Friends of the Davis Public Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946114238
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Davis, CA, USA
Phone
5307575593
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$420,635
Expenses
$261,522
Assets
$978,746
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RORY OSBORNE (President)
  • GARY GODEFROY (Vice President)
  • Patricia Milich (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • RORY OSBORNE (President)
  • GARY GODEFROY (Vice President)
  • Patricia Milich (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To assist the mary l. Stephens branch of the yolo county library in efforts to raise funds, plan for facilities expansion, develop the library book collection, encourage reading programs for children and to promote the library as a cultural center of the city of davis.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Friends of the Davis Public Library is a 100% Volunteer organization, with 100% of our proceeds used to support the two Yolo County Libraries in Davis: The Mary L. Stephens Branch and the new Walnut Park Branch Library (currently under construction in South Davis. Scheduled to open in November 2026).We earn most of these funds at our monthly Book Sales of donated books, magazines, puzzles, CDs and Art. We also sell some of our nicer book selections on the Internet.In addition to the monthly sales, we also operate a used bookstore in downtown Davis Logos Books. Again, it is run 100% by volunteers, 6 days a week. The shelves are filled with donated books, all sorted, arranged and sold by volunteers. 100% of the net proceeds from the Logos Book Store sales help us to further support our Libraries.For our 2025-26 fiscal year, the Friends of the Davis Public Library donated $159,105.03 to fund Library programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 84% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.5%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.1%; rating input score 95; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.74; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.5% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $235K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.