James V Brown Library
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 240799180
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Williamsport, PA, USA
- Phone
- 5703260536
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,421,957
- Expenses
- $2,951,559
- Assets
- $14,395,239
- Liabilities
- $372,907
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN M CONFER (PRESIDENT)
- BRETTE CONFAIR (VICE PRESIDENT)
- AMY RESH (CEO & DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- AMY RESH (CEO & DIRECTOR): $140,252 total reported compensation
- KRISTIN CARINGI (CFO/COO): $105,221 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A free public library located in williamsport, pa, the library maintains and improves the quality of life for all citizens of our community by providing resources that enhance and contribute to individual knowledge, enlightenment, and enjoyment.we especially recognize our responsibility to serve as a place for children to discover the joy of reading and the value of libraries.
What it reported doing in 2024
The library was open to the public 56 hours each week and was the place to go for 118,123 citizens who visited our library in person and 99,064 who visited us online. The library provided access to 248,246 items in its collection, including in-house and outreach collections, for use by the public at no charge. These items were borrowed 340,875 times. The library's public internet access computers and public wi-fi was used 97,245 times; electronic content was accessed 47,887 times.the library offered 648 in person adult and children's programs in which 14,827 citizens attended. The library offered 10 virtual programs that reached 13 people.continued on schedule o.as the north central library district center, the james v. Brown library provided resources and equipment for the 40 public libraries that it serves in the district as well as maintenance of the member library websites.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 65% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 54.4%; rating input score 54
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 13.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.88; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 54.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.