Houston County Friends of the Library Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710976173
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Danville, GA, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,251
Expenses
$71,251
Assets
$23,254

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terry Mason (Vice President of Finance)
  • Elizabeth Silenski (Vice President)
  • Vicki Grabowski (President)

People named in this filing

  • Betsy Spencer (Secretary)
  • Georgette Lipford (Director)
  • Pam Yates (Director)

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 focus public attention on the local library system; to receive and encourage donations and gifts to the Houston County Library System; to support and cooperate with the library in developing services; materials and facilities for the Houston County community. Total expenses minus grants is $45,252. Grants are $45,000 to the three Houston County Libraries and to annual Librarian training luncheon in the amount of $45,252.

What it reported doing in 2025

Total expenses minus $45252 in grants is $45,000 to the three Houston County Public Libraries and $252 to Librarians training Luncheon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 63.5%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th 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: 35.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.5% of revenue deployed · 63.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.