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LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC

LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,000,463 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($387,050). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.4M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$1.0M
Net assets
$-166192
4/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 34%
01What it does

What Library Study Hall Inc does

Mission

Slow Factory is addressing the intersecting crises of climate justice and social inequity building community power through open education, narrative change and regenerative design.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Media Justice is a cultural movement to counter misinformation and media bias through social and traditional media.

    $341,201 spent$248,000 earned by the program
    26% of program spending
  2. PLANET JUSTICE is an nomadic experiential event that bridges music performance, dance, food, speaking and community care to heal and inspire.

    $197,630 spent$7,123 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  3. OPEN EDU Is a free and accessible climate and culture education series that centers the voices and perspectives of People of the Global Majority.

    $74,996 spent$25,000 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  4. Program Service Expenses 686,656, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 765,758 OTHER PROGRAMS

    $686,656 spent$765,758 earned by the program
    53% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,300,483.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($404k) Expenses 100 ($241k) Net assets 100 ($204k)2020 Revenue 168 ($679k) Expenses 370 ($893k) Net assets -5 ($-9830)2021 Revenue 317 ($1.3M) Expenses 447 ($1.1M) Net assets 98 ($201k)2022 Revenue 115 ($464k) Expenses 277 ($669k) Net assets 6 ($12k)2023 Revenue 236 ($954k) Expenses 452 ($1.1M) Net assets -61 ($-125466)2024 Revenue 357 ($1.4M) Expenses 614 ($1.5M) Net assets -81 ($-166192)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (357)Expenses (614)Net assets (-81)Peer revenue range

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 $48k to $259k (+441%).

$204k
$48k
$259k
$215k
$74k
$52k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

28% of LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$163k
’19
−$214k
’20
$200k
’21
−$205k
’22
−$138k
’23
−$41k
’24
0.4
months of
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

Celine Semaan

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed777444
Joined·+0+0+1+0+0
No longer listed·00400
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $322k.

8 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 LIBRARY STUDY HALL 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

LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC.

39%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 86% · 2022 36% · 2023 62% — 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.

How long its funders stay

43% of LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

83% of LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $166k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 2 states.

NY
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $834k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

87%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC?
LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,000,463 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($387,050). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,000,463 in grants to LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $387,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIBRARY STUDY HALL INC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 13 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