Funding search · EIN 521576808 · Alexandria, VA
Council On Library and Information
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 98
- grants reported
- $8.9M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $44,218
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
Funding pattern
What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Washington State University2 grants · $370,276
- Creative Growth1 grant · $349,343
- Regents of Univ of California Irvine1 grant · $349,081
- Puerto Rican Cultural Center1 grant · $343,779
- Northeastern University1 grant · $334,000
- Smithsonian Museum African American History & Culture1 grant · $334,000
- Christiansburg Institute1 grant · $309,791
- San Diego State Univeristy1 grant · $300,000
- Law College Association the University of Arizona1 grant · $300,000
- Regents of the University of Minnesota1 grant · $299,843
Giving over time
Grant history
All 98 reported grants, largest first.
- $349,343
Creative Growth · Oakland, CA · 2021
Dhc auv pilot
- $349,081
Regents of Univ of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2021
Dhc award
- $343,779
Puerto Rican Cultural Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Dhc award
- $334,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2021
Dhc auv pilot
- $334,000
Smithsonian Museum African American History & Culture · Washington, DC · 2021
Dhc auv pilot cycle award
- $334,000
Washington State University · St Louis, MO · 2021
Recordings at risk
- $309,791
Christiansburg Institute · Christiansburg, VA · 2021
Dhc auv pilot cycle award
- $300,000
Law College Association the University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Navajo nation dept of water resources
- $300,000
San Diego State Univeristy · San Diego, CA · 2024
Unearthing chicana/o movement
- $299,843
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Community celebration of place
- $298,934
Oregon Historical Society · Portland, OR · 2024
Yasui family collections
- $278,210
Beck Cultural Exchange Center · Knoxville, TN · 2021
Dhc auv pilot cycle award
- $273,121
American Folk Art Museum · Long Island, NY · 2024
Continuing care, healing art initiative
- $258,511
College of Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2021
Dhc auv pilot
- $251,323
Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Dhc award
- $241,406
Columbus Metropolitian Library · Columbus, OH · 2024
Digitizing the columbus call & post
- $235,197
Board of Regents of the Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Recovering lost stories
- $190,517
The University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Photographs horace and evelyn stewart
- $190,195
Sealaska Heritage Institute · Juneau, AK · 2021
Recordings at risk
- $180,000
Rennie Harris Puremovement · Sharon Hill, PA · 2024
The fifth element
- $179,516
Iowa State Univ of Science and Tech · Ames, IA · 2021
Dhc auv pilot
- $168,787
Japanese American National Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Dhc auv pilot cycle award
- $137,735
Historic Hudson Valley · Tarrytown, NY · 2024
Voices from the archives
- $123,403
Mississippi State University · Mississippi State, MS · 2024
Freedom means digitizing
- $91,000
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2022
Support fellow in african american/african studies - emerging leaders
- $91,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support fellow in african american/african studies - emerging leaders
- $91,000
Univ of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Support fellow in african american/african studies - emerging leaders
- $91,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Support fellow in african american/african studies - emerging leaders
- $68,641
Texas Archive of the Moving Image · Austin, TX · 2024
Reclaiming and sharing lgbtq+ history
- $62,000
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Digitation materials chinese laborers
- $50,000
The Regents of the University of Ca San Francisco · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $50,000
Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2023
Recordings at risk-rescue appalacia film/video collection
- $50,000
Incubadora Microempresa Bieke · Benitez Vieques, PR · 2021
Rar award
- $49,995
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $49,985
Regents of Univ of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Rar award
- $49,930
Trustees of Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $49,887
Isamu Noguchi Foundation · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Recordings at risk-digitizing film and audio
- $49,751
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Recordings at risk-preserving journalistic recordings
- $49,576
Ocean Exploration Trust · New London, CT · 2023
Recordings at risk-digitizing three decades
- $49,200
University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2021
Rar award
- $48,910
Univ of Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Recordings at risk-doubling down
- $47,736
Carnegie Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Support fellow in energy social sciences - emerging leaders
- $47,570
Nc Agricultural and Tech State Univ · Greensboro, NC · 2021
Rar award
- $47,549
Austin Film Festival · Austin, TX · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $46,865
Unc Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Support fellow in african american/african studies - emerging leaders
- $46,474
San Diego Society Natural History · San Diego, CA · 2023
Recordings at risk-natural history
- $44,765
Handel and Hayden Society · Boston, MA · 2023
Recordings at risk-music
- $44,640
Evergreen State College · Olympia, WA · 2023
Recordings at risk-native voices
- $44,450
Chicago Film Archives Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $43,985
Hebrew Union Collegeamerican Jewish Archives · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $42,555
University of Baltimore Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $42,269
Chicago Academy Sciences · Chicago, IL · 2023
Recordings at risk-preserving history, nature
- $41,671
San Francisco Jazz Organization · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Historic archive digitization
- $41,440
Historically Black Colleges Universities Library Alliance · 2023
Databases, university archives
- $39,155
City of Boston Archives and Records · West Roxbury, MA · 2021
Rar award
- $38,268
American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $38,260
Office of the City Clerk City of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $37,451
Indiana Historical Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Recordings at risk-digitizing news program
- $37,073
The Regents of the University of Ca La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $36,826
Univ of Pittsburg Library System · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Rar award
- $36,570
Catawba Indian Nation · Rock Hill, SC · 2021
Rar award
- $36,276
Washington State University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Recordings at risk-preserving history civil rights movement
- $36,151
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $32,225
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Recordings at risk-preserving conservation science and history
- $31,800
Illinois State Archives · Springfield, IL · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $29,988
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
Recordings at risk-preserving charleston communication centre video tapes
- $27,750
University of Miami Libraries · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $27,215
New York University · New York, NY · 2021
Rar award
- $26,815
Military Women'S Memorial · Fort Meyer, VA · 2023
Recordings at risk-digitizing oral histories
- $26,517
Regent University · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $26,279
Piedmont University · Demorest, GA · 2021
Rar award
- $26,142
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $25,946
University of Pittsburg University Library · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $24,585
Va Commonwealth University Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $24,450
Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Pa · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $24,360
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2021
Rar award
- $24,244
La Mama Etc · New York, NY · 2023
Recordings at risk-preserving performance
- $23,945
Georgia State Univ Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Digitizing hidden collections
- $21,313
Ree & Jun Kaneko Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $18,971
State Historical Society of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $17,642
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Trans Historical Society · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Rar award
- $17,562
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $17,490
Florida State University Research Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Recordings at risk-digitizing legacy media
- $17,321
Regents of Univ of Idaho · Moscow, ID · 2021
Dhc grant
- $17,082
Research Foundation of the City University of Ny · New York, NY · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $16,845
Congregation Sisters of St Joseph · Cleveland, OH · 2021
Rar award
- $16,749
Bowling Green State Univ · Bowling Green, OH · 2021
Rar award
- $15,399
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $15,180
Granville County Library System · Oxford, NC · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $14,547
The Hammond Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $14,025
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2021
Rar award
- $13,386
Eastern Shoshone Tribe · Fort Washakie, WY · 2023
Recordings at risk-digitizing shoshone tribal govt proceedings
- $12,495
Minnesota Historical Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Rar award
- $12,125
Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Rar award
- $10,860
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum · Rochester, NY · 2024
Recordings at risk
- $10,692
Willard Public Libary · Battle Creek, MI · 2021
Rar award
- $10,410
Michigan Institute Technology · Houghton, MI · 2021
Covid-19 emergency relief
- $2,985
Historically Black Colleges Universities · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Authenticity project
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.

