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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASSOCIATES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,733,770
Total expenses
$1,816,698
Contributions and grants received
$640,277
Grants paid
$1,144,809
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$918,480
Other revenue
$175,013
Total assets, end of year
$11,921,335
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,331
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,781,004
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,216,521
Management and general expenses
$600,177
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,216,521

Program services were 67.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $19,700

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $202,257

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $418,320

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,483

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $330,942 · excluded $330,942

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,305,938

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

    securities $1,718,400

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $587,538

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $587,538 · excluded $587,538

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $308,533

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

    $202,257

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $133,520

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $175,013 · excluded $175,013

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,099,312 · program services $1,099,312

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $45,497 · program services $45,497

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $305,032 · management and general $305,032

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,727 · management and general $6,727

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,924 · management and general $12,924

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,754 · management and general $22,754

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $295 · management and general $295

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,448 · management and general $54,448

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $59,412 · management and general $59,412

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,675 · management and general $12,675

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,483 · management and general $8,483

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,184 · management and general $10,184

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,494 · management and general $2,494

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,909 · management and general $1,909

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES

    total $44,776 · program services $42,996 · management and general $1,780

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS

    total $39,413 · management and general $39,413

  • 24c · Other expenses: TECHNOLOGY

    total $30,648 · management and general $30,648

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $28,965 · program services $28,716 · management and general $249

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,750 · management and general $30,750

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,805,988 · end of year $2,383,695

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $323,118 · end of year $336,917

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,965 · end of year $16,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $19,100

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,469,889 · end of year $9,165,123

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,745 · end of year $140,331

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,173,506 · end of year $2,503,873

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,439,709 · end of year $9,277,131

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • 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, LITERARY, AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE. THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING CONTINUED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THESE IRREPLACEABLE TREASURES BY UNDERWRITING THEIR CONSERVATION, CATALOGING, DIGITIZATION, CURATION, AND EXHIBITION.

    Expenses $1,099,312 · Grants $1,099,312

  • 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 WORK FOR CHILDERN OR YOUNG ADULTS. THIS PROGRAM DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITERS AND WRITING IN OUR CULTURE, AS WELL AS THE MANY EDUCATIONAL OPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    Expenses $45,497 · Grants $45,497

  • THE ORGANIZATION HOSTS LITERARY AND CURATORIAL PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ITS SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. THIS PROGRAMMING INCLUDES THE HUNDRED YEAR RETROACTIVE BOOK AWARD, WHICH WEIGHS THE ENDURING LITERARY MERITS OF BEST SELLERS PUBLISHED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND THE PIERCE PERFORMANCE SERIES WHICH SEEKS TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF TREASURES IN THE BPL'S SPECIAL COLLECTIONS THROUGH FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

    Expenses $71,712

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alyce J Lee

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cf Stone III

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharon C Lincoln

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph S Berman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Cahill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christy Cashman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorie Conway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Drummey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana J Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Finder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emily D Griset

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Lemle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita C Lincoln

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Usha Pasi

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lisa Pierpont

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carole Simpson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda R Weld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Leonard

    EX-OFFICI0

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620289349300987

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