Friends of the Grace a Dow Memorial Library Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383546659
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Midland, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9898594495
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,592
- Expenses
- $203,498
- Assets
- $235,497
- Liabilities
- $43,349
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAUREEN BECKER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MAUREEN BECKER (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE DIZER (VICE PRESIDE)
- SANDRA LEHMANN (TREASURER)
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
Services to benefit the local public library.
What it reported doing in 2025
One-time purchases to support the library's facilities & operations: 2025/2026 renovations and furnishings for the mezzanine, youth services, new tween zone, cozy fireplace area, large print shelving and study pods, paypal station, and U.S.a flags.
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 100% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
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: -135%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $199K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 6/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.