FRIENDS OF THE GEORGETOWN PEABODY LIBRARY INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2023

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Organization: FRIENDS OF THE GEORGETOWN PEABODY LIBRARY INC (EIN 04-3129245)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-04-03
IRS object ID: 202410949349200711
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-04-03T15:53:04-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043129245	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF THE GEORGETOWN PEABODY LIBRARY INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRIE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9783525728	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2 Maple Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Georgetown	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01833	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Kathleen Jones	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8606084055	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-04-03	SignatureDt

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Kathleen	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Jones	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	1	TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification	11	OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Last Submission Rqr OOB	0	LastSubmissionRqrOOBCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL2	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	www.georgetownpl.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$17,906	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$11,734	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$0	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues	$485	MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income	$9	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross	$0	SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale	$0	CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets	$0	GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$5,190	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$0	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$5,190	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry	$0	GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryAmt
Other Revenue Total	$488	OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue	$17,906	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$0	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members	$0	BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft	$0	SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$0	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$0	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$846	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$20,309	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$21,155	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$3,249	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$21,885	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$18,636	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,636	EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,636	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,636	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose	To enhance and augment library services	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (3 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmt	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Funding of programs held in the library, on the library lawn, and online for all patrons; a total of 3,241 patrons were in attendance across 301 different programs.	$0	$7,527
Purchase of museum passes allowing patrons to visit 12 local attractions at lower or no cost	$0	$4,010
Purchase of a library book wagon and StoryWalk exhibit to engage the community and share a love of reading both on the library lawn and throughout town	$0	$7,271

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$18,808	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Elizabeth Hastings
President	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Gloria Swanbon
Vice President	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Kathleen Jones
Disbursing Treasurer	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Mary Janson
Receiveables Treasurer	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Joan Chatterton
Secretary	3.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Form1120 Pol Filed	0	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Kathleen Jones	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	c/o Georgetown Peabody Library	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	2 Maple Street	AddressLine2Txt
City	Georgetown	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01833	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9783525728	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	0	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,502	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,733	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,920	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,335	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$11,734	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$35,224	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,678	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,517	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,924	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,284	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,190	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,593	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$11,180	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,844	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$18,619	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$16,924	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$63,817	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$63,817	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$11,180	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,256	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,848	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$18,624	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$16,933	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$63,841	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99962	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99975	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00038	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00025	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part III, Line 12	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	No other income	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8	Description;Amount^Amazon Smile;57\|Square test deposit;6\|Town of Georgetown Birds of Prey Program Reimbursement;425^Total;488^
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16	Description;Amount^Musuem membership pass purchases for library patron use;4010\|Programs for library patrons and members of the community;7562\|Purchase of supplies for ongoing StoryWalk exhibit on library lawn;6180\|Purchase of supplies for book wagon to provide books around town;1091\|Library staff appreciation;364\|Purchase of garden tools for library of things;201\|Maintenance of library garden;254\|Purchase of water soaker for summer reading events;188\|Purchase of refrigerator for use in library staff room;299\|State licensing and filing fees;35\|Amazon Prime membership fee;79\|PayPal transaction fees;16\|Purchase of Harland Clarke checks;30^Total;20309^

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8

Description;Amount^Amazon Smile;57|Square test deposit;6|Town of Georgetown Birds of Prey Program Reimbursement;425^Total;488^

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16

Description;Amount^Musuem membership pass purchases for library patron use;4010|Programs for library patrons and members of the community;7562|Purchase of supplies for ongoing StoryWalk exhibit on library lawn;6180|Purchase of supplies for book wagon to provide books around town;1091|Library staff appreciation;364|Purchase of garden tools for library of things;201|Maintenance of library garden;254|Purchase of water soaker for summer reading events;188|Purchase of refrigerator for use in library staff room;299|State licensing and filing fees;35|Amazon Prime membership fee;79|PayPal transaction fees;16|Purchase of Harland Clarke checks;30^Total;20309^