West Shore Community Library
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810505077
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Lakeside, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4068443917
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Libraries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,385
- Expenses
- $35,026
- Assets
- $444,476
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DENNIS KING (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DENNIS KING (PRESIDENT)
- DEBBIE MEIERS (VP/SECRETARY)
- CAROL CORY (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The west shore community library mission is to provide access to a diverse collection of resources serving our communitys educational, cultural, and recreational needs.
What it reported doing in 2024
The library provides books, audio and video to all of the members. In addition, reading programs for kids and a books on wheels program is provided.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.69; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.