Massachusetts · Nonprofit
HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC
HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,163 to it, the largest being MIRIAM SHAW FUND UW ($479,163). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $440k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $480k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Harvard Public Library Trust Inc does
Mission
Through our programs, resources, volunteers, and staff, the harvard public library enhances the quality of life for all in the community by encouraging personal and intellectual growth in a welcoming comfortable environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Make facility upgrade
$40,753 spent27% of program spendingMake improvements to the outdoor land
$20,374 spent13% of program spendingProvide groundwork for outdoor pavillion
$56,682 spent37% of program spendingAll other expenses to keep the library up and running
$35,540 spent23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $153,349.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $2.7M to $3.4M (+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.
40% of HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Stacie Cassat Green
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $39k → $45k.
From the IRS filings of HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC’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
HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC?
- HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,163 to it, the largest being MIRIAM SHAW FUND UW ($479,163). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $480,163 in grants to HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC?
- MIRIAM SHAW FUND UW is the largest funder on record, with $479,163 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARVARD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing