· Public charity
Urban Libraries Council
The URBAN LIBRARIES COUNCIL is dedicated to strengthening and advancing the essential role of public libraries as dynamic, accessible places for opportunity, learning and innovation.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY | $17,000 |
| CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM | $15,000 |
| ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY | $15,000 |
| DC PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY | $15,000 |
| OAK PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $15,000 |
| MEMPHIS LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| PIONEER LIBRARY SYSTEM | $15,000 |
| RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
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.
The foundation engages in activities that support and benefit the st. louis public library through soliciting, receiving, and holding gifts for the benefit of the library.
Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…
The Berkeley Public Library Foundation (BPLF) amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. To that end, we provide vital funds and ongoing advocacy to advance the Library's mission, vision, and strategic…
To provide free access to ideas, materials, and services that support the recreational, educational, and cultural enrichment of the community.
To provide library materials to the general public.
The mission of the grand rapids public library foundation is to provide fund raising and advocacy support for the grand rapids public library. the foundation assists the board of library commissioners in providing quality services to the…
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…
The Public Library of New London is a private, not-for-profit institution that serves the needs of the New London community by providing free access to diverse ideas and information through a variety of library materials, services, and…
The parkland community library offers free library service to residents of parkland school district.
To engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff.
Cleveland public library foundation's mission is to raise philanthropic and advocacy support for the cleveland public library.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY ↗
- Who funds MEMPHIS LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds CITY OF RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Urban Libraries Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Urban Libraries Council. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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