BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

31 HAYWARD ST STE 2F

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2023, BLC ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT RESHARE STEERING COMMITTEE TO BE THE FISCAL SPONSOR OF PROJECT RESHARE. PROJECT RESHARE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG LIBRARIES, CONSORTIA, INFORMATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOPERS TO BUILD A USER-CENTERED, APP-BASED, COMMUNITY-OWNED RESOURCE SHARING PLATFORM. BLC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS FULL GOVERNING AUTHORITY OVER PROJECT RESHARE.

  Expenses $182,000 · Revenue $235,515

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMENT - BLC OFFERS REGULAR WEBINARS AND WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE SHARING EXPERTISE, HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY STAFF ACROSS THE BLC MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. BLC COORDINATES THE ACTIVITIES OF MORE THAN 30 MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITIES ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF LIBRARY PRACTICE AREAS. BLC COMMUNITIES INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM ACROSS THE BLC MEMBERSHIP AND RANGE FROM GROUPS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON NETWORKING AND SHARING EXPERIENCES WITH COLLEAGUES TO THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN A SPECIFIC INITIATIVE OR PROJECT. BLC ALSO MANAGES A SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, BLC LEADS. BLC LEADS BUILDS SHARED KNOWLEDGE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY AROUND A SERIES OF FOUNDATIONAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES AND QUESTIONS EXPLORED IN WEEKLY VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES AND FOUR IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES OVER THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS. IN 2024, BLC RECEIVED A LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN PROGRAM GRANT AWARD FOR THE BIPOC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR SUPPORT STAFF (BLASS) FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS). BLASS IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RETREAT EMPOWERING LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS THROUGH LEADERSHIP TRAINING, COMMUNITY-BUILDING, AND WELLNESS.

  Expenses $348,357 · Revenue $341,876

• RESOURCE SHARING - BLC WAS FOUNDED UPON A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE COOPERATION IN MAKING RESOURCES MORE READILY AVAILABLE. TODAY, THE BLC REMAINS COMMITTED TO FACILITATING HIGH-QUALITY AND COST-EFFECTIVE SHARING OF PRINT AND DIGITAL CONTENT THROUGH ITS RESOURCE SHARING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING INTERLIBRARY LOAN AND CONTROLLED DIGITAL LENDING. BLC MAINTAINS A GROUP SUBSCRIPTION TO RESOURCE SHARING TECHNOLOGIES ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGES A CONSORTIAL DELIVERY SERVICE TO FACILITATE PHYSICAL DELIVERY OF PRINT MATERIALS AMONG BLC'S NETWORK OF LIBRARIES. IN 2023, BLC RECEIVED A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS FOR LIBRARIES GRANT AWARD TO SUPPORT CONSORTIAL CONTROLLED DIGITAL LENDING INITIATIVES FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS). THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS AND SCALES A REUSABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION ENABLING CONTROLLED DIGITAL LENDING AS A COMPONENT OF LIBRARIES' INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES.

  Expenses $542,517 · Revenue $571,386

• Expenses $142,032 · Revenue $234,916

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $1,784,573

  Expenses

  $1,589,351

  Contributions

  $1,530,966

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,531,667

  Expenses

  $1,482,195

  Contributions

  $1,503,725

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,260,000

  Expenses

  $1,366,987

  Contributions

  $1,260,731

  Grants paid

  $257,801

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

  $815,818

  Expenses

  $762,730

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,028,614

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $772,450

  Expenses

  $658,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,068,356

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $665,871

  Expenses

  $610,409

  Assets (EOY)

  $944,135

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $613,991

  Expenses

  $723,336

  Assets (EOY)

  $969,271

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $672,981

  Expenses

  $823,362

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,436,991

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $672,981

  Expenses

  $823,362

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,436,991

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $599,445

  Expenses

  $873,823

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,329,704

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,149,962

  Expenses

  $1,351,291

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,584,154

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $780,897

  Expenses

  $741,488

  Assets (EOY)

  $793,298

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $753,578

  Expenses

  $688,612

  Assets (EOY)

  $703,547

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

• EASTERN ACADEMIC SCHOLARS TRUST INC

  $177,401

  2022 · THE PRUPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT EASTERN ACADEMIC SCHOLARS TRUST'S MISSION.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DAVIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $130,000

  2023 · Controlled Digital Lending for Library Consortia

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