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THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION
THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,547 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($57,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $34M
What The American Library in Paris USA Foundation does
Mission
All funds raised support the american library in paris, inc. A separate 501(c)(3) organization that operates an english-language library in paris, france.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The american library in paris, u.s.a. Foundation was created to support the american library in paris, inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity. The american library in paris, u.s.a.foundation was created so as to have a u.s. Base to receive donations and hold funds for the operation of the library in france.
$1,199,700 spentof which $1,199,700 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,199,700.
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 $4.9M to $34M (+587%).
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.
99% of THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $25k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION’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
THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
94% 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 THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 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
94% of THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION'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 $5k 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. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Library in Paris Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION?
- THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,547 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($57,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $74,547 in grants to THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $57,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS USA FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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