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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

EIN 04-6151731 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2023
$17,793,385
Expenses 2023
$16,257,913

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
1200
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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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

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 — 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,793,385
    Expenses
    $16,257,913
    Contributions
    $10,772,544
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,587,519
    Expenses
    $15,793,637
    Contributions
    $9,301,520
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.