Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Analysis

Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethel, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1994, 32 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library reported income of $195k and spending of $171k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $154k to $195k (+27%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latrobe Area Historical Society ($195k), Plainsman Agri-Search Foundation ($195k) and East Harlem Neighborhood Based Alliance Corporation ($195k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $119k. At year end it held assets of $391k against liabilities of $2,327, net assets of $389k. It reported 9 employees.