Public Charity

Live Oak Public Libraries

Live Oak Public Libraries is a Public Charity headquartered in Savannah, GA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $18.6M revenue, $18.1M expenses, $36.7M total assets. 9 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $64K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 586000478 Savannah, GA Libraries NTEE: B70 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$18.6M
Total Expenses$18.1M
Total Assets$36.7M
Grant Records9
Funding Total$64K
Filing Years2025

Mission

THE LIVE OAK PUBLIC LIBRARIES CONSISTS OF 16 BRANCHES. YEARLY, THE LIBRARY CHECKS OUT OVER 1.3 MILLION ITEMS, ANSWERS 400,000 QUESTIONS, REGISTERS OVER 500,000 COMPUTER SESSIONS AND PRESENTS LIBRARY PROGRAMS TO OVER 40,000 CHILDREN IN CHATHAM, EFFINGHAM, AND LIBERTY COUNTIES.

Where $100 goes at Live Oak Public Libraries

How Live Oak Public Libraries divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
The library has two main functions of branch services and circulation management: BRANCH SERVICES includes three areas: (1) CIRCULATION AND REFERENCE PROGRAMS: THIS IS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM'S MAIN…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Ambria Berksteiner
Board Member Aminata Traore-Morris
Board Member Brienne Walsh
Director of Regional Operations Douglas Bailey
Board Member Erin Lovejoy
Board Member Gabrielle Gardner

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$54,083 7 grants
Unspecified
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $18.6M $18.1M $36.7M

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