FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $145K · expenses $129K · assets $578K

EIN
31-1612175
Address
2100 PARK PL, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203-2744
NTEE code
B70
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 1998 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

Fundraisers for the Birmingham Public Library

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 22 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

22 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Sandra Lee President2022-2025 10 $0 reported 2
Irene Blalock Vice-President2011-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Christin French Member2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Haley Herfurth Member2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
John Saxon Member2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Ramona Jacobs Secretary2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Felita Hawkins Member2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Patricia Rumore (former) Secretary2011-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Marcedia Bolden (former) Treasurer2022 1 $0 reported 1
Jerry Trimm (former) Member2022 1 $0 reported 1
James H White Iii (former) PRESIDANT2011-2013 1 $0 reported 1
David Herring (former) VICE PRESIDENT2011-2013 1 $0 reported 1
Gwendolyn Amamoo (former) LIBRARY BOARD PRESIDENT2012-2013 1 $0 reported 1
Regina Ammon (former) DIRECTOR2012-2013 1 $0 reported 1
Michelle Brown (former) DIRECTOR2013 1 $0 reported 1
John Coleman (former) DIRECTOR2011-2013 1 $0 reported 1
Sol Kimerling (former) DIRECTOR2011-2013 1 $0 reported 1
Courtney Pigford (former) DIRECTOR2013 1 $0 reported 1
Tony Smoke (former) DIRECTOR2011-2013 1 $0 reported 1
James Sullivan (former) YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PRESIDENT2013 13 $0 reported 1
Liesel French (former) DIRECTOR2011-2013 1 $0 reported 1
Gwendolyn B Guster Welch (former) FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY2011-2012 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sandra Lee President10 $0$0$0 $02
Irene Blalock Vice-President1 $0$0$0 $01
Christin French Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Haley Herfurth Member1 $0$0$0 $01
John Saxon Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Ramona Jacobs Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Felita Hawkins Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sandra Lee President5 $0$0$0 $02
Irene Blalock Vice-President1 $0$0$0 $01
Christin French Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Haley Herfurth Member1 $0$0$0 $01
John Saxon Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Ramona Jacobs Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Felita Hawkins Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sandra Lee President5 $0$0$0 $02
Irene Blalock Vice-President1 $0$0$0 $01
Patricia Rumore Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Christin French Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Haley Herfurth Member1 $0$0$0 $01
John Saxon Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sandra Lee President1 $0-$0 $02
Irene Blalock Vice-President1 $0-$0 $01
Marcedia Bolden Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Patricia Rumore Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Christin French Member1 $0-$0 $01
Haley Herfurth Member1 $0-$0 $01
John Saxon Member1 $0-$0 $01
Jerry Trimm Member1 $0-$0 $01
2013 · 12 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES H WHITE III PRESIDANT1 $0-$0 $01
DAVID HERRING VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
GWENDOLYN AMAMOO LIBRARY BOARD PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
REGINA AMMON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
IRENE S BLALOCK LIBRARY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
MICHELLE BROWN DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN COLEMAN DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
SOL KIMERLING DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
COURTNEY PIGFORD DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
TONY SMOKE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JAMES SULLIVAN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PRESIDENT13 $0-$0 $01
LIESEL FRENCH DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2012 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GWENDOLYN B GUSTER WELCH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY1 $0-$0 $01
GWENDOLYN AMAMOO LIBRARY BOARD PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
IRENE S BLALOCK LIBRARY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JAMES H WHITE III CHAIRMAN1 $0-$0 $01
DAVID HERRING VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN COLEMAN DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
LIESEL FRENCH DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
SOL KIMERLING DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
TONY SMOKE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
REGINA AMMON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2011 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GWENDOLYN B GUSTER WELCH LIBRARY BOARD PRESIDENT```1 $0-$0 $01
PATRICIA RUMORE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY1 $0-$0 $01
IRENE S BLALOCK LIBRARY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JAMES H WHITE III CHAIRMAN1 $0-$0 $01
DAVID HERRING DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN COLEMAN DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
LIESEL FRENCH DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
SOL KIMERLING DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
TONY SMOKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2026-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$145,314$128,928 $577,591$577,591 $112,611$32,703 $0010
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$152,978$119,036 $561,173$561,173 $152,978$0 $0012
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$159,954$103,564 $526,819$525,959 $86,072$0 $005
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$148,327$133,438 $470,041$469,921 $88,083$21,244 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,622$102,144 $154,524$154,524 $95,429- ---
2012 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$81,903$42,197 $157,046$157,046 $81,898- ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2012-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,143$4,886 $117,340$117,340 $2,860- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

9 grantors reported grants to this organization, $318,054 in all, tax years 2013 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM DAF sponsor Exact 2017, 2021 2$116,000 2021$20,500
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FINRA INVESTOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2013 1$100,000 2013$100,000
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FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor Exact 2014-2016, 2019, 2021-2024 8$84,614 2024$11,721
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Public charity Exact 2020 1$9,000 2020$9,000
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ALABAMA HUMANITIES ALLIANCE Public charity Exact 2014 1$6,500 2014$6,500
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ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY” 2020 1$1,500 2020$1,500
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MAYNARD COOPER & GALE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2017 1$250 2017$250
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2014 1$100 2014$100
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ABBVIE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY” 2018-2019 2$90 2019$10
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FRIENDS OF THE GROVE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARYOHB70 $283,226$25,685 Board Member$0 Same NTEE code B70, revenue within 2x, similar name
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FRIENDS OF THE TRURO LIBRARY INCMAB70 $74,405$32,469 President$0 Same NTEE code B70, revenue within 2x, similar mission
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FRIENDS OF THE BALLSTON SPA PUBLIC LIBRARY INCNYB70 $110,377$58,883 President$0 Same NTEE code B70, revenue within 2x, similar name
FRIENDS OF THE MEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY INCMAB70 $121,689$144,078 President$0 Same NTEE code B70, revenue within 2x, similar name
THE SCHUYLER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIONNEB70 $79,661$26,884 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code B70, revenue within 2x, similar name
BETTENDORF PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIONIAB70 $248,037$194,541 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B70, revenue within 2x, similar name
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Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$1,026,03528 122017–2024 MCCALL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC; MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC; MARY RILEY STYLES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC; DELAVAN ARAM PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC and 8 more
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FORGOOD INC funds this one DAF sponsor$420,50718 52017–2024 MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC; FUNDS FOR THE BIBLIOTECA PUBLICA INC; WESTFIELD LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC; FRIENDS OF THE MARSHALLTOWN IOWA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC and 1 more
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS DAF sponsor$411,01621 22015–2024 FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY; FUNDS FOR THE BIBLIOTECA PUBLICA INC
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $128,928 spent · pay $0 · grants $101,984 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $101,984$101,984-- 79.1%
Other (as described)Supplies $13,005$12,080$925- 10.1%
Other (as described)Dues, bank fees, merchant fees $8,948$2,897$1,482$4,569 6.9%
Fees: accounting $4,991-$4,991- 3.9%
Total$128,928100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $119,036 spent · pay $0 · grants $97,511 · events $3,811
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $97,511$97,511-- 81.9%
Other (as described)Food, supplies $9,348$9,348$0$0 7.9%
Fees: accounting $5,382$0$5,382$0 4.5%
Other (as described) EventEvent expenses $3,811$0$0$3,811 3.2%
Other (as described)Bank Fees, dues, merchant feees $2,405$1,077$1,328$0 2.0%
Other (as described)Licenses , Fees & Postage $502$502$0$0 0.4%
Office expenses $63-$63- 0.1%
Travel $14-$14- 0.0%
Total$119,036100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $103,564 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $3,047
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)BPL Disbursements $65,234$65,234$0$0 63.0%
Other (as described)Bookstore Expenses $17,817$0$0$17,817 17.2%
Office expenses $11,340$3,780$3,780$3,780 10.9%
Fees: accounting $3,706$1,235$1,235$1,236 3.6%
Other (as described) EventEvent Expenses $3,047$0$0$3,047 2.9%
Advertising and promotion $2,420-$2,420- 2.3%
Total$103,564100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $133,438 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $129,438 97.0%
Fees to independent contractors $4,000 3.0%
Total$133,438100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $102,144 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $95,068 93.1%
Fees to independent contractors $4,650 4.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2,426 2.4%
Total$102,144100%

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2012 · Form 990EZ · $42,197 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $40,809 96.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,212 2.9%
Printing, publications, postage $176 0.4%
Total$42,197100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $4,886 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,731 76.4%
Fees to independent contractors $1,155 23.6%
Total$4,886100%

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