Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library
Legal name: Hopkinsville-christian County Public Library (Board of Trustees)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 610669235
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hopkinsville, KY, United States
- Phone
- (270) 887-4262
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Libraries
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,265,120
- Expenses
- $1,403,017
- Assets
- $2,326,207
- Liabilities
- $330,384
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
People named in this filing
- TROY BODY (BOARD MEMBER)
- BRITTANIE BOGARD (BOARD MEMBER)
- CARY BRUCE (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Still another newspaper comes on the scene with library news. “The Tri-Weekly New Era” of January 28th, 1896 published a colorful history of the new library effort which we know as the Public Schools Library. The article states that a social and literary club of ladies and gentlemen known as the United Volunteer Combination saw the need for a library in connection with the public schools and raised money for the project by an entertainment at Mozart Hall on May 2nd, 1882. The program consisted of songs, recitations, and a broom drill. Members taking part included Misses Lizzie Gish, Minnie Lander, Mary McPherson, Sallie McDaniel, Emily B. Perry, Alberta Pendergast, Annie Waller, Messrs. Char.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operation of a public library as mandated by Kentucky law promoting literacy by providing public access to books, periodicals, internet and related materials.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.