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nonprofit · EIN 27-0914453 · IL

How much does BERNIE'S BOOK BANK raise and spend?

BERNIE'S BOOK BANK (IL, EIN 27-0914453) reported $9.5M in revenue and $6.0M in expenses for tax year 2025, with $9.0M in net assets (18.0 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 16,249 of 253,823 e-filers, 195 of 5,534 in NTEE O: Youth Development, 765 of 10,481 nonprofits in illinois.

REVENUE: $9.5MEXPENSES: $6.0MRESERVES: 18.0 months8 filings

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What stands out

BERNIE'S BOOK BANK (IL, EIN 27-0914453) reported $9.5M in revenue and $6.0M in expenses for tax year 2025, with $9.0M in net assets (18.0 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 16,249 of 253,823 e-filers, 195 of 5,534 in NTEE O: Youth Development, 765 of 10,481 nonprofits in illinois. Against NTEE O: Youth Development: months of reserves 18.0 months, above the peer median of 9.1 months; officer compensation share of expenses 12.7%, above the peer median of 8.0%; contributions share of revenue 95.6%, above the peer median of 79.1%; surplus margin 36.5%, above the peer median of 4.2%.

Key figures, tax year 2025

As filed on Form 990; ratios computed by FACTANKER. Peer medians are percentile_cont over the group in the same year. Every filed line links to its record on the entity page.

Measure2025Median, activityMedian, sizeMedian, all
Total revenue$9.5M$151.9k$2.5M$180.0k
Total expenses$6.0M$136.8k$2.3M$163.2k
Total assets$13.1M$398.5k$3.5M$758.3k
Net assets$9.0M$389.6k$2.4M$630.1k
Officer compensation (total per organisation)$765.4k$112.0k$172.3k$118.6k
Program service revenue share0.0%6.2%30.9%14.7%
Contributions share of revenue95.6%79.1%46.0%51.4%
Officer compensation share of expenses12.7%8.0%6.3%6.2%
Months of reserves18.0 months9.1 months11.1 months12.7 months
Surplus margin36.5%4.2%3.2%4.7%

Year by year

8 filings on record.

Tax yearRevenueExpensesNet assetsReservesOfficer comp.Rank
2025$9.5M$6.0M$9.0M18.0 months$765.4k16,249
2024$6.4M$5.7M$5.4M11.4 months$471.0k27,055
2023$6.0M$5.9M$4.7M9.5 months$444.5k39,321
2022$5.8M$5.3M$4.5M10.1 months$316.2k37,772
2020$4.9M$4.7M$2.9M7.3 months$301.5k38,187
2019$5.5M$6.5M$2.7M4.9 months$328.6k29,768
2018$6.2M$6.1M$3.6M7.0 months$264.9k27,165
2017$5.0M$5.7M$3.4M7.2 months$116.2k224

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