Friends of the Warren County Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222847433
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hackettstown, NJ, USA
Phone
9088870780
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,503
Expenses
$21,345
Assets
$46,686

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHY BOGERMAN (PRESIDENT-NE BRANCH)
  • ALEXANDRIA SLACK (PRESIDENT-RDG BRANCH)
  • SUE HENSHAW (PRESIDENT-SW BRANCH)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA SCHLOSS (ASSISTANT TREASURER)
  • CATHY BOGERMAN (PRESIDENT-NE BRANCH)
  • JAY WALDSTEIN (TREASURER-NE BRANCH)

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 bodily and mostly financially support the warren county library.

What it reported doing in 2025

Various multicultural programs for the community. Over 700 residents benefited.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% 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. 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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.