Friends of the Keller Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752574484
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Keller, TX, USA
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,706
Expenses
$86,462
Assets
$41,539
Liabilities
$109

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jana Prock (President)
  • Kathy Gaca (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jana Prock (President)
  • Kathy Gaca (Vice President)
  • Judy Ingram (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

The Friends of the Keller Library is a non-profit organization operating exclusively to support the Keller Public Library. It seeks to provide support through the year-round operation by volunteers of a small bookstore Its inventory is entirely from donated books and other items. as well as from grants and contributions. All of our activities and fund raising support the mission of the Keller Public Library: The Keller Public Library supports life-long learning and fun through books programs and media in order to transform lives for a better community. The Library supports its mission of life-long learning by developing and presenting programs that provide additional opportunities for information learning and entertainment. The Friends organization actively seeks to help the library achieve these purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

A total of 15,567 provided a variety of services to the Keller Public Library. They included 5,300 for purchasing prizes for 2025 Summer Reading Program 539.76 to reimburse the library for rentals for One Book One City in May 2025 500 for the purchase of Snap Circuits 100 for purchasing breakfast for the staff on a staff development day 5,500 to hire a professional instructor of chess for children ages 5 - 12 in two series of classes to be offered at the library free of charge 250 to purchase books to be used in Babies and Books Storytime 477.28 to reimburse the library for rentals for One Book One City in March 2026 and 2900 for purchasing books to be used during free reading time during the Keller Pointe Summer Camps in 2026.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91

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: -11.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.