Yes for Marin County Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462186768
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Novato, CA, USA
Phone
4159485488
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,919
Expenses
$86
Assets
$61,944
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Virginia Schultz (Treasurer)
  • Julia Noble (Assistant Treasurer)
  • Alison Howard (Committee Member)

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

To raise awareness of the accomplishments and needs of the Marin County Free Library and to gather funds to renew the parcel tax for the Marin County Free Library system.

What it reported doing in 2025

Raised awareness of the need for funding to maintain library hours, to enhance programs for children, teens, adults, and seniors, and to provide free internet access computers and technology training. The last successful measure, passed in 2022, brings in $4.7 million dollars to the Marin County Free Library annuallyi.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 720.28; rating input score 100; 100th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -31.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.