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US nonprofit · EIN 954714775 · Whittier, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 954714775) - 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 30 June 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.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers California Attorney General (7 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Whittier Public Library Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$265k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$431k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$2.5m
$500 liabilities
Net assets
$2.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
14
4.6 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
10
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Whittier Public Library Foundation's network

14 people8 organisationsi14 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (8) 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

14 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 18 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 14 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Berta LeonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Bill GeigerBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Bruce LazenbyBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Cindy GreenupBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Laila JacobsmaBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Larry DicusBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Mandy KnightBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Myra WeissBoard Member2021
5 yrs
PAM ButlerBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Pamela FlorinBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Patricia BeckBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Ryne PearsonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Suzanna MendozaBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Virginia BallBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 14 →

Officers and senior leadership

10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Art RevueltasTreasurersince 2021
Charles AdamsCompany secretarysince 2022
Edna BecerraBoard Member2022
Martha PattersonVice Presidentsince 2021
Mary McCarthyVice Presidentsince 2021
Mike GarabedianPresident Electsince 2021
Norm KirschenbaumPresidentsince 2021
Pany SudickVice Presidentsince 2021
Sonia ChaidezVice Presidentsince 2022
Sue SettlageVice President2021

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
Patricia BeckBoard Member2$0
Virginia BallBoard Member2$0
Laila JacobsmaBoard Member2$0
Bill GeigerBoard Member2$0
Larry DicusBoard Member2$0
Myra WeissBoard Member2$0
Bruce LazenbyBoard Member2$0
Pam ButlerBoard Member2$0
Pamela FlorinBoard Member2$0
Cindy GreenupBoard Member2$0
Mandy KnightBoard Member2$0
Berta LeonBoard Member2$0
Suzanna MendozaBoard Member2$0
Ryne PearsonBoard Member2$0
Charles AdamsSecretary5$0
Sonia ChaidezVice President5$0
Norm KirschenbaumPast President5$0
Mike GarabedianPresident5$0
Art RevueltasTreasurer5$0
Martha PattersonVice President5$0
Mary McCarthyPresident Elect5$0
Pany SudickVice President5$0

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

About

Legal name
Whittier Public Library Foundation
EIN
954714775
Address
7344 Washington Ave, Whittier, CA, 90602-1730
State
California
Mission
To help secure and maintain funding for the whittier public library. To serve as a conduit between the library and the diverse community. (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
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1998
Principal officer
Mike Garabedian (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsBill Geiger
≥5years on the filingsBruce Lazenby
≥5years on the filingsLaila Jacobsma
≥5years on the filingsLarry Dicus

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
$2.5m
Total liabilities
$500
Net assets or fund balances
$2.5m
Contributions and grants received
$50k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$140k
Employees
0

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
City of WhittierRemodel the central/branch libraries of whittierremodel the central and branch libraries of whittier$140k