Caribbean Genealogy Library Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 660586482
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- St Thomas, VI, USA
- Phone
- 3402277671
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,547
- Expenses
- $79,245
- Assets
- $128,133
- Liabilities
- $93,463
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SOPHIA AUBIN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SOPHIA AUBIN (PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT UPSON (TREASURER)
- ANNICE CANTON (SECRETARY)
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
To identify, preserve, and provide access to caribbean genealogy, history, and cultural heritage information resources for the virgin islands and the caribbean, and to promote and encourage their use for family history documentation, education, and scholarship.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization operates a unique and valuable research library located on the island of st. Thomas, u.s. Virgin islands. Established in 2000, cgl is a leading resource for family history research in the virgin islands and in the caribbean at large. The caribbean genealogy library's collection includes over 5000 books, periodicals, microfilms and other documents related to genealogy and history of the virgin islands, caribbean, south america, the united states and europe. The organization serves 160 members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
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: -45.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.62; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.