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NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($142,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $152k
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency does
Mission
Metro works to create a sustainable culture of creativity, collaboration, and open exchange for libraries, archives, museums, and cultural institutions in the metropolitan new york region and around the world.we accomplish our mission through leadership, grantmaking, resource sharing, professional learning, research, technology services, creative practice, and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Metro assists over 212 libraries (public, academic, hospital, medical center, non-profit organizations) in nyc and westchester county by: training librarians; distributing grant funding for technology, digitization, buying books and electronic databases; providing courier/delivery service; providing an interactive website for collaboration and information; and supporting the missions of libraries and their parent institutions.
$2,289,384 spentof which $320,252 as grants$615,959 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,289,384.
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 2023 to 2024, from $5.2M to $5.8M (+12%).
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: 2017 79% · 2018 62% · 2019 77% · 2020 73% · 2021 67% · 2022 85% · 2023 77% · 2024 77% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Nathaniel Hill
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $142k.
From the IRS filings of NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY’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
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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 100% · 2018 100% — broadly stable.
“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
93% of NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY'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. 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
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $95k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$95k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY: 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 NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY?
- NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($142,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $152,000 in grants to NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $142,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY 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 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