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PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION

EIN 51-0180293 TACOMA, WA

Revenue 2024
$891,225
Expenses 2024
$465,493

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
3005 112TH ST E

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 PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INSPIRES GIVING TO STRENGTHEN LITERACY, BUILD DONOR RELATIONSHIPS, AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM.

  • FUNDS FOR SUMMER READING SUPPORTED BOOK GIVEAWAYS FOR CHILDREN AGED BIRTH THROUGH FIVE, AND AGED SIX THROUGH EIGHTEEN TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN LITERACY LEVELS.

    Expenses $81,613 · Grants $81,613

  • E-BOOKS AND E-AUDIO BOOKS INCREASED IN DEMAND BY OUR COMMUNITY. THIS TREND CONTINUES WITH ALL AGES OF CUSTOMERS, INCREASING THEIR DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY.

    Expenses $102,000 · Grants $102,000

  • ON THE ROAD - THE FOUNDATION PURCHASED GIVEAWAY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN WHO EITHER LACK ACCESS TO OUR PHYSICAL LIBRARY LOCATIONS OR RESOURCES TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOME LIBRARIES. RESEARCH HAS PROVEN THAT BOOKS IN THE HOUSEHOLD INSPIRE READING, AND PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN LITERACY LEVELS.

    Expenses $24,800 · Grants $24,800

  • THE PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION PROVIDED FUNDS TO SUPPORT VARIOUS LIBRARY PROGRAMS WITH EXPENSES FOR BOOKS, RESOURCES, IMPROVEMENTS TO LIBRARY BRANCHES, AND THE ABILITY TO OFFER GIFTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PASSES AS PRIZES FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $200,613 · Grants $174,257

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • MARY MOSER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ESMERALDA SWITZER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHY WHEPLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH RICKER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY COLEBANK

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH LUFKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TEENA WARD HYDE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUN ZHU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRAVIS MAHUGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDI GALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEAN CARRELL

    FOUNDATION DIRECTOR

    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
    $891,225
    Expenses
    $465,493
    Contributions
    $874,149
    Grants paid
    $382,670
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,034,027
    Expenses
    $704,971
    Contributions
    $1,031,884
    Grants paid
    $408,629
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,599,554
    Expenses
    $813,193
    Contributions
    $1,606,311
    Grants paid
    $294,780

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
    $608,237
    Expenses
    $356,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $689,898

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $563,629
    Expenses
    $403,301
    Assets (EOY)
    $421,206

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $410,655
    Expenses
    $495,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $245,413

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $615,711
    Expenses
    $793,365
    Assets (EOY)
    $316,153

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $524,444
    Expenses
    $388,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $445,973

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $384,505
    Expenses
    $523,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $325,394

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $717,321
    Expenses
    $580,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $783,612

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $365,184
    Assets (EOY)
    $428,165

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $299,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,900

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

  • PIERCE COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT

    $389,012

    2023 GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO THE PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS DESIGNATED BY THE DONORS ADDITIONAL GRANTS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

  • PIERCE COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT

    $335,824

    2024 GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO THE PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS DESIGNATED BY THE DONORS ADDITIONAL GRANTS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

  • PIERCE COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT

    $292,888

    2022 GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO THE PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS DESIGNATED BY THE DONORS ADDITIONAL GRANTS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.