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← TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,793,385
Total expenses
$16,257,913
Contributions and grants received
$10,772,544
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$129,365
Investment income
$3,836,699
Other revenue
$3,054,777
Total assets, end of year
$97,910,572
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,955,405
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$92,955,167
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,884,202
Management and general expenses
$3,373,711
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,884,202

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID J LEONARD

    President

    Total calculated
    $257,091
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $226,188
    Other
    $30,903
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $195,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $27,438 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,750 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,357 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,546 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $257,091 related

  • KEITH ALLEN GILLETTE

    Chief Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $187,461
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $146,670
    Other
    $40,791
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $144,220 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,450 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,591 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $187,461 related

  • MICHAEL R COLFORD

    Director Of Library Services

    Total calculated
    $185,460
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,241
    Other
    $26,219
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $158,984 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $257 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,332 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,887 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $185,460 related

  • JOELLE LONG

    Supervisor Of Circulation And Shelving

    Total calculated
    $171,459
    From this org
    $2,930
    From related orgs
    $143,588
    Other
    $24,941
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $2,867 + $140,507 related
    Bonus
    $20 + $980 related
    Other
    $43 + $2,100 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,187 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,755 related
    Filer's total
    $2,930 + $168,529 related

  • EMILY TOKARCZYK

    Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (effective July 2023)

    Total calculated
    $165,684
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,971
    Other
    $38,713
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $124,731 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,241 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,427 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,285 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $165,684 related

  • SARAH ZAPHIRIS

    Chief Of Staff & Strategy (effective November 2021)

    Total calculated
    $163,770
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $146,942
    Other
    $16,828
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $144,220 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,722 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,225 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,603 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $163,770 related

  • ELIZABETH PRINDLE

    Director Of Research & Special Collections (effective August 2023)

    Total calculated
    $162,114
    From this org
    $19,102
    From related orgs
    $127,840
    Other
    $15,172
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $18,748 + $125,472 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $354 + $2,368 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,225 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,947 related
    Filer's total
    $19,102 + $143,012 related

  • ELLEN DONAGHEY

    Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (retired July 2023)

    Total calculated
    $143,184
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,967
    Other
    $18,217
    Hours/week
    35

  • PAMELA CARVER

    Clerk & Executive Assistant To The President

    Total calculated
    $120,590
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $109,295
    Other
    $11,295
    Hours/week
    35

  • PRISCILLA H DOUGLAS

    Chair (term ended May 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOCTOR RAYMOND LIU

    Chair(effective May 2024), (prior Trustee September 2023 to April 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVELYN ARANA-ORTIZ

    Vice Chair(Interim Chair Jan-May2021,Trustee prior)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERYL CRONIN

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN T HAILER

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY B HAWKINS

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAVJEET K BAL

    Trustee (effective January 2021)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH S BERMAN

    Trustee (effective January 2021)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL RUSH

    Trustee (effective January 2021)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIAN J WESTRA

    Trustee (effective January 2021)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSE C MASSO III

    Trustee (effective May 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOCTOR LYNN PERRY WOOTEN

    Trustee (effective May 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PORSHA OLAYIWOLA

    Trustee (effective September 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES CANALES

    Trusteee (effective September 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE KIM

    Trusteee (effective May 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN S LAVINE

    Trusteee (effective May 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHYNAH TYLER

    Trustee (term ended May 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
THE COMPENSATION FOR CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IS SET BY THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349306349

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