New York · Nonprofit
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $132,205 to it, the largest being Peck Stacpoole Foundation ($65,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $359k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $132k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Bibliographical Society of America does
Mission
To promote bibliographical research and issue bibliographical publications.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Bibliographical Society of America publishes a quarterly journal, papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, which is distributed to its memebership and subscribing institutions.
$22,535 spent$17,792 earned by the program10% of program spendingBsa programs require administrative support. This includes staff time for advertising programs, receiving and organizing application materials for distribution and review by selection committees, communicating with the applicants about the status of their applications, and issuing awards. Successful applicants to our grants, prizes, and fellowship programs also need to be paid in accordance with irs regulations, requiring staff time and attention. Staff time and professional services are also required to organize events, work with vendors, and arrange for necessary insurance coverage as needed. This category of expenses also covers various software subscriptions that allow us to host events online.
$114,274 spent51% of program spendingEach year the society offers an array of grants (called fellowships), prizes, and other awards programs to recognize scholarly excellence in bibliography and support new research and developing scholars. This includes our fellowship and new scholars programs and annual prizes.
$44,141 spentof which $44,141 as grants20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$45,072 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $226,022.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.2M to $3.2M (−24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Erin Mcguirl Left 62025
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $13k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 63% · 2021 78% · 2022 82% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
81% of BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA?
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $132,205 to it, the largest being Peck Stacpoole Foundation ($65,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $132,205 in grants to BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA?
- Peck Stacpoole Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $65,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing