Friends of the Oakland Public Schools Libraries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453190035
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
4157946284
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,671
Expenses
$187,379
Assets
$104,218
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAGMAR SEROTA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DAGMAR SEROTA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHARLES RATH III MD (BOARD CHAIR)
  • THOMAS KAUN (BOARD VICE CHAIR)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support oakland public school libraries and staff.

What it reported doing in 2021

Donated 2,600 like new" books to oakland unified school libraries through our new library book donation and processing programs. Donated books are placed in a virtual library. Library staff select from $the virtual library for their libraries. Fopsl volunteers enter the books into the library database, apply protective coverings, and deliver "shelf-ready" books to school libraries. As part of the program, provided 1,600 books to students through the library "grabbag" program. Processed 1,500 books to prepare them for school library shelves, allowing library staff to focus on students rather administrative tasks.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70

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: -4.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 81.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $131K 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: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2021
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.