Friends of the Venice Library

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501(c)(3) organization

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501 S VENICE BLVD
Venice CA 90291-4201

Venice CA | IRS ruling year: 2001 | EIN: 95-3993728

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Rating Information

Not currently rated

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Accountability & Finance

Friends of the Venice Library cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data. But please note, that the IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofit's annual tax filings. That may mean that this entity has electronically filed additional Forms 990 but they have yet to be processed and made public by the IRS.

To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Finance & Accountability beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for Friends of the Venice Library under the EIN: 95-3993728.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate Friends of the Venice Library, Friends of the Venice Library will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.

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Unscored Information

Total Revenue and Expenses - No Data Available

No Data Available

Revenue and expense data is not available for this organization. This data is only available if this charity has at least one year of electronically-filed Form 990 data filed within the last six years.

Salary of Key Persons - No Data Available

No Data Available

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IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available

Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website

Activities:

Gifts, grants, or loans to other organizations (BMF activity code: 602)

Other inner city or community benefit activities (BMF activity code: 429)

Foundation Status:

Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)

Affiliation:

Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)

Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available

The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Friends of the Venice Library) or EIN (953993728) in the 'Search Term' field.

Pandemic Response - Data Available

This organization was impacted by COVID-19 in a way that effected their financial health in 2020. This normally would have reduced their star rating. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.

Friends of the Venice Library reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:

Program Delivery
Fundraising Capacity
Revenue
Staffing
Administrative Capacity
Balance Sheet

How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:

Donations to our organization declined as programs and activities were cut back at the Venice Branch Library. We were also unable to conduct our quarterly book sales which prevented another major source of funding.

How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:

The library branch closed in March 2020 and so all programs were shutdown until plans were set up to have virtual programs, but even then staff was limited so on-line programs were very minimal.

How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:

Book donations were modified because no books could be dropped off at the library. Instead the person donating books had to send us an email and we would set up a meeting in person. This was actually good because the quality of donations improved.

Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:

We created a QR code to the donate page on our website which allowed for contactless contributions in a fun and easy way.

Impact & Results

Not Currently Scored

Friends of the Venice Library cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.

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Culture & Community

Friends of the Venice Library cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.

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Leadership & Adaptability

Friends of the Venice Library has earned a 100% for the Leadership & Adaptability beacon. See the metrics below for more information.

This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.

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Metrics

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Not Applicable

Mission - 10/10 pts

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission

The Friends of the Venice Library's mission is to support the programs & activities of the Venice Branch Library in the L.A. Public Library system.

Vision - 10/10 pts

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.

Our primary goal is to help the library in THEIR mission to: enrich, empower and educate every individual in our diverse and unique community by providing free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology.

Source: Nonprofit submitted responses

Goals - 20/20 pts

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.

Goal One: Provide easy access to low impact exercise programs.

Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.

Goal Two: Expand the reach of our book clubs for the benefit of the entire community.

Goal Type: Focus on core programs to achieve mission and scale back on programs not seen as core.

Goal Three: Determine what programs would be uniquely beneficial to the Venice community.

Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.

Leadership Development - 15/15 pts

The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development

Describe an investment in leadership

Our group is non-profit and ALL Volunteer. But the library has resources if any individual is interested in learning more about leadership roles within this organization. They sponsor various conferences that our members have attended.

Mobilizing for Mission - 15/15 pts

The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

Strategic Partnerships
Raising Awareness

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

We are members of our community's chamber of commerce and are partnering with other groups in undertaking various synergistic activities and goals.

Adaptability Story - 30/30 pts

The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.

Like everyone else we converted our board meetings and annual meetings to virtual Zoom sessions.

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Friends of the Venice Library

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Rating Information

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Unscored Information

Impact & Results

Culture & Community

Leadership & Adaptability

Describe an investment in leadership

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

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