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← BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,541,977
Total expenses
$5,757,405
Contributions and grants received
$6,982,353
Grants paid
$3,646,334
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$656,835
Other revenue
-$97,211
Total assets, end of year
$14,036,529
Total liabilities, end of year
$141,635
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,894,894
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,646,334
Management and general expenses
$1,057,871
Fundraising expenses
$1,053,200
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,646,334

Program services were 63.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $437,424

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,544,929

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $102,406

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $246,316 · excluded $246,316

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,179,556

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,769,037

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $410,519

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $410,519 · excluded $410,519

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $51,600

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $437,424

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $148,836

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$97,236 · excluded -$97,236

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $25 · excluded $25

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,646,334 · program services $3,646,334

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $590,347 · management and general $191,923 · fundraising $398,424

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $696,184 · management and general $460,622 · fundraising $235,562

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,836 · management and general $17,561 · fundraising $8,275

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,443 · management and general $23,480 · fundraising $21,963

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $99,157 · management and general $53,102 · fundraising $46,055

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $100,000 · management and general $100,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $214,440 · fundraising $214,440

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $19,008 · management and general $19,008

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $54,490 · management and general $54,490

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,332 · fundraising $9,332

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $136,671 · management and general $73,442 · fundraising $63,229

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $46,373 · management and general $35,753 · fundraising $10,620

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,976 · management and general $3,976

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,364 · fundraising $3,364

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,102 · fundraising $5,102

  • 24a · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP

    total $36,834 · fundraising $36,834

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $14,520 · management and general $14,520

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $9,994 · management and general $9,994

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,054,856 · end of year $388,312

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $701,005 · end of year $673,370

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $847,457 · end of year $2,019,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,388 · end of year $744

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $36,870

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $30,825

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,409 · end of year $6,045

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,831,598 · end of year $10,948,214

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,022 · end of year $141,635

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $815,801 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,128,948 · end of year $8,239,433

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,428,942 · end of year $5,655,461

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (BPL), ENSURING THAT IT REMAINS VIABLE, ENGAGING, ACCESSIBLE, AND FREE TO ALL. THE LIBRARY FUND FULFILLS THIS MISSION BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DONORS AND OTHER FUNDERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

  • FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR VARIOUS PROGRAM GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    Expenses $3,646,334 · Grants $3,646,334

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey B Hawkins

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hannah Grove

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Louis Maiuri

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Taylor Brennan

    PRESIDENT, EMERGING LEADERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Lewis Burleigh

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Grace Fey

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Cliff Cammock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Barry Canton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Cynthia Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Adrienne Zak Hunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Derrick Johns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Michael Keating

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • David Leonard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Merranda Logan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Raymond Liu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.1 related
  • Leo Liu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Amelia McCarthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Douglas Carney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Paula Sakey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $334,002
    From this org
    $284,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,687
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,315
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,938
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,749
    Filer's total
    $334,002
  • Carol Estes-Schwartz

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY AND LEGACY GIVING

    Total calculated
    $213,964
    From this org
    $150,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,053
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,911
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,800
    Filer's total
    $213,964
  • Sarah Dow

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $123,737
    From this org
    $112,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,083
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
ANNUAL MERIT BONUSES WERE PAID DURING THE YEAR TO SEVERAL EMPLOYEES.

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

  • BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

    $3,646,334

    SUPPORT BPL PROGRAMS

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
2024
Filed
7 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512879349301471

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