New York · Nonprofit
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $838 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($738). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $515k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $838
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Music Library Association Inc does
Mission
To support, preserve, and enhance equitable access to the world's musical heritage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publications and online education (mla joint publications with publishing/production partners)in partnership with a-r editions: notes: the quarterly journal of the music library association, offering the readers interesting, informative and well-written articles in the areas of music librarianship, music bibliography and discography, the music trade and on certain aspects of music history.the music cataloging bulletin: a monthly publication announcing internal policy and operational decisions and communications from the library of congress and reporting general cataloging news that may impact music cataloging.the mla newsletter: updates for members of the association, published online.basic manual series: a comprehensive series of manuals designed to assist the librarian in dealing with various aspects of the organization, administration, and use of a music library.index & bibliography series: a series of bibliographies, indexes, discographies and other guides to music and music literature, covering all areas of music study.technical reports: each volume provides a focused, in-depth look at the practical side of the music library profession. Topics include cataloging, audio…
$46,444 spent$4,895 earned by the program30% of program spendingProgram expenses supporting the work of committee members who represent mla in other associations, primarily ala, but also mla's support for the us branches of the international music research programs rism and rilm.
$38,929 spent$109,880 earned by the program25% of program spendingAdvocacy - activities related to supporting music librarianship.
$35,301 spentof which $12,040 as grants23% of program spendingAnnual meeting: each year mla holds an annual national meeting to discuss issues, promote new ideas, and share information in the field of music librarianship.2025 meeting was held completely online march 17-21, 2025, with committee and interest group meetings held march 24-28, 2025.
$33,259 spentof which $2,000 as grants$82,845 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $153,933.
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 $2.1M to $2.6M (+22%).
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.
5% of MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $291 → $123.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
88% 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 MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 66% · 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
88% of MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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 $100 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $738 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
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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 MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
14%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC?
- MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $838 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($738). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $838 in grants to MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $738 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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.
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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