New York · Public charity
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
The mission of the new york public library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $81k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,143
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations 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.
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 | 3 | $81k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $105k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $90k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $49k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Public Library | $1,019,494 | 6 | 1% |
| The Queens Borough Public Library | $433,775 | 2 | 0% |
| National Book Foundation Inc | $107,735 | 2 | 2% |
| Pioneer Works Art Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $60,217 | 3 | 0% |
| The Queens Library Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Library Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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.
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How this is measured
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About The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
- How much does The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations give?
- The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations reported 3 itemized grants totaling $81,143, out of $2,448,398 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (88%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brooklyn Public Library ($1.0M), The Queens Borough Public Library ($434k), National Book Foundation Inc ($108k).
- Does The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations based?
- The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations is based in NY.
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