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THE FRIENDS OF THE REDWOOD CITY PUB LIC LIBRARY INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $110K · expenses $119K · assets $280K

EIN
23-7140346
Address
1044 MIDDLEFIELD RD, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063-1815
Website
www.friendsofrwclibrary.org
NTEE code
B11
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2015
Cross-check
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Mission

Part III Primary Exempt Purpose: The Objectives of the Corporation shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation and shall include charitable and education purposes within the meaning of section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law and California nonprofit public benefit corporation law. The specific purpose of the Corporation is to support the Redwood City Public Library "RCPL" by raising funds through such means as the sale of donated books and other materials as the Friends deem fit membership dues donations and endowments to sponsor library programming or other library goods and services in each case as the Friends deem fit.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 16 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Mary Scavarda Chair2017-2024 12 $0 reported 1
Rose Ann Hummel Vice Chair2017-2024 8 $0 reported 1
Patty Holubar Secretary and Treasurer2018-2024 6 $0 reported 1
Ellen Johnston Board Member2022-2024 6 $0 reported 1
Jan Coulman Board Member2021-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Carolyn Nathan Board Member2023-2024 6 $0 reported 1
Anne Callery Board Member2024 6 $0 reported 1
Kim Kothe (former) Treasurer2021-2022 8 $0 reported 1
Ruby Rappoport (former) Board Member2020-2022 2 $0 reported 1
Reina Barragan (former) BOARD MEMBER2017-2020 1 $0 reported 1
Rebecca Stern (former) BOARD MEMBER2017-2020 1 $0 reported 1
Olivia Betancourth (former) Treasurer2018-2019 5 $0 reported 1
Nogah Shmeltzer (former) BOARD MEMBER2017-2018 8 $0 reported 1
Colleen Thuener (former) Treasurer2017 6 $0 reported 1
Patty Holuber (former) REC SECRETARY2017 1 $0 reported 1
Lee Blake (former) BOARD MEMBER2017 4 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Scavarda Chair12 $0-$0 $01
Rose Ann Hummel Vice Chair8 $0-$0 $01
Patty Holubar Secretary and Treasurer6 $0-$0 $01
Ellen Johnston Board Member6 $0-$0 $01
Jan Coulman Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
Carolyn Nathan Board Member6 $0-$0 $01
Anne Callery Board Member6 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Scavarda Chair12 $0-$0 $01
Rose Ann Hummel Vice Chair8 $0-$0 $01
Patty Holubar Secretary and Treasurer6 $0-$0 $01
Ellen Johnston Board Member6 $0-$0 $01
Jan Coulman Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
Carolyn Nathan Board Member6 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Scavarda Chair12 $0-$0 $01
Rose Ann Hummel Vice Chair8 $0-$0 $01
Patty Holubar Secretary6 $0-$0 $01
Kim Kothe Treasurer8 $0-$0 $01
Jan Coulman Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
Ellen Johnston Board Member8 $0-$0 $01
Ruby Rappoport Board Member2 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY SCAVARDA CHAIR12 $0-$0 $01
ROSE ANN HUMMEL VICE CHAIR12 $0-$0 $01
PATTY HOLUBAR SECRETARY/TREASURER5 $0-$0 $01
RUBY RAPPOPORT BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
KIM KOTHE BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
JAN COULMAN BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY SCAVARDA Chair12 $0-- $01
ROSE ANN HUMMEL VICE CHAIR12 $0-- $01
PATTY HOLUBAR Secretary/Treas5 $0-- $01
REINA BARRAGAN BOARD MEMBER1 $0-- $01
RUBY RAPPOPORT BOARD MEMBER1 $0-- $01
REBECCA STERN BOARD MEMBER1 $0-- $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY SCAVARDA Chair12 $0-- $01
OLIVIA BETANCOURTH Treasurer5 $0-- $01
PATTY HOLUBAR Secretary5 $0-- $01
REINA BARRAGAN BOARD MEMBER1 $0-- $01
ROSE ANN HUMMEL VICE CHAIR12 $0-- $01
REBECCA STERN BOARD MEMBER1 $0-- $01
2018 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY SCAVARDA Chair12 $0-- $01
OLIVIA BETANCOURTH Treasurer6 $0-- $01
PATTY HOLUBAR Secretary1 $0-- $01
REINA BARRAGAN BOARD MEMBER5 $0-- $01
ROSE ANN HUMMEL VICE CHAIR12 $0-- $01
NOGAH SHMELTZER BOARD MEMBER8 $0-- $01
REBECCA STERN BOARD MEMBER4 $0-- $01
2017 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY SCAVARDA Chair12 $0-- $01
COLLEEN THUENER Treasurer6 $0-- $01
PATTY HOLUBER REC SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
REINA BARRAGAN BOARD MEMBER5 $0-- $01
ROSE ANN HUMMEL VICE CHAIR12 $0-- $01
LEE BLAKE BOARD MEMBER4 $0-- $01
REBECCA STERN CORR SECRETARY4 $0-- $01
NOGAH SHMELTZER BOARD MEMBER8 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$109,674$119,059 $279,688$279,688 $2,000$79,954 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$113,813$105,191 $289,072$289,072 $15,000$72,747 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,306$66,064 $280,450$280,450 -$78,387 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,600$102,466 $253,208$253,208 -$53,306 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,767$51,047 $300,317$300,317 -$58,353 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,192$7,705 $463,463$463,463 $200$74,025 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$113,003$9,103 $380,976$380,976 $536$96,161 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$104,082$9,517 $277,931$375,277 -$91,728 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $20,743 in all, tax years 2023 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$20,743 2024$5,693
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $119,059 spent · pay $0 · grants $112,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $112,000 94.1%
Printing, publications, postage $5,104 4.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,955 1.6%
Total$119,059100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $105,191 spent · pay $0 · grants $97,050 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $97,050 92.3%
Printing, publications, postage $5,340 5.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,801 2.7%
Total$105,191100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $66,064 spent · pay $0 · grants $54,828 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $54,828 83.0%
Printing, publications, postage $6,939 10.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,847 4.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,450 2.2%
Total$66,064100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $102,466 spent · pay $0 · grants $94,089 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $94,089 91.8%
Printing, publications, postage $4,450 4.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,982 2.9%
Fees to independent contractors $945 0.9%
Total$102,466100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $51,047 spent · pay $0 · grants $40,926 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $40,926 80.2%
Printing, publications, postage $6,400 12.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,811 5.5%
Fees to independent contractors $910 1.8%
Total$51,047100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $7,705 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Printing, publications, postage $4,559 59.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,321 30.1%
Fees to independent contractors $825 10.7%
Total$7,705100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $9,103 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Printing, publications, postage $5,263 57.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,015 33.1%
Fees to independent contractors $825 9.1%
Total$9,103100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $9,517 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Printing, publications, postage $4,931 51.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,862 40.6%
Fees to independent contractors $724 7.6%
Total$9,517100%

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