Nonprofit · EIN 95-3533842
FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY
Tax-exempt · ENCINITAS, CA 92024
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $149,469 | $154,509 | -$5,040 | $569,678 | $0 | $569,678 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $137,021 | $160,948 | -$23,927 | $545,797 | $0 | $545,797 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $135,141 | $144,594 | -$9,453 | $540,141 | $0 | $540,141 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $17,012
- Membership dues
- $9,483
- Program service revenue
- $124,579
- Investment income
- $7,878
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $31,093
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Program services (functional)
- $124,598
- Management and general (functional)
- $20,793
- Fundraising (functional)
- $9,118
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $545,797
- Total assets, end of year
- $569,678
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $569,678
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $300,972
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $268,706
- Gross receipts
- $149,469
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 70
- Year formed
- 1980
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANET L CHRIST | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JANINE FREE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KATHY ANDERSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JAMES AUSTIN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| SCOTT GRIFFITHS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| COLEEN FLAHERTY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| EDIE JIRAK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KARIN FITTANTE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| TERRELL TYRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| MICHAEL GORMLEY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JOYCE KING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAM KURZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JANINE FREE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| KATHY ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SCOTT GRIFFITHS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN WARREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KARIN FITTANTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JUDY DEVLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| DONNA BULLOUGH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TERRELL TYRA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MICHAEL GORMLEY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMES AUSTIN | PRESIDENT Officer | 10 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATHLEEN WARREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SCOTT GRIFFITHS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JUDY DEVLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KARIN FITTANTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JANINE FREE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| PAM KURZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KATHY ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MICHAEL GORMLEY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| TERRELL TYRA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DONNA BULLOUGH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMES AUSTIN | PRESIDENT Officer | 10 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 540 CORNISH DR, ENCINITAS, CA 92024-4511
- In care of
- % MICHAEL GORMLEY
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- KARIN FITTANTE, 540 CORNISH DR, ENCINITAS, CA 92024
- Signed the 990
- MICHAEL GORMLEY, TREASURER
- Phone
- (760) 753-8245
- Website
- ENCINITASLIBFRIENDS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- MOTHER LODE BOOKKEEPING INC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-3533842 or by the name FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY STRIVES TO ENCOURAGE LITERACY, LIFELONG LEARNING AND THE LOVE OF READING THROUGHOUT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. TO ENHANCE THE LIBRARYS RESOURCES, INCREASE THE COMMUNITYS ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, AND TO PROVIDE A VIBRANT CULTURAL GATHERING PLACE.
Program accomplishments
- FOEL PARTICIPATED IN THE SD COUNTY LIBRARYS MATCHING FUNDS PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING $31,093 OF WHICH THE COUNTY MATCHED FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW DIGITAL BOOKS. THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS INCLUDED FOOD AND CRAFT, REGULAR PERFORMER AND INSTRUCTOR EVENTS.Expenses $89,102 · revenue $941
- FOEL SPONSORS CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS POETRY WORKSHOPS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, AND SIGNATURE PROGRAMS FOSTERING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.Expenses $18,066 · revenue $8,734
- FOEL OPERATES A BOOKSTORE IN SUPPORT OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY, USING SALES TO FUND LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND ACQUISITIONS.Expenses $17,430 · revenue $114,904
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 | 990 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
- 95-3533842
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $569,678
- Income (IRS master file)
- $149,469
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $149,469 | $154,509 | $569,678 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $137,021 | $160,948 | $545,797 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $135,141 | $144,594 | $540,141 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $174,325 | $84,970 | $526,129 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | 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 95-3533842).
Questions about FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY
- What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY is 95-3533842.
- Is FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY 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 FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names KARIN FITTANTE.
- Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does FRIENDS OF THE ENCINITAS LIBRARY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $149,469, expenses of $154,509 and total assets of $569,678 at year end.
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