Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042743333
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Tewksbury, MA, USA
Phone
9786404460
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,337
Expenses
$60,894
Assets
$97,777
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Ann Taylor (President)
  • Elizabeth Robinson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Ann Taylor (President)
  • Janis Giles (Treasurer)
  • Elizabeth Robinson (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote a wider public interest with the town library

What it reported doing in 2025

Cultural and educational and community events and programs including author presentations. For all age groups

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.