Books for Africa Library Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341901333
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 3148653733
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Libraries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,652
- Expenses
- $19,426
- Assets
- $24,582
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- FRANCES AFUA BROMLEY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- FRANCES AFUA BROMLEY (PRESIDENT)
- CHIA MIA CHEN (STATUATORY AGENT)
- HILDA K BROMLEY (MANAGER OF CORPORATION)
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
Establishing libraries in ghana west africa
What it reported doing in 2025
In service for librarians, we distributed 4400 library books to 15 library paid the transportationscost of all librarians we produced a proctial exerside with 90students we printed lesson plans and materials fo the librarians
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.