Friends of Mississippi Libraries Friends of the Lee County Library
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 640658988
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Tupelo, MS, USA
- Phone
- 6622319546
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,026
- Expenses
- $70,574
- Assets
- $171,777
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIANNE GOODWIN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JULIANNE GOODWIN (PRESIDENT)
- HAROLD PLUNKETT (VICE PRESIDE)
- SHELIA DAVIS (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 support and promote the use of services and facilities at the lee county library and to raise funds for programs, activities, and equipment not within the lee county library's operating budget.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization purchases e-books, hard copy books and other reference materials for use by the library. They also provide technology equipment and other items not included in the lee county library's operating budget.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.43; rating input score 70; 70th 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: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $69K 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: 7 filing years from 2011 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.