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US nonprofit · EIN 521283371 · Rockville, MDiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 521283371) - 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 tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code GROUP), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Friends of the Library Montgomery County MD Inc

Revenue
$1.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$1.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$3.3m
$1.7m liabilities
Net assets
$1.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
15
3.6y av
Staff
28
217 volunteers
Left since last filing
4
27% of the board
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
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Friends of the Library Montgomery County MD Inc's network

15 peoplei15 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (15). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

15 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 15 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Christine CreftonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Denise NearyCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Frances M Frost (also filed as Frances Frost)President2019
7 yrs
Javiera AlarconTrustee2021
5 yrs
Joe VallinaTrustee2025
1 yr
Jon ThorsenTrustee2025
1 yr
Kelly MetzTreasurer2021
5 yrs
Margo Brenner CollinsTrustee2025
1 yr
Maya MasseyTrustee2024
2 yrs
Melanie RichardsonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Melissa KingTrustee2023
3 yrs
Robyn ErkelensTrustee2025
1 yr
Shelley Johnson CareyVice President2023
3 yrs
Wilson BadilloTrustee2020
6 yrs
Yevgeniy SukhenkoTrustee2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 15 →

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
ARI Z BrooksExecutive Directorsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 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
Ari Z BrooksExecutive Director40$106k$44k
Frances FrostPresident4$0
Shelley Johnson CareyVice President4$0
Denise NearySecretary4$0
Kelly MetzTreasurer4$0
Javiera AlarconTrustee2$0
Yevgeniy SukhenkoTrustee2$0
Joe VallinaTrustee2$0
Margo Brenner CollinsTrustee2$0
Robyn ErkelensTrustee2$0
Jon ThorsenTrustee2$0
Wilson BadilloTrustee2$0
Christine CreftonTrustee2$0
Melissa KingTrustee2$0
Maya MasseyTrustee2$0
Melanie RichardsonTrustee2$0

About

Legal name
Friends of the Library Montgomery County MD Inc
EIN
521283371
Address
21 Maryland Ave Ste 310, Rockville, MD, 20850-2375
State
Maryland
Mission
To strengthen, promote, and champion montgomery county public libraries (mcpl). (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
T30J Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1983
Principal officer
Ari Z Brooks (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 1995
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
GROUP

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsDenise Neary
≥7years on the filingsFrances M Frost
≥6years on the filingsWilson Badillo
≥5years on the filingsJaviera Alarcon

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$3.3m
Total liabilities
$1.7m
Net assets or fund balances
$1.6m
Contributions and grants received
$1.7m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$72k
Employees
28
Volunteers
217

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.5m$1.7mDeficit $160k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

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
Montgomery County Public LibrariesGeneral assistance$72k