Public Charity

ASSOCIATES OF BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INC

ASSOCIATES OF BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INC is a Public Charity headquartered in BOSTON, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.7M revenue, $1.8M expenses, $11.9M total assets. 26 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042900822 BOSTON, MA Single Organization Support NTEE: B11 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.7M
Total Expenses$1.8M
Total Assets$11.9M
Grant Records26
Funding Total$6.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE ASSOCIATES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE HISTORIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC TREASURES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY THROUGH TARGETED GRANTMAKING AND CULTURAL EVENTS. BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO THESE COLLECTIONS, THE ASSOCIATES ENSURES THAT PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, IN BOSTON AND BEYOND, CONTINUE TO BE INFORMED AND INSPIRED.

Where $100 goes at Associates of Boston Public Library Inc

How Associates of Boston Public Library Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$25 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$65
The organization is dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the Boston public library's special collections of rare books, manuscripts, prints and drawings, musical scores, and items of historic…
90% of program spending
$4
The organization hosts literary and curatorial programming designed to heighten awareness of the Boston public library and its special collections
6% of program spending
$3
The organization sponsors the associates of the Boston public library writer-in-residence program to provide emerging authors with the financial support and office space needed to complete one literary…
4% of 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

CHAIR Alyce J Lee
DIRECTOR Anita C Lincoln
DIRECTOR Carole Simpson
TREASURER Cf Stone Iii
DIRECTOR Christy Cashman
DIRECTOR Dana J Cohen

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$6,503,570 22 grants
Education
$15,925 2 grants
Arts & Culture
$12,000 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.7M $1.8M $11.9M
2024 $3.3M $1.6M $11.6M
2023 $1.8M $1.6M $9.3M
2022 $1.9M $1.4M $8.8M
2021 $1.9M $1.4M $9.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.9M to $1.7M (-11%), with total assets most recently reported at $11.9M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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