Williamstown Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861149674
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Williamstown, NY, USA
Phone
3159642802
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,654
Expenses
$61,091
Assets
$98,750

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jody Hunt (Trustee (President))
  • Jan Bickford (Trustee (Vice President))

People named in this filing

  • Elizabeth Hall (Director Jan to Dec 2025)
  • Jody Hunt (Trustee (President))
  • Jean Farmer (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Public Educational Institution

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide computers with high speed internet: public WIFI, faxing, copying and printing services for residents of Williamstown and surrounding areas (2000+/-persons)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 29.5%; rating input score 30

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.62; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 29.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.