Assets (EOY)

$1,786,014
2013 · 990

Revenue

$228,174

Expenses

$216,921

Assets (EOY)

$1,873,197
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$208,502

Assets (EOY)

$1,837,077

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$254,921	$289,801	$3,135,086
2020	990	$252,971	$258,747	$3,251,202
2019	990	$262,193	$287,459	$2,574,351
2018	990	$260,735	$261,347	$2,137,322
2017	990	$228,298	$247,167	$2,083,945
2017	990	$228,298	$247,167	$2,083,945
2016	990	$229,864	$232,890	$1,951,927
2015	990	$213,928	$253,641	$1,786,014
2013	990	$228,174	$216,921	$1,873,197
2012	990	not reported	$208,502	$1,837,077

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

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

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

$9,881

2025 ARTS AND CULTURE-LIBRARY
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

$9,223

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
FINGER LAKES LIBRARY SYSTEMS

$8,594

2024 LLSA, SPECIAL PURPOSE, MINI GRANT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

$7,730

2023 ARTS AND CULTURE-LIBRARY
FINGER LAKES LIBRARY SYSTEMS

$7,470

2023 LLSA, SPECIAL PURPOSE, MINI GRANT
CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$7,000

2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

$6,535

2024 L24 BOOK CLUBS AT PHILLIPS FREE LIBRARY
FINGER LAKES LIBRARY SYSTEMS

$5,558

2022 LLSA, SPECIAL PURPOSE

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.