Hay Memorial Library of Sackets Harbor

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
150610581
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Sackets Harbor, NY, USA
Phone
3156462228
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,367
Expenses
$83,594
Assets
$482,695
Liabilities
$922

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINE EGGLESTON (PRESIDENT)
  • JOANNE RHODE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALLEN GOUDIE (TRUSTEE)
  • STEPHANIE ELLIOT (TRUSTEE)
  • HEATHER KAGEL (TRUSTEE)

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

Hay memorial library of sackets harbor provides free access to modern public library services, programming and current technologies to people of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025, hay memorial library maintained a collection of 7,676 materials available for checkout and added 442 new items to its collection during the year. The library served approximately 831 registered patrons and recorded 4,764 visits. Public computers were utilized 282 times throughout the year.library circulation remained active, with 9,943 materials circulated during 2025. Through interlibrary loan services, approximately 1,904 items were borrowed from other libraries for patrons, while 1,202 items owned by hay memorial library were loaned to other libraries. Digital resources available to patrons included 581 ebooks and 600 audiobooks.the library hosted a total of 135 programs and community events during the year. Programs included summer reading activities for all ages, story walks, halloweenville, a quilt show, lego club, sew club, writers group, paws to read, a pto literacy event, an author event, and adult crafters programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.77; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.