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US nonprofit · EIN 455397422 · Sparta, WIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 455397422) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2018.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Friends of the Sparta Free Library

Donations deductible
Revenue
$41k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$394k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$13k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$13k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
6.6 years on average
Staff
0
9 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Friends of the Sparta Free Library's network

9 people2 organisationsi9 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Amy BernathCampaign Coordinator2019
7 yrs
Christy HeitmanCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
John FrazeeCommittee Member2019
7 yrs
John La CourseCommittee Member2020
6 yrs
Michelle TryggestadLibrary Director2021
5 yrs
Nancy FrazeeTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Reinhard MuellerCommittee Member2019
7 yrs
Sherri La CourseCommittee Member2020
6 yrs
Trish ShecterlePresident2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Nancy FrazeeTreasurer2019
Trish ShecterlePresident2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Trish ShecterlePresident3$0
Nancy FrazeeTreasurer3$0
Christy HeitmanSecretary2$0
Amy BernathCampaign Coordinator2$0
John FrazeeCommittee Member3$0
John la CourseCommittee Member3$0
Sherri la CourseCommittee Member3$0
Reinhard MuellerCommittee Member1$0
Michelle TryggestadLibrary Director3$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Friends of the Sparta Free Library
EIN
455397422
Address
Po Box 71, Sparta, WI, 54656-0071
State
Wisconsin
Mission
To support the benefits of the sparta free library by encouraging use to the library, providing volunteer services, hosting meetings and workshops and providing special needs. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B11 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
Principal officer
Nancy Frazee (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2013
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsAmy Bernath
≥7years on the filingsJohn Frazee
≥7years on the filingsReinhard Mueller
≥6years on the filingsChristy Heitman

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$13k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$13k
Contributions and grants received
$29k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$364k
Employees
0
Volunteers
9

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sparta Free LibraryLibrary expansion$364k