2026-03-16T13:26:05-05:00 2025-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2024-07-01 946085452 Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library FRIE 4156267500 1630 17th St San Francisco CA 94107 Bob Daffeh Director of Finance & Admin. 4156267500 2026-03-16 1 1 Jason K Stelling EA P02456446 6264036801 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Emily Garvie 1630 17th St San Francisco CA 94107 5303220 0 X www.friendssfpl.org X 1961 CA See Schedule OFriends of the San Francisco Public Library (Friends) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization that advocates, fundraises, and provides critical support for the San Francisco Public Library ("SFPL") and its mission for equitable access to resources for everyone. Friends is dedicated to creating, stewarding, and supporting one of the best library systems in the country. 17 17 25 165 0 0 2194983 3653224 0 0 240395 292730 909403 915364 3344781 4861318 915032 902179 0 0 1793853 1779969 0 0 533304 907654 859962 3616539 3542110 -271758 1319208 10334828 12961042 388297 1116332 9946531 11844710 X See Schedule OFriends supports the free public libraries of San Francisco. We provide funding and conduct advocacy and outreach to ensure that all people have equal access to the information, resources and support that our libraries provide. Friends believes that libraries are anchors for thriving neighborhoods, and that an excellent library system is critical to the health of our city. 0 0 1421842 902179 Library Support Program:Friends has an annual direct support program that funds various library programs, resources, and equipment. As a community foundation, Friends awards support to the SFPL for innovative, free programs and services that are open to everyone across San Francisco in the areas of: children and teens, neighborhood branches, arts and culture, exhibitions, careers and jobs support, ESL, new immigrant support, technology and media learning, remote outreach (bookmobiles), and special collections and infrastructure support for affinity centers throughout the Main Library. Examples of popular programs that rely almost exclusively on Friends' support are One City One Book, the Summer Stride Reading and STEM Program, Tricycle Music Festival, and the publication of At the Library, a free newsletter of activities at the Main Library and the 27 branches. Friends' funds also support professional development for library staff, including paying for specialized training and conferences and grants to Librarians to pilot new innovative services that if successful, are often expanded system wide. And finally, Friends support includes additional funds for the library to promote free programs among identified groups of high-need residents, including contracting digital marketing expertise. Through Friends, community members express their support and aspirations for the SFPL as: - Persuasive Advocates committed to a strong and responsive library with reliable public funding. - Engaged Champions advancing the SFPL's mission for community literacy and expansive free resources and opportunities for everyone.- Generous investors bridging the funding gap between what the city provides and the cost of additional programs, resources, and services that San Franciscans want and need. 908068 915277 Community Book Program: Through ongoing efforts to support the library, Friends connects readers with inexpensive and free books. Each year, through its Community Book Program ("CBP"), Friends takes in over one million donated books and media, which it in turn resells to the public through two bookstores, online sales, and a number of specialty book sales (including some of the largest book sales on the West Coast). The SFPL also selectively acquires rare books from Friends that enhance SFPL's collections. Many books are also donated to schools and other non-profit organizations through Friends' CBP. Friends re-engineered what has been known as Books Operations into the Book Program, embracing its activities more accurately and fueling its growth as a valuable community asset that supports SFPL's mission for literacy and literary engagement. The Book Programs' four fundamental goals balance literacy and a national model for environmental responsibility. These goals are to: - Increase access to low-cost books and media through multiple venues of convenience and affordability. - Redirect free books from the traditional market to underserved and low-income children and families.- Promote literary engagement through free literary activities. - Keep more than one million books and media out of landfill and recycling plants each year. 282205 Advocacy Program:Friends continues the tradition of active and vocal support to ensure excellence in library services for all users. Friends' long and successful track record includes its critical role in passing five ballot measures over the last 30 years. Through its advocacy efforts, Friends helped pass a $106 million bond measure to build and refurbish 24 neighborhood branch libraries city-wide (2000, Prop A), championing the Library Preservation Fund, ensuring increased library hours, services and budget (1994, Prop E); spearheading the legislative campaign to build a $109.5 million new Main Library (1988, Prop A) and securing over $9.7 million in state funding. In 2007, Friends helped pass a measure (Prop D) that will bring in over $1.2 billion to the library by renewing the Library Preservation Fund and most recently in 2022, passed the third version of the Library Preservation Fund (Prop F) securing twenty-five years of public funding. We continue to work with elected officials, community groups, and the library administration to ensure a premier library system for San Francisco. 100888 Volunteer Program:Friends has a robust volunteer program which helps support the CBP, library and Friends' literary events, and contribute to our library advocacy efforts by educating the public about the Library Preservation Fund as well as promoting patronage of the twenty-eight libraries in San Francisco. In FY 24/25, the program was supported by a total of 165 volunteers who contributed a total of 12,682 volunteer hours valued at $509,055. The Lisa Brown & Daniel Handler Writer's Residency Program:Made possible by the generosity of Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown, the residency is designed to provide five writers with free, adequate, and accessible space in which to produce creative work, and to connect them with the San Francisco Public Library to produce and share their work in the community. The resident authors work in designated artist space (the writers hive) at the Friends office where they have 24-hour unlimited access to the office and all the amenities and supplies of the office. Each resident is connected to a branch library as the resident writer/creator for the purpose of highlighting their talents and engaging with the library patrons. 100888 2713003 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 164 0 1 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X The Organization 4156267500 1630 17th St San Francisco CA 94107 Rebecca Charnas-Grant Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Nelly Sapinski Vice Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Miriam Wrobel Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Sarah Ives Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 David Blazevich Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chrysty Esperanza Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alison Fong Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Barre Fong Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Diane Gibson Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kendall Laidlaw Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kate Lazarus Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alissa Lee Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Lipnack Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ben Mangan Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Marriane O'Connor Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia So Schroeder Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Willie Swinerton Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Emily Ford Dirks Executive Director (start 5/24) 35.00 X 132196 0 879 Bob Daffeh Director of Finance & Admin. 35.00 X 149541 0 37150 Michael Mercanti Communication Officer 35.00 X 100917 0 9442 Shaojun Wu Finance Manager 35.00 X 106910 0 29664 489564 0 77135 4 0 1 0 Winslow & Associates 746 Hayes Street San Francisco CA 94102 Event planning services 117850 Events Management 1798 Bryant Street San Francisco CA 94110 Catering services 100764 2 295029 19125 3339070 26006 3653224 290546 290546 24300 22116 2184 2184 2184 270474 295029 270474 0 1064589 149312 915277 915277 Miscellaneous 900099 87 87 87 4861318 915277 0 292817 902179 902179 404927 263111 80985 60831 1083327 801483 97286 184558 21750 15575 2580 3595 162101 116147 19329 26625 107864 76934 14348 16582 400 400 31000 23735 2493 4772 43865 43865 266459 98131 9825 158503 1716 1716 135092 95094 5499 34499 237715 204361 12338 21016 4759 2706 167 1886 47300 37817 3085 6398 18254 15689 835 1730 Repairs & maintenance 27860 22275 1819 3766 Networking - staff dev. 27082 21667 386 5029 Rentals & equipment 10597 8473 691 1433 Dues & subscription 5567 4076 125 1366 2296 1834 147 315 3542110 2713003 295803 533304 227676 1098092 424468 361457 287985 445094 41982 19584 73234 121196 1449274 1272925 217533 176349 8886173 9822962 175777 916308 10334828 12961042 255439 232214 132858 884118 388297 1116332 X 3416277 3708396 6530254 8136314 9946531 11844710 10334828 12961042 1319208 578971 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2254241 1967329 4705877 2194983 3653224 14775654 849091 956897 950397 1075334 1064589 4896308 3103332 2924226 5656274 3270317 4717813 19671962 0 82615 4916 87531 82615 4916 87531 19584431 1135141 235712 128111 213498 290546 2003008 1135141 235712 128111 213498 290546 2003008 57 78 81 183 87 486 4238530 3160016 5784466 3483998 5008446 21675456 0.90350 0.90050 0.09240 0.09530 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4941864 536567 198694 5279737 4769823 565771 393730 4941864 4710844 325714 266735 4769823 5510627 908796 1708579 4710844 4553612 2225712 1268698 5510626 0.68258 0.31742 0 0 857695 692099 165596 591579 580826 10753 176349 Deposits 32190 Right-of-use assets - operating leases 884118 916308 Lease liabilities - operating leases 884118 884118 X 5906390 578971 509966 1088937 4817453 43865 43865 4861318 4008211 509966 509966 3498245 43865 43865 3542110 Part V, Line 4: Friends' endowment consists of five funds established for a variety of purposes and includes donor-restricted funds. Net assets associated with this endowment are classified and reported based on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. Friends has adopted investment and spending policies for endowment assets that attempt to preserve the purchasing power of the Endowment Fund and at the same time provide a regular and growing distribution of funds for the use of Friends, consistent with the terms of the Endowment Fund Distribution Policy and the terms governing each of the individual endowment funds. A balanced approach is to be taken between risk, preservation of capital, income and growth. Part X, Line 2: Friends is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Friends in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Friends' returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Laureates 565503 295029 270474 280 270194 565503 295029 270474 280 270194 270474 0 0 San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco CA 94102 946000417 902179 0 Support San Francisco Public Library and the surrounding community members. 1 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Daffeh Director of Finance & Admin. 149541 0 0 0 0 0 4680 0 32470 0 186691 0 0 0 X 4 26006 Market value 0 0 0 Part I, Column (b): The number of contributions is based on the number of individuals who donated the goods. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The audit committee reviews and approves the Form 990 and then forwards accepted Form 990 to all board members for acceptance before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c It is Friends of SFPL's policy that employees and board members acting on behalf of the Friends be free from conflicts of interest that could influence their judgment, objectivity or loyalty to the organization. The following policy and procedures apply. No member of the board of directors shall participate in any discussion or vote on any matter in which he or she or a member of his or her immediate family has potential conflict of interest due to having material economic involvement regarding the matter being discussed when such a situation presents itself. The director must announce his or her potential conflict, disqualify himself or herself, and be excused from the meeting until discussion is over on the matter involved. The chair of the meeting is expected to make inquiry if such conflict appears to exist and the board member has not made it known. Employees are to avoid any conflict of interest and even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Potential conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest is to be reported to the executive director or supervisor immediately. Employees must take the following steps to avoid conflict or appearance of an impropriety: - Request ED's approval of outside activities that may pose a real or potential conflict of interest - Avoid personal relationship with other Friends employees where parties in the relationship may receive or give unfair advantage or preferential treatments because of relationship - Avoid actions or relationships that might conflict or appear to conflict with your job responsibilities or the interest of friends - Avoid accepting gifts, money or gratuities from persons or entities performing or seeking to perform services under contract with the organization - Avoid receiving personal honoraria for services you perform that are closely related to your work at the Friends. Obtain ED or supervisor approval for occasional honoraria - Not use nonpublic Friends information for your personal gain or advantage or for the gain or advantage or another - Employees are prohibited from hiring family members when they play a dual role in the decision making. A policy acknowledgement form is reviewed and signed by board of directors, committee members, officers, staff members and certain consultants to ensure no member of the board of directors, or any of its committees, shall derive any personal profit or gain, directly or indirectly, by reason of his or her participation with the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Each individual shall disclose to the organization any personal interest which he or she may have in any matter pending before the organization and shall refrain from participating in any decision on such matter. Also, any member of the board, any committee, or staff who is an officer, client organization or vendor of the Friends shall identify his or her affiliation with such agency or agencies. Further, in connection with any committee or board action specifically directed to that agency, he or she shall not participate in the decision affecting that agency and the decision must be made and/or ratified by the full board. Any member of the board, any committee, staff and certain consultants shall refrain from obtaining any list of Friends' clients/members for personal or private solicitation purposes at any time during the term of their affiliation. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 In reviewing and approving the compensation, the Board of Directors of Friends through the executive/compensation committee (the Committee) will utilize the following process: 1. Impartial decision makers. The compensation arrangement must be approved in advance by the committee comprising entirely of individuals who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement for executives, officers or key employees. 2. Comparability data. When the committee is considering compensation to executives, officers and key employees, it must rely on comparability data that demonstrate the fair market value obtained from independent source. 3. Documentation. The committee must document how it reached its decisions, including the data on which it relied. The terms of the compensation, the date it was approved, committee members who were present and those who voted in favor. 4. Conflict of interest. The committee must document any actions taken with respect to consideration of the compensation by anyone who is otherwise a member of the committee but who had a conflict of interest with respect to the decision on the compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Through all public listings with the IRS, in-person inspection and copies allowed upon request from the public.