Schuylkill Haven Free Public Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
236282549
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Schuylkill Haven, PA, USA
Phone
5703850542
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,330
Expenses
$152,313
Assets
$15,857
Liabilities
$2,049

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN DEWITT (Vice President)
  • BERNICE MACHAMER (President)

People named in this filing

  • CYRSTAL MCGARRY (Director)
  • JOHN DEWITT (Vice President)
  • JESSE KAVANAUGH (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

Provision of free library service to residents of the schuylkill haven, pa area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Lend library materials to the general public. Provide access to reference materials including computers with high-speed internet access. Objective is to provide informational, educational and recreational materials to meet the needs of local residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.7%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98

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: 1.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.7% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $149K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.