READING PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization
READING PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC (EIN 04-3335881)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-04-16
IRS object ID
202641069349301314
Schema version
2025v4.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11bThe Board of Directors of the Reading Public Library Foundation, Inc. each receive monthly financial statements for the Foundation. These are discussed at our monthly meetings and a year end analysis is performed at our January Board Meeting. A copy of the Form 990 and all accompanying schedules was sent to the Board of Directors on April 11, 2024. At that time all questions were answered by the Treasurer. The tax return will then be electronically filed by the Treasurer.
Pt VI, Line 12cThe Board of Directors holds annual elections, at which time the President of the Foundation asks all officers and directors if there are any conflicts of interest and reminds all of our published policies, a packet of which is distributed to all directors upon their initial election.
Pt VI, Line 19All records of the Reading Public Library Foundation, Inc. are a matter of public record and may be obtained by contacting any officer of the Reading Public Library Foundation,Inc. Contact information for officers is kept at the circulation desk of the Reading Public Library and can also be found on our website.

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