Virginia · Public charity
Council on Library and Information Resources
Clir is an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $42,555
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 53
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 20
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Council on Library and Information Resources funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $532k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 38 | $3.5M | 89% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $686k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $459k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $4.3M | 86% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $4.6M | 62% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $5.2M | 90% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $5.0M | 96% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $5.0M | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Historic Film | $537,010 | 2 | 42% |
| Ilisagvik College | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The National Native American Boarding Sc | $499,793 | 1 | 5% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $496,170 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $483,875 | 2 | n/a |
| American Folk Art Museum | $459,781 | 2 | 5% |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | $373,232 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Jewish History Inc | $371,954 | 2 | 5% |
| Creative Growth Art Center | $349,343 | 1 | 10% |
Show all 137 grantees
Plus 139 recipients with no EIN on record ($17M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Council on Library and Information Resources supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 104 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · Rasmuson Foundation · National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Greater Hudson Heritage Network · Horizons Foundation · California Humanities · The Pew Charitable Trusts · The William Penn Foundation
How this is measured
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About Council on Library and Information Resources
- How much does Council on Library and Information Resources give?
- Council on Library and Information Resources reported 39 itemized grants totaling $3,507,117, out of $4,649,219 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Council on Library and Information Resources fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (63%), Education (23%), Science & Tech (4%).
- Who are Council on Library and Information Resources's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northeast Historic Film ($537k), Ilisagvik College ($500k), Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation ($500k).
- Does Council on Library and Information Resources fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Council on Library and Information Resources?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Ibm International Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Inc.
- Where is Council on Library and Information Resources based?
- Council on Library and Information Resources is based in VA.
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