Massachusetts · Public charity
Boston Public Library Fund Inc
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.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,646,334
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,646,334
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Boston Public Library Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2.9M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $216k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Public Library | $11,410,819 | 4 | n/a |
| Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston | $9,390,956 | 4 | 29% |
About Boston Public Library Fund Inc
- How much does Boston Public Library Fund Inc give?
- Boston Public Library Fund Inc reported 1 grants totaling $3,646,334 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Boston Public Library Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Arts & Culture (45%).
- Who are Boston Public Library Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boston Public Library ($11M), Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston ($9.4M).
- Does Boston Public Library Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Boston Public Library Fund Inc based?
- Boston Public Library Fund Inc is based in MA.
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