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THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC

THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($26,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$12k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$22k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 98%
01What it does

What The Reading Room Committee of the James Morris Library Inc does

Mission

To promote and assist the town of morris in carrying out the purposes of the james morris museum & aline brothier morris reading room. In protecting, caring for, and maintaining the buildings grounds, and the historical collection given to the town by the aline brothier morris fund.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Supported the town of morris, connecticut in preserving, maintaining, and caring for the building grounds and historical collections. Major activities included property maintenance and preservation projects.

    $19,701 spent
    91% of program spending
  2. Hosted community events and educational activities to promote public awareness and appreciation and support the building grounds and collections maintained. Events include 5th grade tea, vets brunch, fall photo contest, halloween coloring contest, and santa visit.

    $1,989 spent
    9% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,690.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($10k) Expenses 100 ($6k) Net assets 100 ($35k)2020 Revenue 127 ($13k) Expenses 260 ($15k) Net assets 60 ($21k)2021 Revenue 113 ($12k) Expenses 124 ($7k) Net assets 72 ($25k)2022 Revenue 194 ($20k) Expenses 144 ($9k) Net assets 105 ($36k)2023 Revenue 139 ($14k) Expenses 313 ($19k) Net assets 92 ($32k)2024 Revenue 120 ($12k) Expenses 374 ($22k) Net assets 63 ($22k)
201820202021202220232024
Revenue (120)Expenses (374)Net assets (63)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $25k to $36k (+45%).

$35k
$21k
$25k
$36k
$32k
$22k
201820202021202220232024
Total assets

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’18
−$2k
’20
$4k
’21
$11k
’22
−$4k
’23
−$10k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−82% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC?
THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($26,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $26,000 in grants to THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC?
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE READING ROOM COMMITTEE OF THE JAMES MORRIS LIBRARY INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing