Council on Library and Information Resources
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is an independent nonprofit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. Formed in 1988, it works with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning to develop strategies that enhance research, teaching, and learning.
Council on Library and Information Resources at a glance
In short: Council on Library and Information Resources gave $3.5M across 39 grants in 2025 (avg $90K), top state Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,507,117
- +411.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 39
- +116.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $89,926
- +136.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $42,555
- Total assets
- $20,789,312
- +9.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Ohio (14% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Council on Library and Information Resources
- Review Cycle
- October 20, 2026, for the listed Amplifying Unheard Voices application cycle.
- Deadline
- October 20, 2026, for the listed Amplifying Unheard Voices application cycle.
- Next open deadline
- October 20, 2026 (Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Program Grant)
- Contact
Mailing address: 1800 Diagonal Rd 600, Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (202) 257-1269
Website: https://clir.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
4 open opportunities from Council on Library and Information Resources
CLIR Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives
Council on Library and Information Resources
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
CLIR Recordings at Risk
Council on Library and Information Resources
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Program Grant
Council on Library and Information Resources
Amount
US $50,000 - US $300,000
Deadline
October 20, 2026
Listed date — confirm with the funder
Who Council on Library and Information Resources funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Law College Association the University of Arizona ($300K). Together the top 10 received $2.5M.
Grant Size Distribution
145 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 96 grants of 145 (66%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
CLIR’s programs serve eligible organizations in the United States; the Amplifying Unheard Voices program description also identifies organizations in Canada. In 2025, the largest shares of grant dollars by recipient state went to Ohio (14%), New York (13%), California (11%), Minnesota (10%), and Arizona (9%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 39 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Council on Library and Information Resources gives
- 0% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−18%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $459K (2023) to $5.2M (2020). In 2025 it made 39 grants totaling $3.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Law College Association the University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Navajo Nation Dept of Water Resources | $300,000 |
| San Diego State Univeristy San Diego, CA | Unearthing Chicana/O Movement | $300,000 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN | Community Celebration of Place | $299,843 |
| Oregon Historical Society Portland, OR | Yasui Family Collections | $298,934 |
| American Folk Art Museum Long Island, NY | Continuing Care, Healing Art Initiative | $273,121 |
| Columbus Metropolitian Library Columbus, OH | Digitizing the Columbus Call & Post | $241,406 |
| Board of Regents of the Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | Recovering Lost Stories | $235,197 |
| The University of Akron Akron, OH | Photographs Horace and Evelyn Stewart | $190,517 |
| Rennie Harris Puremovement Sharon Hill, PA | The Fifth Element | $180,000 |
| Historic Hudson Valley Tarrytown, NY | Voices from the Archives | $137,735 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
CLIR is classified as a public charity.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $20,789,312 | $11,315,817 | $9,609,302 | $3,507,117 | 39 | $357,328 |
| 2024 | $18,912,954 | $8,912,315 | $5,337,781 | $685,587 | 18 | $326,820 |
| 2023 | $16,286,889 | $12,553,793 | $6,721,890 | $458,601 | 6 | $168,254 |
| 2022 | $9,356,231 | $5,065,712 | $10,104,527 | $4,264,601 | 35 | $95,429 |
| 2021 | $14,576,981 | $9,754,474 | $10,002,130 | $4,607,308 | 47 | $128,220 |
| 2020 | $14,591,105 | $4,353,281 | $11,489,748 | $5,214,247 | 51 | $230,078 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
CLIR’s mission is to forge strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. It describes its broader aim as transforming the information landscape to support the advancement of knowledge.
Its programs include Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices, which supports digitizing rare and unique content and emphasizes public knowledge, broad representation, authentic partnerships, sustainable infrastructure, and community-centered access. Recordings at Risk supports preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high public value. CLIR also offers professional development through the Digital Library Federation and the Leading Change Institute.
Recent grantees illustrate the range of organizations supported. The Oregon Historical Society describes its work as collecting, preserving, and interpreting Oregon’s history; the American Folk Art Museum says it celebrates folk and self-taught artists; and Rennie Harris PureMovement describes its mission as preserving and disseminating hip-hop culture. The Texas Archive of the Moving Image says it discovers, preserves, and makes accessible Texas film and video heritage.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, CLIR reported 39 grants totaling $3,507,117. Grant amounts ranged from $10,860 to $300,000, with a median of $42,555.
Among the largest reported awards were $300,000 to the University of Arizona’s Law College Association for “an individual recipient Dept of Water Resources”; $300,000 to San Diego State University for “Unearthing Chicana/o Movement”; $299,843 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota for “Community Celebration of Place”; and $298,934 to the Oregon Historical Society for “Yasui Family Collections.” Other notable awards included $273,121 to the American Folk Art Museum for “Continuing Care, Healing Art Initiative,” $241,406 to the Columbus Metropolitan Library for “Digitizing the Columbus Call & Post,” and $180,000 to Rennie Harris PureMovement for “The Fifth Element.”
CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices program is listed as active, with awards of $50,000 to $300,000. The application process has an initial stage open to eligible organizations, followed by a final-application stage for selected applicants. The program guidelines list materials including a project plan, technical plan, digital preservation and discoverability plan, budget narrative and detail, and proof of nonprofit status. The program description says eligible organizations in the United States and Canada may apply.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists the following directors: Anne Jarvis, Ismail Rashid, Michele Casalini, Jonathan Bengtson, Tess Davis, Mercedes de Vega Armijo, Laurence Engel, Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Stephen Rhind-Tutt, and Guy Berthiaume.
Council on Library and Information Resources is led by Charles Henry, President since 2022 (on filings since 2020); 6 of 24 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Charles Henry
President
Executive Officio → President, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$281K (2020) → $310K (2025)
Christa Williford
Director Research & Assessment
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$117K (2025)
Martin Kalfatovic
Director Iiif Consortium
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$162K (2025)
Buhle Mbambo-Thata
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol Mandel
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fenella France
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Guy Berthiaume
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michele Casalini
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sohair Wastawy
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tess Davis
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ben Vinson III
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anne Jarvis
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ismail Rashid
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurence Engel
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mercedes De Vega Armijo
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Rhind-Tutt
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Conal McCarthy
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Bengtson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Fitzgerald
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Savant
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amy Lucko
Chief Operating Officer
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$125K (2020) → $132K (2025)
Wayne Graham
Chief Technology Officer
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$131K (2020) → $174K (2025)
Julie Synder
Chief Development Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$195K (2025)
John Price Wilkin
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Christopher Celenza (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Asma Naeem (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Sandra Phoenix (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Sharon Ivy Weiss (2021–2024) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Jennifer Ferretti (2024) — Dlf Project Director
- Former: Dan Cohen (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Edward Ayers (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Kathleen Fitzpatrick (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Kurt De Belder (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Max Marmor (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael A. Keller (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Richard Ovenden (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: W. Joseph King (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Winston Tabb (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Joshua Hadro (2021–2023) — Director Iff Consortium
- Former: Kathlin Smith (2020–2021) — Director of Communications
- Former: Alice Bishop (2020) — Senior Program Officer
- Former: Ingrid Parent (2020) — Director
- Former: Jill Cousins (2020) — Director
- Former: Josh Hadro (2020) — Director Iff Consortium
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $310K, to Charles Henry (President). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Council on Library and Information Resources
How much does Council on Library and Information Resources give each year?
Council on Library and Information Resources gave $3.5M across 39 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $686K across 18 grants.
What is Council on Library and Information Resources's typical grant size?
Council on Library and Information Resources's median grant in 2025 was $42,555, and its average grant was $89,926, across 39 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Council on Library and Information Resources give grants?
Council on Library and Information Resources's top state is Ohio, with 14% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were New York (13%) and California (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were Minneapolis, MN (2 grants), Austin, TX (2 grants), Los Angeles, CA (2 grants) and Chicago, IL (2 grants).
Does Council on Library and Information Resources give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 39 grants with a stated purpose on Council on Library and Information Resources's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Recordings at Risk" (26 grants).
Who are Council on Library and Information Resources's largest grantees?
Council on Library and Information Resources's largest 2025 grantees include Law College Association the University of Arizona ($300,000), San Diego State Univeristy ($300,000) and Regents of the University of Minnesota ($299,843), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 26% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Council on Library and Information Resources?
Council on Library and Information Resources reported $20.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.3M.
What does Council on Library and Information Resources fund?
CLIR’s mission is to forge strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. It describes its broader aim as transforming the information landscape to support the advancement of knowledge. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Council on Library and Information Resources?
Council on Library and Information Resources has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check clir.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Council on Library and Information Resources's EIN?
Council on Library and Information Resources's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1576808. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
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