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How much does AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION raise and spend?

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (IL, EIN 36-2166947) reported $40.4M in revenue and $55.0M in expenses for tax year 2025, with $62.8M in net assets (13.7 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 2,454 of 253,823 e-filers, 451 of 31,239 in NTEE B: Education, 121 of 10,481 nonprofits in illinois.

REVENUE: $40.4MEXPENSES: $55.0MRESERVES: 13.7 months8 filings

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What stands out

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (IL, EIN 36-2166947) reported $40.4M in revenue and $55.0M in expenses for tax year 2025, with $62.8M in net assets (13.7 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 2,454 of 253,823 e-filers, 451 of 31,239 in NTEE B: Education, 121 of 10,481 nonprofits in illinois. Against NTEE B: Education: months of reserves 13.7 months, above the peer median of 11.4 months; officer compensation share of expenses 2.1%, below the peer median of 4.9%; contributions share of revenue 36.7%, below the peer median of 41.6%; surplus margin -35.9%, below the peer median of 5.1%.

Key figures, tax year 2025

As filed on Form 990; ratios computed by FACTANKER. Peer medians are percentile_cont over the group in the same year. Every filed line links to its record on the entity page.

Measure2025Median, activityMedian, sizeMedian, all
Total revenue$40.4M$172.5k$21.3M$180.0k
Total expenses$55.0M$154.4k$20.0M$163.2k
Total assets$97.0M$822.1k$29.1M$758.3k
Net assets$62.8M$682.9k$17.9M$630.1k
Officer compensation (total per organisation)$1.1M$144.9k$612.9k$118.6k
Program service revenue share47.5%16.4%71.5%14.7%
Contributions share of revenue36.7%41.6%16.7%51.4%
Officer compensation share of expenses2.1%4.9%2.6%6.2%
Months of reserves13.7 months11.4 months9.8 months12.7 months
Surplus margin-35.9%5.1%2.7%4.7%

Year by year

8 filings on record.

Tax yearRevenueExpensesNet assetsReservesOfficer comp.Rank
2025$40.4M$55.0M$62.8M13.7 months$1.1M2,454
2024$54.1M$56.2M$75.2M16.1 months$1.3M4,263
2023$60.8M$54.8M$70.7M15.5 months$951.5k7,257
2022$61.2M$49.5M$65.4M15.9 months$614.4k7,216
2021$46.4M$42.2M$67.2M19.1 months$573.2k5,333
2020$51.0M$49.7M$58.4M14.1 months$1.0M6,541
2019$50.0M$54.0M$38.7M8.6 months$858.7k5,856
2018$54.0M$54.6M$46.0M10.1 months$723.7k5,341

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