Springmier Community Library - Annual Report — L-1

Financial Health & Accountability ●​ External Funds ○​ Springmier Endowment ■​ $397,473.50 (as of December 2025) ■​ Receive 3-5% of the three year average ●​ Received 5% last year, totaling $16,195 ○​ Expect to receive a similar amount for 26/27 ○​ Johnson County Grant ■​ $10,000 ●​ Expect to receive the same amount for 26/27 ●​ Operating Expenditures ○​ Majority of expenditures were allocated to collection development and programming ■​ Increased adult collections as well as ELL/Multilingual collections ●​ Capital Improvements ○​ New seating area in children’s room ○​ Teen Lounge in 26/27 Community Usage & Statistics ●​ Circulation Totals ○​ 1558 Public Patrons ○​ Checkouts - 13002 ●​ Outreach ○​ 29 Days of Outreach ■​ Sprout - 14 (35 students on average per day) ■​ Graceland - 5 (17 students on average per day) ■​ CCA Preschool - 10 (110 students on average per day) ●​ Foot Traffic/Program Attendance ○​ 11,853 Total Patrons (6699 in 24/25) ■​ 2249 Babies/Toddlers ■​ 3960 Children (PK-5th) ■​ 1318 (Teen) ■​ 4326 (Adult) Community Impact & Success Stories ●​ Patron Testimonials (see attached document) ●​ Partnerships (the following businesses and entities partnered with the Springmier Library in some capacity for programming or collection development) ○​ Farmers State Bank ○​ Hills Bank