Organization · EIN 36-2166947 · Chicago, IL · Education

Who funds American Library Association?

15 private foundations reported paying American Library Association $3.06M on returns for tax year 2023.

15 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 15

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
New York, NY
$2,757,500 TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO SHORE UP THE ASSOCIATION'S DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO ADVANCE INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION, DIVE… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gill Foundation
Denver, CO
$100,000 PROJECT SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ ISSUES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York, NY
$83,300 As a final grant for the annual librarian awards program honoring [name withheld] Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Lannan Foundation
Santa Fe, NM · Preselected only
$75,000 TRAININGS AND OUTREACH Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Nora Roberts Foundation
Glenn Dale, MD · Preselected only
$10,000 OPERATIONS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Susan Crown Exchange
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 PUBLIC CHARITY Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bound To Stay Bound Books Foundation
Alton, IL · Preselected only
$7,500 Library Champion Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The John & Katherine Duda Foundation
Oviedo, FL · Preselected only
$5,250 TO BE USED FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL FUNDING NEEDS. Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
A Jackson Neighbor
Wilson, WY · Preselected only
$5,000 EDUCATION Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Texas Instruments Foundation
Dallas, TX
$2,000 DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM." Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Kurtz Family Foundation
Alpine, NJ · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Meyer and Raena Hammerman Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$500 OPERATING PROGRAMS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$349 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Baird Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$250 EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Albert Whitman
Dallas, TX · Preselected only
$50 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like American Library Association

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with American Library Association, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $60.7K to them
  2. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $39.3K to them
  3. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $9.88M to them
  4. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $1.45M to them
  5. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $23.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $15.6M to them
  7. Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $79.1K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $20.8M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    7 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  2. St Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN
    7 shared funders · 2566 funders in all
  3. President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
    4 shared funders · 831 funders in all
  4. Black Girls Code Oakland, CA
    4 shared funders · 29 funders in all
  5. Northwestern University Evanston, IL
    6 shared funders · 398 funders in all
  6. Cornell University Ithaca, NY
    4 shared funders · 463 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

Other views of this organization: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search