Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,144,018 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,281,175). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $471k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What The Library of American Landscape History Inc does
Mission
Lalh is the leading publisher of books that advance the study and practice of american landscape architecture from gardens and parks to city plans. Lalh books educate the public, motivating stewardship of significant places and the environment, and they inspire new designs that connect people with nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Improving the Village: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Laurel Hill Association by Kirin Makker and Sarah Allaback was edited, the illustration program was prepared, and book was sent to the printer in 2024; in spring 2025 the book was released.Boston's Franklin Park: Olmsted, Recreation, and the Modern City (film) featuring Ethan Carr and several Boston park advocates was released in Roxbury, Massachusetts, October 2024.
$200,057 spent59% of program spendingEDUCATIONAL OUTREACH: Discussions regarding a new partnership with the Society of Architectural Historians began in November. Proposal was approved by LALH board May 2025.
$140,260 spent41% of program spendingMANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT: "Calvert Vaux, Landscape Architect" by Francis R. Kowsky was edited and the illustration program begun; the book will be released in spring 2026."Innocenti - Webel: Modern Landscape Classicism" by Robin Karson continues in development; the book's anticipated release is spring 2027.Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea (film) featuring Rolf Diamant went into development. Release is anticipated fall 2025.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $340,317.
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.
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 $1.0M to $2.0M (+97%).
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.
77% of THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $67k → $176k.
6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY 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
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 35% · 2019 55% · 2020 62% · 2021 80% · 2022 65% · 2023 43% — 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
21% of THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
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
77% of THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY 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 $492k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M 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.
Against its field
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC?
- THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,144,018 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,281,175). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,144,018 in grants to THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,281,175 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 26 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