Nonprofit · EIN 91-1505230
KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · ISSAQUAH, WA 98027
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,161,587 | $1,748,267 | $413,320 | $12,020,103 | $145,349 | $11,874,754 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,877,541 | $2,027,680 | $849,861 | $11,358,530 | $115,302 | $11,243,228 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,483,529
- of which government grants
- $51,309
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $586,206
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $437,062
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$90,056
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $159,944
- Other revenue
- $91,852
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,541,640
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $84,028
- Program services (functional)
- $1,541,640
- Management and general (functional)
- $41,578
- Fundraising (functional)
- $165,049
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $11,358,530
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,020,103
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $145,349
- Net assets, end of year
- $11,874,754
- Publicly traded securities
- $7,754,915
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $9,058,707
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,816,047
- Gross receipts
- $3,387,206
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 69
- Year formed
- 1990
- State of legal domicile
- WA
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wigfall | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Desiree Good | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Guddat | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Sandra Collier | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Shobana Balakrishnan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cathleen Brueske | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Raymond Chan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Pennie Clark Ianniciello | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Corey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Dillaway | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Frantz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Patricia Friel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Haakenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Hendershott | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Theresa Huizi | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
12 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Janda | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Debbie Kuehner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Erika Lindsay | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anena Metoyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Harriett Morton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anne Repass | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Piper Sangston | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rick Taylor | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anna Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lily LaMotte | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Maria West | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lisa Yamasaki | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 27 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM WIGFALL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DESIREE GOOD | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF GUDDAT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SANDRA COLLIER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHOBANA BALAKRISHNAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DOREEN BINGO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHLEEN BRUESKE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAYMOND CHAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PENNIE CLARK IANNICIELLO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY COREY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA DILLAWAY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE FRANTZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICIA FRIEL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER HAAKENSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREGORY HENDERSHOTT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THERESA HUIZI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DUCKSOON HWANG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE JANDA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBBIE KUEHNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIKA LINDSAY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANENA METOYER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HARRIETT MORTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANNE REPASS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PIPER SANGSTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE SWANE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICK TAYLOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LISA YAMASAKI | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 960 NEWPORT WAY NW, ISSAQUAH, WA 98027-2702
- In care of
- % JEANNE THORSEN
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Lisa Yamasaki, 960 Newport Way NW, Issaquah, WA 98027
- Signed the 990
- Lisa Yamasaki, Executive Director
- Phone
- (425) 369-3450
- Website
- www.kclsfoundation.org
- Return prepared by
- JACOBSON LAWRENCE & ASSOCIATES PLLC
Mission
The King County Library System Foundation promotes literacy, learning, and libraries by providing support beyond public funding for initiatives and resources that enable the King County Library System to better serve the needs of our community.
Program accomplishments
- KCLS Summer Reading was granted approximately $226,000. For low-income youth, simple access to books is the main barrier to reading engagement. This annual summer program provides books for all ages and focuses on habituating reading through challenges, incentives, and programs. Approximately $205,000 was granted to support KCLS Library innovation. These programs include Design thinking training, Community Creator, and National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) climate action plan. Collectively, these programs are improving the ability of KCLS to utilize data and technology to better serve its increasingly diverse communities. The other programs funded total approximately $76,000. Agility fund includes one million Reads, Amharic and Tigrignan Storytime, Library Services Platform Research, Regional Retreat, Books to support Author Event and Continuous Imaginative Play Renton Library.Expenses $507,640 · grants $507,640
- Approximately $411,000 was granted to support Community Services & Outreach. A majority of this amount supported Peers in Libraries, approximately $304,000. This program connects library patrons who have barriers to obtaining basic needs met, are experiencing housing instability or are unhoused, or are living with HIV/AIDS with services and resources to move them toward stability and improved health. KCLS Extending Services to People Experiencing Homelessness program, increases access for people who experience barriers to utilizing library buildings and programs due to housing instability. This program brings library resources and programs to community locations such as tent cities, shelters, day centers, treatment clinics, food banks, and subsidized housing. Services include book distribution, hotspot lending, activity kits, referrals to public benefits, and early literacy programs. Services to patrons experiencing food insecurity program provides books and programming to ten food bank locations across our service area. each location receives $1,000 stipend for programming that includes story times, food literacy, and community resource navigation. The Welcoming Centers programs goal is to facilitate connections and create communities of belonging among immigrants, refugees, and new arrivals. It functions as a point of connection, a suite of wraparound services, and a resolution that all libraries are places of belonging.Expenses $411,000 · grants $411,000
- Accessibility and Inclusion programs were granted approximately $370,000. This set of programs advance DEI in our communities in a number of ways. First, Writers of Color Author Series a series of online programs featuring high-profile BIPOC authors. A BIPOC community leader from King County moderates each event. Next, Connect: Wi-Fi Hotspots and Laptops program makes internet access available to people who would not otherwise be able to access it by distributing laptops and hotspots to partner agencies that serve people who are experiencing housing insecurity, as well as low-income seniors, immigrants, refugees, and students. Connecting Older Adults Online program takes a holistic approach providing learning opportunities that build the digital skills necessary in todays world, and art and humanities activities that are necessary for emotional well-being as people age. Older adults and caregivers are served through 40 online digital literacy classes, 100 online arts classes, and an online author series. The LGBTQIA+ Intergen Peer Programming a pilot program in which library staff will collaborate with community organizations to develop a framework for designing intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Programming and will host a series of 3 programs based on that framework. Lastly, Memory Labs Funded by a grant from The Mellon Foundation, KCLS will work with community partners during the Memory Lab project to gather, amplify, and preserve the stories of patrons who have been impacted by systemic inequities, and language and cultural barriers.Expenses $370,000 · grants $370,000
- Approximately $253,000 was granted to support Lifelong Literacy & Learning Programs. These programs include Raising a Reader, Supporting Grade Level Reading, and Study Zone. Raising a Reader is a nationally recognized caregiver engagement and book delivery program, built upon research showing that childrens literacy increases when families are engaged in a regular reading routine and have access to high-interest books that are developmentally appropriate with diverse representation. Through partnerships with other agencies, we connect directly with high-priority audiences. KCLS provides developmentally appropriate and diverse books for young children and their families, which are distributed through community partners each week. Supporting Grade Level Reading OTTER & Sasquatch Award. A program that helps reluctant and eager readers alike develop and strengthen their love of reading by offering fun books, engaging activities, and the voice to vote for their favorite books of the year. Book sets are distributed using an equity lens prioritizing schools that are under-resourced. StudyZone, a volunteer-led program providing learning support in a consistent and positive environment allowing students to receive tutoring in all subjects. It also gives English language learners the opportunity to practice English conversation and reading with their peers and get homework help from tutors who speak a wide range of languages.Expenses $253,000 · grants $253,000
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 91-1505230
- 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
- 1995
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B71I)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $12,020,103
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,387,206
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,161,587 | $1,748,267 | $12,020,103 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,877,541 | $2,027,680 | $11,358,530 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,604,351 | $1,800,909 | $9,794,730 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 91-1505230).
Questions about KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION is 91-1505230.
- Is KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.
- Are donations to KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION 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 KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Lisa Yamasaki.
- Who are the officers and directors of KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 27 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $2,161,587, expenses of $1,748,267 and total assets of $12,020,103 at year end.
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