Donors and funders
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
485 institutional funders have given since 2022, 427 of them directly, through tax year 2025.
Its two largest direct donors
- Lilly Endowment Inc$5.0M2023–2025
- Gottesman Fund$4.5M2022–2024
A free account names its 5 largest direct donors, and the funders behind them.
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Latest return: tax year 2024, Form 990.
| Tax year | Revenue | Expenses | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $693.2M | $425.4M | $2.7B |
| 2023 | $397.1M | $389.7M | $2.3B |
| 2022 | $394.3M | $393.5M | $2.1B |
| 2021 | $424.2M | $353.3M | $2.1B |
| 2020 | $403.7M | $327.8M | $2.2B |
Contributions and grants received in 2024: $554.7M.
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Built from the organization’s public IRS Form 990 filings and the gifts other organizations report on theirs, processed by Aprize. Institutional donors only: individual donors are never shown. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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