James V. Brown Library Recognized As Platinum Level Nonprofit

Harrisburg PA

21 April, 2022

7:47 PM

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By NCPA Staff, NorthCentralPA.com April 21, 2022 The James V. Brown Library is a recent recipient of a 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, a service of Candid. The Library is making strides to help the public move beyond simplistic nonprofit evaluations with limited information. To reach the Platinum level, the Brown Library added more information to its Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar: basic contact and organizational information; in-depth financial information; qualitative information about goals, strategies, and capabilities; and quantitative information about results and progress toward its mission. By taking the time to provide this information, the Brown Library has demonstrated its commitment to transparency and to giving donors and funders meaningful data to evaluate nonprofit performance. "In accordance with our long-held belief in being transparent about our work, we are excited to convey our organization's results in a user-friendly and highly visual manner," said Barbara S. McGary, Executive Director of the Brown Library. "By updating our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile to the Platinum level, we can now easily share a wealth of up-to-date organizational metrics with our supporters as well as GuideStar's online audience, which includes donors, grant makers, our peers, and the media." The library focuses on several metrics for success, including the number of participants attending programs, the number of people who walk through the doors, and the total of public computer and wi-fi usage. The Library's profile is available here. The GuideStar database contains a profile for every tax-exempt nonprofit registered with the IRS. The profiles are populated with information directly from nonprofits, the IRS, and other partners in the nonprofit sector. NorthcentralPa.com provides the region with reliable, relevant, and real-time news, covering weather, community news and events, crime, police activity, local, regional, and national alerts, and PennDOT-reported road construction and conditions. We report on local and regional politics, offer a platform for nonprofits to report their news and events, and share obituaries. Scanner reports let readers know what's happening outside their homes the minute it happens.