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Filing year 2024

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 04-3150560·NTEE B70 · Education·3
Total revenue
$7.5M
Total assets
$14M
Total expenses
$5.8M
Reported officers
21
Mission

THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (BPL), ENSURING THAT IT REMAINS VIABLE, ENGAGING, ACCESSIBLE, AND FREE TO ALL. THE LIBRARY FUND FULFILLS THIS MISSION BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DONORS AND OTHER FUNDERS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$334k
$357k
Base
$259k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$38k
Director of Philanthropy and Legacy Giving
key employee
$214k
$228k
Base
$146k
Bonus
$5k
Other
Benefits
$56k
Director of Advancement Services
highest compensated employee
$124k
$132k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 18 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 13%
from 2023

From $296k in 2023 to $334k in 2024.

$296k
2023
$334k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 9% in real terms$326k to $357k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.6M
$5M
2023
$7.5M
$5.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable education organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $132,637.

25th percentile
$61k
Median
$132,637
75th percentile
$333k
90th percentile
$721k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 379 organizations across 379 filings (2021 – 2023).

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