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Filing year 2023

DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 46-1160948·3
Total revenue
$1.5M
Total assets
$1.1M
Total expenses
$1.5M
Reported officers
10
Mission

The digital Public Library of America empowers people to learn, grow and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society. We do this by maximizing public access to our shared history, culture, and knowledge.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$309k
$340k
Base
$284k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$25k
Director of Ebook Services
key employee
$170k
$187k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k

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 8 unpaid individuals.

Held steady
from 2022

From $311k in 2022 to $309k in 2023.

$311k
2022
$309k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 4% in real terms$355k to $340k

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

DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.6M
$2.1M
2022
$1.5M
$1.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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