Orangeburg Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132764650
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Orangeburg, NY, USA
Phone
8453592244
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$713,002
Expenses
$707,026
Assets
$870,129
Liabilities
$38,357

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUDY BIVONA (President)
  • PATRICIA LIFRIERI (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • JUDY BIVONA (President)
  • SYED RIZVI (Trustee)
  • PAMELA GUNNING (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Orangeburg library is dedicated to providing the highest level of personal services and the greatest access to infomation.

What it reported doing in 2025

PRIMARY LIBRARY SERVICE ROLESProviding Current Topics and Titles making materials available in a wide range of current formats (including print, electronic media, 24/7 digital resources and audio visual) that will appeal to individual needs for cultural and social trends and the desire for recreational experiences within our community. We perform weekly outreach by delivering materials to senior living centers and a local convent.Providing General Information meeting the needs of its customers for information and answers to questions on a broad array of topics related to work, school and personal life, especially consumer information. A notary public is available to the patrons. Paid tutors are available 7 days a week through Tutor.com.Serving as a resource center for Lifelong Learning the library provides opportunities for personal growth and development, this include various programs for children and adults: Programs - the library provides a wide variety of programs for all ages: Drop- In Story for Birth to Walkers: walkers under 3 and Pre-School 3s- 4s. These programs are weekly all year long.Other programs offered to children include: science themed events, family story time, bingo, trivia nights, art classes, nature related sessions featuring animals, take & make crafts, and construction club. We also work with the Public Schools to perform outreach services to elementary, middle and high school age children both at the library and onsite at the schools. Teen patrons are offered various art and craft related programs in addition to book clubs, community service options, and take & make crafts.Adult programs: The library provides programs for adults which ranges from knitting, computer classes, garden programs, library eBooks, basic internet, bingo, cooking classes, art instruction, exercise programs, ESL Classes, foreign language instruction, and basic internet. We also offer take & make crafts for adults not looking to attend a class in person. Online learning programs such as Tutor.com, AtoZ Food and Creativebug.com provide online instruction 24/7. We also provide one-on-one tech help by drop-in and appointment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.2%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.2% of revenue deployed · 74.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $526K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.