Bond Public Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362517275
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Wenona, IL, USA
Phone
8158534665
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,444
Expenses
$48,090
Assets
$12,586
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN LAUF (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MARY KAY HILL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHARON FREISE (LIBRARIAN)
  • JOHN LAUF (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MARY KAY HILL (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Primary exempt purpose is to provide educational programs and resources to the community. Program 1 conducted in person workshops for individuals focusing on technology and job readiness skills. Served approximately 500 individuals during the year. program 2 Provided online educational resources and distributed informational materials to support ongoing learning for community members. Hosted virtual training sessions and delivered digital literacy programs targeted at underserved populations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided online educational resources and distributed informational materials to support ongoing learning for community members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -39.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.