Public Charity

THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY

THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, of CHICAGO, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $9.9M in revenue, $14.1M in expenses, $116.1M in total assets. 67 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 362167814 CHICAGO, IL Libraries NTEE: B70 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.9M
Total Expenses$14.1M
Total Assets$116.1M
Grant Records67
Funding Total$8.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The Newberry is an internationally recognized cultural organization that is home to a growing and dynamic collection of materials that chronicles human achievement and experience from year one through today. We preserve these items and make them accessible so that users may better learn from the past, understand the present, and influence the future. Anyone 14 years of age or older can get a free readers card and explore their curiosity in our reading rooms by coming face-to-face with one of 600,000 maps, 5 million manuscript pages, or 1.6 million books, and more. We serve scholars at all points in their careers, supporting groundbreaking research in a variety of fields. We engage the public through free exhibitions that showcase the collection, free programs that explore a variety of topics from history to literature to performing arts, and continuing education classes.

Where $100 goes at The Newberry Library

How The Newberry Library divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$65 Programs the work itself
$28 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
Our dedicated librarians, curators, catalogers, and conservators serve readers, grow and care for the collection, and expand access to digital tools
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 9,828 visits
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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

TRUSTEE Adele Simmons
TRUSTEE Adrian Randolph
TRUSTEE Ajay N Shah Esq
TRUSTEE Andrew Mcnally Iv
PRESIDENT & LIBRARIAN Astrida Tantillo
TRUSTEE Burton X Rosenberg

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,994,973 34 grants
Education
$3,835,365 23 grants
Environment & Conservation
$240,500 3 grants
Arts & Culture
$105,500 4 grants
International Aid & Development
$21,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.9M $14.1M $116.1M
2024 $10.9M $13.9M $110.4M
2023 $14.6M $13.8M $108.3M
2022 $14.5M $13.7M $102.0M
2021 $12.2M $11.0M $118.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $12.2M to $9.9M (-19%), with total assets most recently reported at $116.1M.

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

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