2017-01-26T13:30:07-06:00 2016-06-30 EISNERAMPER LLP 750 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 100172703 990 2015-07-01 111904261 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY % AMADU WAGIE BROO 7182302407 10 GRAND ARMY PLAZA BROOKLYN NY 11238 AMADU WAGIE Vice Pres of Finance 7182302165 2017-01-03 true CANDICE METH P01306891 2129498700 2017-01-26 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z LINDA JOHNSON PRESIDENT CEO 10 GRAND ARMY PLAZA BROOKLYN NY 11238 150618841 false X WWW.BKLYNLIBRARY.ORG X 1902 NY SEE PART III LINE 1 34 34 1488 2034 1034731 444178 116196465 125288677 4029328 2938209 2123376 1108986 -38426 1012207 122310743 130348079 0 0 0 0 83552186 88787174 0 0 3038549 31237533 36296562 114789719 125083736 7521024 5264343 100171426 106768029 23093401 25041961 77078025 81726068 IT IS THE MISSION OF THE LIBRARY TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION AND TRANSMISSION OF SOCIETY'S KNOWLEDGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE, AND TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE OF BROOKLYN WITH FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND REFERENCE. false false 23709061 617549 Central Library is the largest public library in Brooklyn. At 352,000 square feet, the building accounts for one-third of Brooklyn Public Librarys total physical plant. In 2016, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of Centrals opening with exhibitions, public tours, a digital story collection, and various community programs. Central provides traditional library services, including a collection of more than 900,000 materials in wings dedicated to fiction, history, science and technology, childrens and young adult literature, and the arts. The Brooklyn Collection, BPLs local history division, provides a wealth of information about the borough, including access to research materials such as the full, digitized 1841-1955 run of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Central is also home to the Shelby White and Leon Levy Information Commons, a public technology center and workspace with a reservable recording studio and meeting rooms, sophisticated design software, and a digital training lab for community classes and workshops. In Fiscal Year 2016, Central Library tallied more than 1.3 million visits and hosted some 12,000 programs that were attended by approximately 130,000 people. Nearly 400,000 patrons checked out a book, signed onto a computer or used a printer or copier. Just over one-third of those patrons came from the zip codes surrounding Central; the rest, approximately 63%, came from beyond the immediate area. In this sense, Central is the "home" library for Brooklynites from every neighborhood. 82347913 2144915 As of Fiscal Year 2016, Brooklyn Public Librarys collection held more than 4 million print and digital materials, and its branches hosted 65,000 programs attended by nearly one million people. BPLs circulation, including print and electronic media, totaled 14.9 million. The Library hosted 2.1 million computer sessions on approximately 1,600 devices in FY16, with patrons logging on for more than 500,000 wi-fi sessions. More than 2,000 volunteers provided a total of 85,000 hours of service to BPL, and our branches hosted a total of 7.4 million visits, as measured by door count. Every Brooklyn Public Library location is open at least six days per week, and the average branch is open approximately 48 hours per week. More than half of Brooklyns 2.6 million residents live within a mile of a BPL branch. The branches provide a wide and diverse range of services too numerous to fully recount here. Our core (and most popular) offerings include First Five Years, a suite of early literacy programs for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; inclusive play and learning environments for children with disabilities; Creative Aging classes that help seniors learn new skills and express their creativity; digital literacy programs such as basic computer classes and advanced instruction in animation, audio engineering, coding, and more; and Summer Reading, BPLs borough-wide effort to promote recreational reading while school is out of session. 6747235 175745 BPL has programs for people from every walk of life. In addition to the branch programs described above, BPL hosts adult literacy classes, Teen Tech Time and homework help sessions, citizenship and HSE test preparation, career and business development resources, free cultural events, and much more. New programs developed by BPL in FY16 included the Bklyn Incubator, which supports (and funds) the development of new initiatives by librarians and staff, with training and mentoring on program design, partnership development, community outreach, and project management. Incubator-funded projects include an effort to prepare more girls and young women for careers in journalism, a food justice initiative in Brownsville, a "changing habits" literacy development program in East New York, and an oral history podcasting class at Central Library. A representative sample of our special programs: *BookMatch - Provides payrons with reading lists specially curated for them by BPL librarians. *Brooklyn Connections - History program for elementary, middle and high school students, focusing on primary and secondary document research skills and analysis. *Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program - Award-winning summer day camp for children 7-12, providing cultural immersion at BPL, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Prospect Park, and Prospect Park Zoo. *Our Streets, Our Stories - Oral history project chronicling decades of transformation in neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn. *PowerUP Kreyol - A business plan competition for members of the Haitian-Kreyol community modeled on the PowerUP competition that has helped launch more than 200 Brooklyn businesses since its founding in 2003. *Today's teens, Tomorrow's Techies - Teaches digital skills to students 14 to 18 and prepares them to serve on BPLs volunteer team, where they help patrons make use of the Librarys many free technology resources. The Librarys Outreach Services Department serves Brooklynites with unique and often overlooked needs, including veterans, immigrants, the homebound, and people transitioning into and out of the citys correctional and shelter systems. One of the Outreach departments signature programs, TeleStory, which utilizes video conferencing technology to connect incarcerated parents with their children through books and family activities, received funding in FY16 to expand services to 12 locations. The new TeleStory branches are located in neighborhoods with particularly high rates of incarceration. The Outreach team worked in FY16 to expand Brooklyn Public Librarys service to non-native English speakers. BPL became the first library system in New York City to offer free interpretation services via telephone in November 2015. With Language Line now available in every branch, staff can communicate with patrons in over 100 languages. We also purchased new ESOL materials and citizenship books for BPLs New Americans Corners, which offer multilingual resources-including naturalization test study aids and information on city, library, and legal services-in easily accessible, heavily trafficked areas of every public library in Brooklyn. We are pleased to report that thanks in large part to the innovative work of our Outreach Services team, Brooklyn Public Library was awarded the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal in FY16, the nations highest honor for libraries. 112804209 true true false true false false false true false true true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 357 0 true 1488 true true true false false false false true true false false false false X 34 34 false false false false false true false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X X AMADU WAGIE 7182302165 10 GRAND ARMY PLAZA BROOKLYN NY 11238 X NICHOLAS A GRAVANTE JR CHAIRMAN 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 PETER ASCHKENASY TREASURER 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 MIRIAM KATOWITZ VICE-CHAIR 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 kyle kimball vice-chair 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 robin 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1036385 652968 978113 952478 1269062 4889006 90723 140594 169297 345667 444178 1190459 30617 3213912 178232 47115 39354 3509230 559146623 13540668 0.98285 0.98326 X SCHEDULE A, PART 11, LINE 10 THE AMOUNT REPORTED INCLUDES INSURANCE PROCEEDS RECEIVED IN FY 2013 AND FY 2014 AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE LIBRARY DURING SUPER-STORM SANDY, AND REVENUE GENERATED FROM A CAFETERIA OPERATED AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PATRONS AND STAFF. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false true 113000 false false 113000 false false PART II B- LINE 1G The Librarys lobbying consists of coordinated effort at the City, State and Federal levels to portray the Library in the best possible light to ensure continued funding for its operations and programs. The Library lobbies to the Executive branch of the State government and individual members of the State senate and assembly to ensure that it gets adequate funding from the State Department of Education, to seek funding for special capital initiatives and for member items for programs at the branch level. In addition, it lobbies the Executive branch of the New York City government, member of the City Council and the New York City Mayors office, to ensure that the Library is adequately funded for its operations and capital projects. The Library hired various consultants to facilitate the grant process with the various government agencies and direct contact with various legislators. X X X false 3914090 77787 -50815 144698 3796364 4001567 8476 72026 167979 3914090 3601049 5420 552011 156913 4001567 3335168 4550 384824 123493 3601049 3499060 7170 -52546 118516 3335168 0.68350 0.31650 false false 28745191 4393632 24351559 7047658 3693137 3354521 11463097 2970954 8492143 36198223 0 0 X 163594152 -616300 33908682 33292382 130301770 46309 46309 130348079 158946109 33908682 33908682 125037427 46309 46309 125083736 Part III - QUESTION 1A THE LIBRARY HAS COLLECTIONS OF NON-CIRCULATING LIBRARY MATERIALS, INCLUDING BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND OTHER ITEMS. THESE COLLECTIONS ARE MAINTAINED BY THE LIBRARY UNDER CURATORIAL CARE AND ARE HELD FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC EXHIBITION IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF COLLECTIONS ARE USED TO ACQUIRE OTHER ITEMS FOR COLLECTIONS. THE COST OF COLLECTIONS PURCHASED BY THE LIBARY IS EXPENSED IN THE YEAR OF PURCHASE. THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS, FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT PURPOSES, CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE COST OF CIRCULATING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS ARE NOT RECORDED AS COLLECTIONS, BUT ARE RECORDED AS AN EXPENSE IN THE YEAR PURCHASED, AS THE USEFUL LIVES OF SUCH ITEMS ARE RELATIVELY SHORT. PART III - QUESTION 4 Brooklyn Public Library owns and has made accessible several important special collections that include the Hunt Collection of Children's Literature - 7000 juvenile books dating back to the mid 18th century; the Civil War Collection - a 6000 volume collection purchased in 1908; and a circulating orchestral score collections. Moreover, the Library's local history unit, the Brooklyn Collection, maintains numerous important collections, none more important than the entire Brooklyn Daily Eagle photography archives: over 200,000 images of newsworthy local, national, and international events. The Brooklyn Collection's general photography collection comprise 19th and 20th century photographs, photogravures, portfolios, photo albums, stereo views, and cyanotypes. The collection includes photographs taken by well-known photographers such as Berenice Abbott, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Thomas Roma, Alfred Stieglitz, Irving Underhill, and Underhill and Underhill. In addition, the Brooklyn Collection maintains a number of smaller collections, including some ephemeral collections such as the Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia collection. The Library's special collections further its exempt purpose in that they provide the people of Brooklyn free and open access to a well-preserved record of society's knowledge, history, and culture. PART V - question 4 THE INTENDED USES OF THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Books - Income from these endowments are to be used to buy books that further the mission of the Library 2. Branch Humanities Programs 3. Staff Welfare 4. Youth and Children's program 5. Willendorf Lecture series 6. Plaza and Auditorium capital campaign 7. The upkeep of technology equipment and ongoing maintenance of the Central Library Information Commons PART X - question 2 The Library is subject to the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 740, "Income Taxes", relating to accounting and reporting for uncertainty in income taxes. For the Library, ASC Topic 740 is potentially applicable to the incurrence of unrelated business income, attributable to passport services provided to the public. However, management beleives ASC Topic 740 has not had, and is not anticipated to have, a material impact on the Library's financial statements. 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EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIBRARY'S TRAVEL AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY. X 7 74423 fmv false true false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7A In acccordance with the Library's by-laws, the governing board of Trustees has the authority to manage and control the affairs of the Library. The board of trustees shall consist of no more than thirty eight members. By virtue of their respective offices, the Mayor of the City of New York, the Comptroller of the City of New York, the Speaker of the City Council of the City of New York and the President of the Borough of Brooklyn are Ex-Officio Trustees of the Library. Each Ex-Officio may appoint a representative to serve on his or her behalf as a member of the board. Each representative appointed by an Ex-Officio shall be counted as part of the quorum, may vote and have all the same rights and privileges of the Ex-Officio or any other member of the Board, except in cases where this is prohibited by law. The Mayor of the City of New York and the President of the Borough of Brooklyn may each appoint eleven Trustees to hold offices for a term of three years or until their resignation or their successor is appointed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11A The Form 990 is prepared by management, with the assistance of our auditors, EisnerAmper LLP. Once a final draft of the Form 990 is received from the external auditors, the Vice President of Finance conducts a first level review with the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pending any amendments or corrections, the CFO and Vice President of Finance then reviews the draft returns with the President and CEO. The draft Form 990 is then forwarded to the members of Audit and Finance Committees in preparation for formal review at a joint meeting of the Audit and Finance Committees attended by the external auditors, senior members of the Librarys executive team along with the CFO and Vice President of Finance. At this meeting, staff reviews the reports with the attendees. Questions are fielded and if necessary, corrections are made. Once the review is completed, the members of the Audit Committee vote to accept the report for filing by the Librarys external auditors. Prior to filing the report (amended if required) is forwarded to the full Board for their review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C The Library has a conflict of interest policy which is signed annually by every member of the Board of Trustees and key (senior) members of the Library's management team. A copy of the Library's conflict of interest policy can be obtained from Library's website at: http://www.bklynlibrary.org/sites/default/files/files/pdf/trustees/Conflic tInterest.pdf Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A The salary of the President and CEO is based on a negotiated written employment contract, which includes a yearly adjustment for cost of living increases. It also includes a provision for a discretionary bonus decided by the Board of Trustees Executive Committee. The contract is renewable every three years. The salaries of the other officers and key employees are based on a compensation program designed by an independent consultant, Ernst & Young. The program includes salary grades. It is reviewed regularly and updated, as needed, to adjust the salary structure and ranges to ensure competitive salary ranges. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Library has a conflict of Interest policy for members of the Board of Trustee and key members of staff. This policy is available for review on the Library's intranet and Trustee website. However, this policy is made available for review by the general public on the Library's website. Financial Statements - It is the policy of Brooklyn Public Library to make its financial statements available to the public. Copies of its most recent audited financial statements are posted on its website and available to the public at the following link: http://www.bklynlibrary.org/about/financials Copies are also available upon request from the Finance Department FORM 8868 APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE FOR AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION WAS ELECTRONICALLY FILED. ORGANIZATION WAS ELECTRONICALLY FILED.