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Lyrasis

LYRASIS empowers libraries, archives and museums through content services, open technologies and community-based solutions that expand access to information, preserve cultural heritage, and advance the shared goals of our members and the communities we serve.

$106k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$671kArts & Culture$463kScience & Tech$108kYouth Development$39kPublic Benefit$27kEnvironment$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kPhilanthropy$16k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$23,975
Median grant
5
States reached
$97M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY$29,600
WILMINGTON INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY$28,000
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY$23,975
STORY TAPESTRIES$12,780
BRANDON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY$11,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WILMINGTON INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY: $28k → 10%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $36k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON JOSEPH P HEALEY LIBRARY: $26k → 16%WESTMORELAND CULTURAL TRUST: $16k → 10%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $30k → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY GUMBERG LIBRARY: $16k → 11%THE CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $7k → 9%FRIENDS OF BENICIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $25k → 10%LA PENA CULTURAL CENTER: $7k → 10%WORLD ARTS WEST: $25k → 10%CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $7k → 11%SINERGIA THEATRE GROUP: $7k → 14%MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $25k → 9%HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $7k → 6%THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $30k → 17%PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON: $7k → 16%TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $30k → 22%INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE: $25k → 14%AREA STAGE CO & THEATRE CONSERVATORY: $7k → 15%BRANDON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY: $12k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $25k → 14%TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20k → 14%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $17k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $24k → 11%THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE J MURREY ATKINS LIBRARY: $12k → 10%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $23k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $25k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH J WILLARD MARRIOT LIBRARY: $35k → 8%ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER ROBERT W WOODRUFF LIBRARY: $16k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $30k → 18%COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY: $25k → 15%KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $35k → 9%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $39k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI: $28k → 18%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $40k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ALDERMAN LIBRARY: $29k → 8%LOUSIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $32k → 19%STORY TAPESTRIES: $13k → 8%TOWSON UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%KENTUCKY VIRTUAL LIBRARY: $24k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%THE PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $22k → 16%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $16k → 17%WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA: $27k → 14%JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $25k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $30k → 8%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: $27k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA: $19k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
2
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
3
Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
4
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University ("The Auditorium"), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, is committed to presenting the finest in international, cultural, community and educational programming to Chicago and to the…

Arts & Culture
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…

Arts & Culture
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
9
Hennepin Arts

We are a non-profit that creates positive change through the arts by bringing together people, businesses and organizations to create and enjoy cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
10
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
11
Washington Performing Arts Society

Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…

Arts & Culture
12
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Center for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Northwest Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 68 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
67/68
Grantees still filing
36/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA: $66,300 · OtherSTATE OF WEST VIRGINIAUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $64,800 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $39,500 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $36,300 · OtherWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEKING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM AND CITY OF BURIEN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION: $34,600 · OtherKING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM AND CITY OF BURIEN CONDOM…LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $31,800 · OtherIndiana University School of Medicine: $29,500 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $28,800 · OtherWILMINGTON INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY: $28,000 · OtherKTWU: $26,548 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $25,816 · OtherCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY: $25,200 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BENICIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $24,850 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $24,277 · OtherFRIENDS OF KENTUCKY LIBRARIES INC: $23,808 · Other+11 more: $96,937 · Other+11 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $30,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY …Texas A&M Foundation: $30,000 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $29,600 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $28,198 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATIONALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $25,380 · EducationALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY…JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITYUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of Kentucky Research Foun…FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOU…TOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCTuskegee University: $23,975 · EducationTuskegee UniversityDUKE UNIVERSITY: $23,375 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $21,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $20,130 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $19,223 · EducationOregon State University Foundation: $17,220 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $16,310 · EducationTHE ROBERT W WOODRUFF LIBRARY OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER INC: $16,190 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · Education+2 more: $20,030 · EducationMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL C…World Arts West: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWorld Arts WestTHE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INTERNATIONAL ASSO…+29 more: $190,297 · Arts & Culture+29 moreWESTMORELAND CULTURAL TRUST: $16,069 · PhilanthropyFESTIV-ALL CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC: $7,250 · Recreation & Sports
Other$632,036Education$437,131Arts & Culture$265,297Philanthropy$16,069Recreation & Sports$7,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $36,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $29,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $28,198 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY: $28,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Arts West: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF BENICIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $24,850 over 1y, 40% of budgetTuskegee University: $23,975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $23,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $21,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $20,130 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $19,223 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $17,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $16,310 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROBERT W WOODRUFF LIBRARY OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER INC: $16,190 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMORELAND CULTURAL TRUST: $16,069 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORY TAPESTRIES INC: $12,780 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHREVEPORT SYMPHONY INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $7,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $7,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRUPO DE TEATRO SINERGIA-SINER: $7,250 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFESTIV-ALL CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC: $7,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Chamber Orchestra of the Springs: $7,250 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE THEATRE AT BOSTON COURT: $7,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $7,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $7,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS: $7,250 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRED CLAY DANCE COMPANY INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION: $7,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHOIR SCHOOL OF DELAWARE INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BLACK HILLS PLAYHOUSE INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION: $7,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON: $7,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE: $7,250 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLULA WASHINGTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE FOUNDATION: $7,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPARLANDO INCORPORATED: $7,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWONDERBOUND: $7,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

New England Foundatio…The Andrew W Mellon F…The Shubert Foundatio…Arts Midwest Incorpor…Mid Atlantic Arts IncIbm International Fou…D'Addario Foundation …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The San Francisco Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ford Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts IncorporatedMA20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Arts Midwest Incorporated · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · Ibm International Foundation · D'Addario Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lyrasis funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lyrasis. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Wilmington Institute Free Library: 30% of income from government
  • Story Tapestries Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Area Stage Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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