Grove City Community Library

What it reported doing in 2025

Grove city community library (gccl) provides free library services to residents of the grove city borough, wolf creek township, liberty township, and pine township, and reimbursed membership to residents of springfield township. We provide a wide array of highinterest and highquality fiction, nonfiction, and reference materialsincluding books, ebooks, audiobooks, periodicals, dvd's and databases- through our adult, children's and young adult collections. We also provide free librarybymail services for patrons who are temporarily or permanently homebound, along with interlibrary loan services for materials throughout the country. In addition gccl offers free internet access and access to our online databases and "fast track to employment" resources to all patrons in good standing. We participate in the access pa statewide initiative, offer reference services online, by phone, and inperson, and engage in a number of community activities throughout the year (united way day of caring, halloween party, school outreach, pet rescue, daycares) aimed at serving the community and raising awareness and funds for a number of non profit organizations in the community. Finally, in addition to working to cultivate the recreational and intellectual life of our community by stimulating patrons' curiosity through providing materials and services, gccl also maintains a welcoming physical space that serves as a public center for reading, selfimprovement, community building, and research. Specifically, the library helps children, young adults, and families succeed by providing an array of literacyrelated, highinterest activities that foster literacy skills and personal enrichment while establishing a lifelong love of reading, learning, and creative exploration. Some of our most popular programs include: the annual downton abbey tea for adults, the american girl tea party for children, star wars day, a jane austen themed annual dance and fundraiser, and our variety of book clubs for all ages. 1) summer reading program: programming for 3 years through 12th grade to encourage maintenance of reading skills for the upcoming school year. 2) programming for school age children focusing on book related events.3) bookworm babies: programming for infants and toddlers, 18 months to 3 years, to encourage families to read together and develop literacy skills. 4) adult programming

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 55%; rating input score 55
• Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $18.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 29.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.74; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings