Nonprofit · EIN 56-0530244
WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
Tax-exempt · GOLDSBORO, NC 27532
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $396,487 | $200,916 | $195,571 | $3,003,813 | $0 | $3,003,813 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $159,233 | $259,441 | -$100,208 | $2,590,442 | $0 | $2,590,442 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $362,976
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $33,511
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,553
- Travel
- $212
- Program services (functional)
- $184,212
- Management and general (functional)
- $16,704
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,590,442
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,003,813
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,003,813
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,661,240
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $733,953
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,269,860
- Gross receipts
- $396,487
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 1941
- State of legal domicile
- NC
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY BARTLETT | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JOHN WALSTON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LESLIE WEIL | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LYNN WILLIAMS | SECRETARY/TR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY BARTLETT | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHARLES P GAYLOR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DONNA PHILLIPS | SECRETARY/TR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JOHN WALSTON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LESLIE WEIL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LYNN WILLIAMS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | – | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 10091, GOLDSBORO, NC 27532-0091
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MARY BARTLETT
- Signed the 990
- MARY BARTLETT, CHAIR
- Website
- WWW.WCPL.ORG
- Return prepared by
- MARKHAM MITCHELL & STROUD PLLC
Mission
TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION, MATERIALS, AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT LEARNING AND THE WORKPLACE; PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION OF OUR HISTORY AND DIVERSE CULTURES; AND OFFER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND INTERACT WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
Program accomplishments
- ENRICHMENT FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING.Expenses $173,983
- THE WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, INC., ALONG WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LED TWO SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. FOUR YEARS AGO, EFFORTS WERE BEGUN TO PURCHASE A MOBILE LIBRARY FOR WAYNE COUNTY. THE MOBILE LIBRARY WAS FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION AS THE LEAD FUNDER ALONG WITH FUNDING FROM AN LSTA FEDERAL GRANT AND SOME FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY OF WAYNE. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF DELAYS FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF THE MOBILE LIBRARY THE DELIVERY TO THE LIBRARY WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2024. THE MOBILE LIBRARY IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART MERCEDES SPRINTER VAN WHICH INCLUDES A CANOPY FOR PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE. SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE VAN, THERE HAVE BEEN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING IN THE SUMMER AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED STOPS ALONG WITH STOPS FOR ADULTS. THE MOBILE LIBRARY SERVES TO REACH POPULATIONS WHO CANNOT ORDINARILY VISIT THE THREE COUNTY LIBRARIES. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED FUNDS FOR MATERIALS FOR THE MOBILE LIBRARY. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTED THE NEW PROGRAM, THE LEARNING STUDIO, FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN FROM GRADES 1-8 WITH DYSLEXIA, ADHD, AND OTHER LEARNING DIFFERENCES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARIES ALONG WITH PROGRAMMING IN THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. DURING THE SUMMER THERE WAS A FREE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED FORTY-EIGHT IN THE WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO WERE BELOW GRADE LEVEL AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM CERTIFIED TUTORS IN A SUMMER PROGRAM. AN LSTA GRANT PAID FOR THE PROGRAMMING AND FURNITURE. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH PROVIDED SPACE THAT WAS UPFITTED FOR THE TUTORING WITH WAS HELD IN THE CHURCH OVER AN EIGHT- WEEK PERIOD IN THE SUMMER OF 2024. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FOR THE SUMMER AND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE PROGRAM CONTINUED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH TUTORING IN THE EVENINGS IN THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS WITH CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE EVENINGS MONDAY- THURSDAY FOR TWO HOURS EACH EVENING. THE FOUNDATION ALSO FUNDED THE STEEL SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE BILL SMITH LEARNING GARDEN WHICH WAS DEDICATED IN OCTOBER 2024. IN THE GARDEN VISITORS CAN LEARN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, MINDFULNESS, AGRICULTURE, AND MORE. SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WERE HELD IN THE GARDEN. THE FOUNDATION SPONSORED THE CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM FOR PATRONS OVER AGE 55 WHICH INCLUDED A WATERCOLOR ART CLASS, LINE DANCING, QUILLING ,AND MEMOIR WRITING. THE FOUNDATION SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STAFF MEMBERS WORKING ON MASTER'S IN LIBRARY SCIENCE DEGREES ALONG WITH INTERNSHIPS FOR THE LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT THE LIBRARY.Expenses $10,229
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-0530244
- 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
- 1945
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B71Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,003,813
- Income (IRS master file)
- $396,487
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $396,487 | $200,916 | $3,003,813 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $159,233 | $259,441 | $2,590,442 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $430,171 | $89,196 | $2,478,551 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 56-0530244).
Questions about WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
- What is the EIN of WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC is 56-0530244.
- Is WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1945.
- Are donations to WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WAYNE COUNTY 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 WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MARY BARTLETT.
- Who are the officers and directors of WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 4 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $396,487, expenses of $200,916 and total assets of $3,003,813 at year end.
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