Friends of the Livingston Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222394649
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Livingston, NJ, USA
Phone
9739924600
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,609
Expenses
$82,500
Assets
$150,926
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Doreen Mollenhauer (President)
  • Barbara Bye (Member of the Board & President's Advisor)

People named in this filing

  • Doreen Mollenhauer (President)
  • Teresa Allard (Treasurer)
  • Amy Babcock (Member of the Board & Rep of Administration)

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 Livingston Public Library

What it reported doing in 2025

Other Program Services of $14,783 represents support for various programs, services, needs of the Livingston Library including the Museum Pass Program in amount of $6,339, funding for purchase of Library books-collection materials in amount of $4,000, payments for technology and subscriptions in amount of $982 and staff support (e.g., consortium scholarship assistance) in amount of $3,462. These offerings can potentially be used by the 19,000+ registered borrowers of the Library.

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 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.