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Filing year 2023

FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania·EIN 52-1173474·3
Total revenue
$11.7M
Total assets
$46.6M
Total expenses
$14.1M
Reported officers
37
Mission

TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ADVOCACY TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA WHILE STEWARDING AND PROMOTING OUR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PHILADELPHIANS AND BEYOND.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

S.v.p. Development
key employee
$283k
$315k
Base
$221k
Bonus
Other
$43k
Benefits
$7k
V.p. Property Management
key employee
$203k
$226k
Base
$158k
Bonus
Other
$22k
Benefits
$14k
Chief Financial Officer
$181k
$202k
Base
$170k
Bonus
Other
$4k
Benefits
$7k
Executive Director, Read!
$161k
$180k
Base
$122k
Bonus
Other
$13k
Benefits
$19k
A.v.p. Major and Planned G
highest compensated employee
$137k
$152k
Director, Author Events
highest compensated employee
$133k
$149k
V.p. Communications
highest compensated employee
$121k
$135k
Executive Director
$105k
$117k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 29 unpaid individuals.

Down 2%
from 2022

From $290k in 2022 to $283k in 2023.

$290k
2022
$283k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 7% in real terms$337k to $315k

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$15M
$11.1M
2022
$11.7M
$14.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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