Friends of the Beaufort County Library
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Friends are an all-volunteer group dedicated to supporting the work and supplementing the resources of our four libraries in Beaufort, Lobeco, St. Helena and Port Royal. Funds typicaly raised through donations, events and projects significantly increase the ability of our libraries to provide programs, services and materials.
- Income
- $50,834
- Spending
- $48,187
- Reserves
- 68.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 99%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- Develop and manufacture a StoryWalk installation. A StoryWalk is a movement and literacy boosting project that places an illustrated children's book, taken apart and displayed page by page, along a walking route in several locations within our local community.
- $12,701 spent. Funded the Lucky Day Plan which provides highly sought after books in the library. Lucky Day allows libraries to designate digital copies of high-demand, waitlisted titles in their collection as immediately available to patrons. Participating libraries' patrons can skip-the-line and instantly find, borrow and read these titles on a first-come, first-served basis through the Lucky Day Plan application.
- $25,689 spent. Provide supplies, books and literature for adults and children Library Programs including the Children's Summer Reading Program
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1988.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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