Hamburg Public Library

Analysis

Hamburg Public Library is a registered charity in United States, based in Hamburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 2023, Hamburg Public Library reported income of $266k and spending of $169k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $202k to $266k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hamburg Public Library sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evans Scholars Foundation ($266k), Academy of the Sacred Heart New Orleans Foundation Inc ($266k) and Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Education Foundation ($266k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 4.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $91k. At year end it held assets of $907k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $907k. It reported 5 employees.