Eastern Library System
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470572947
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Omaha, NE, USA
- Phone
- 4023307884
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Libraries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $131,885
- Expenses
- $188,938
- Assets
- $16,486
- Liabilities
- $1,546
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROSA SCHMIDT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROSA SCHMIDT (PRESIDENT)
- ROSE BARCAL (VICE-PRESIDE)
- NORA HILLYER (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote and provide services to assist its membership in offering access to quality library and information services for their communities through information services, technology planning, public library certification and continuing education.
What it reported doing in 2013
The system provides the ability of its members and others to borrow and use various resources to benefit the members and the public they serve. Some of the resources available include the follet phd, accu-sut dies, periodicals, professional collections, bifolkal kits, gaming equipment and book bags.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -43.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 89.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -126.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $153K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
- 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 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.