ASSOCIATES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B117

Classification

1000

Street

700 BOYLSTON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC

  EIN 04-3150560

• CITY WIDE FRIENDS OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

  EIN 04-2966860

• NORMAN B LEVENTHAL MAP & EDUCATION CENTER INC

  EIN 26-0887197

• TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

  EIN 04-6151731

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,733,770

  Expenses

  $1,816,698

  Contributions

  $640,277

  Grants paid

  $1,144,809

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,280,419

  Expenses

  $1,562,378

  Contributions

  $2,525,909

  Grants paid

  $1,118,771

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,818,063

  Expenses

  $1,606,622

  Contributions

  $1,269,706

  Grants paid

  $1,211,174

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,868,065

  Expenses

  $1,415,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,840,348

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,938,730

  Expenses

  $1,375,413

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,789,443

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $939,167

  Expenses

  $966,578

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,007,366

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,205,096

  Expenses

  $852,075

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,626,351

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,019,812

  Expenses

  $811,002

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,881,693

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,105,961

  Expenses

  $626,820

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,281,500

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $802,414

  Expenses

  $542,154

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,611,161

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $841,000

  Expenses

  $448,138

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,378,810

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $960,526

  Expenses

  $490,873

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,978,200

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $462,211

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,191,995

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

  $1,182,424

  2022 · Conservation digitization& cataloging

• BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

  $1,099,312

  2024 · CONSERVATION, DIGITIZATION, AND CATALOGING.

• BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

  $1,097,688

  2023 · CONSERVATION, DIGITIZATION, AND CATALOGING.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $2,030,500

  2023 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $531,000

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $151,600

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $119,550

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $99,300

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $12,000

  2024 · CULTURE & ARTS

• THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $8,750

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,600

  2023 · EDUCATION

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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