West Nyack Free Library Assoc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131932817
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
West Nyack, NY, USA
Phone
8453586081
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,593,607
Expenses
$1,502,815
Assets
$5,148,954
Liabilities
$1,478,281

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS MALONEY (President)
  • CYNTHIA SHERIDAN (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • TARA BORDEN (Executive Dir.): $97,912 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

West nyack free library is a New York state not-for-profit corporation founded in 1959. It is organized to serve the educational and cultural needs of the community of west nyack. It is concerned with providing materials for literacy, education, and cultural purposes and serves as a community and neighborhood meeting place.

What it reported doing in 2025

WEST NYACK FREE LIBRARY IS A NEW YORK STATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION FOUNDED IN 1960. IT IS ORGANIZED TO SERVE THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY OF WEST NYACK. IT IS CONCERNED WITH PROVIDING MATERIALS FOR LITERACY, EDUCATION, AND CULTURAL PURPOSES AND SERVES AS A COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING PLACE.Providing Materials The Library offers a diverse range of materials in many formats to meet the educational, cultural, and entertainment needs of our patrons.Providing Reference Services Our Reference Librarians are trained to respond to the varied informational needs of our patrons in an efficient and friendly manner.Providing Programming for all ages The Library serves as a resource center for lifelong learning by providing programs as follows: Childrens Programs story times, performers, movies, crafts, and opportunities for educational play.Teen Programs - volunteer service hours, certification programs, crafts, movies, and educational activities.Adult Programs - lectures, demonstrations, technology workshops, crafts, concerts, movies, and special events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% 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

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.43; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.