Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1946.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
20 people listed on the 990.
Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Promotes and studies the arts and technologies of printed books and related textual objects.
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Caxton club organized and produced 28 cultural presentations and collaborated with other organizations on six additional programs. Of these 34 programs, 12 were delivered to live audiences consisting of members and non-members.
The club's bi-monthly publication features articles on subjects related to book collecting, book arts, publishing, research, and literature; interviews with members about their collections; and listings of book- related exhibits and events. The publication's editor is a member volunteer who donated approximately 500 hours to the effort.
Seven book artists were awarded grants totaling 7,908, based on their project submissions; two grants totaling 5,500 were given to organizations (university of virginia's rare book school and the bibliographical society of america) to be awarded as scholarships for book-related studies. (expenses of grant administration = 866)
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $22K | $74K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $455K | $553K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $491K | $640K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2K | $3K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $489K | $637K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $44K | $42K | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $15K | $14K | $1K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $6K | $6K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $54K | $47K | $7K | $740 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $2K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $146K | $124K | $21K | $740 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Dec 3, 2025 | $138K | $171K | −$33K | $701K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $118K | $141K | −$24K | $675K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 3, 2023 | $248K | $146K | $102K | $637K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 12, 2023 | $145K | $139K | $6K | $489K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2021 | $235K | $118K | $117K | $545K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $247,859 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $247,859 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $146,039 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $639,585 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $636,833 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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