Nonprofit · EIN 22-3307350
FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
Tax-exempt · BERNARDSVILLE, NJ 07924
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $136,543 | $373,128 | -$236,585 | $333,486 | $0 | $333,486 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $106,106 | $72,105 | $34,001 | $612,827 | $0 | $612,827 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $62,088 | $49,209 | $12,879 | $570,169 | $0 | $570,169 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $52,922
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $76,131
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $66,224
- Net income from fundraising events
- $7,490
- Other revenue
- $7,490
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $356,828
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $2,260
- Program services (functional)
- $356,828
- Management and general (functional)
- $10,527
- Fundraising (functional)
- $5,773
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $612,827
- Total assets, end of year
- $333,486
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $333,486
- Publicly traded securities
- $312,456
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $213,148
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $120,338
- Gross receipts
- $486,566
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 18
- Year formed
- 2006
- State of legal domicile
- NJ
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAROLYN DUFF | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT BAKER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NINA ALSTROM | RECORDING SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN DORAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATTHEW PORTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JERRY CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY GOGUEN | CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALICIA OCHS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA PARRELLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY PEACHEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JANET LOENGARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VICTORIA OLIVEIRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN HOROWITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALISON PORTER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 |
| MEGHAN SCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATE BUCHHEIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEPH BONK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICOLE WOODS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAROLYN DUFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT BAKER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NINA ALSTROM | RECORDING SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN DORAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURIE FETTEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JERRY CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY GOGUEN | CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHERYL MADDALUNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA PARRELLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY PEACHEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLADIS MENARE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VICTORIA OLIVEIRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH STRYKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY VERDUIN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 |
| MEGHAN SCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GERRY ODONOVAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALISON PORTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANITA GANDHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICK YORK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| VICTORIA OLIVEIRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH STRYKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY PEACHEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLADIS MENARE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEGHAN SCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANITA GANDHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICK YORK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GERRY ODONOVAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALISON PORTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURIE FETTEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN DORAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN AUTENRIETH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JERRY CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHERYL MADDALUNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA PARRELLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT BAKER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NANCY VERDUIN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 |
| NINA ALSTROM | RECORDING SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LENNIE AMBELANG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY GOGUEN | CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, BERNARDSVILLE, NJ 07924-2350
- In care of
- % ROBERT BAKER
- Mailing address (990-N for 2012)
- 1 Anderson Hill Road, Bernardsville NJ 07924
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ROBERT BAKER, 1 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, Bernardsville, NJ 07924
- Principal officer (990-N for 2012)
- Robert Baker, 1 Anderson Hill Road, Bernardsville NJ 07924
- Signed the 990
- ROBERT BAKER, TREASURER
- Phone
- (908) 766-0118
- Website
- www.bernardsvillelibrary.org
- Return prepared by
- WASILEWSKI & KEATING PC
Mission
SUPPORT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN BERNARDSVILLE NJ
Program accomplishments
- FUNDED THE LIBRARYS NEWSLETTER TO RESIDENTS, ADULT, CHILDREN AND ESL PROGRAMS, PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS AND EQUIPMENT, BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS AS REQUESTED BY THE LIBRARY.Expenses $356,828
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 22-3307350
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1953
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $333,486
- Income (IRS master file)
- $486,566
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $136,543 | $373,128 | $333,486 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $106,106 | $72,105 | $612,827 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $62,088 | $49,209 | $570,169 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $41,762 | $47,996 | $507,193 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2012 Officer: Robert Baker | December 31, 2012 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 22-3307350).
Questions about FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
- What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC is 22-3307350.
- Is FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1953.
- Are donations to FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ROBERT BAKER.
- Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does FRIENDS OF THE BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $136,543, expenses of $373,128 and total assets of $333,486 at year end.
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