The Friends of the Sterling Public Library Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742434647
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sterling, CO, USA
Phone
9705225980
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,091
Expenses
$11,821
Assets
$127,919
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICKY ADNEY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JASON HUGGINS (DIRECTOR)
  • SHEILA ROTH JR (DIRECTOR)
  • SADIE FRITZLER (SECRETARY)

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

Public library support

What it reported doing in 2025

Has membership drives, book sales, auction, and other fundraising activities to raise funds to support activities at the publoic library, all residents (9000) in sterling co.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.82; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.