irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2024
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $43KPublic Events -- -3/2 Another Room to Live In Virtual Launch (42 attendees)4/9 Safaa Fathy Lecture at Bard College (~30 attendees)4/11 Another Room to Live In & Where Not to Be Born Launch at Center for Art, Resources & Alliances(~30 attendees)5/30 Litmus Press featured on Publishing in Transit @ The Brooklyn Rail, Virtual (200 views)6/5 Litmus Press Pop-Up Book Sale (30+ attendees)11/14 Generative Writing Workshop with The Poulin Project at Brooklyn Public Library (6 participants)-12/2 Will Alexander Lecture at Bard College (~100 attendees)-12/5 Asia & Haiti Launch (~35 attendees)
- #2 $21KACCESSIBILITY -- EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO OUT-OF-PRINT TITLES & NEW TEACHING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR FREE VIA OUR WEBSITE. WE LAUNCHED A NEW DIGITAL-CRITICAL EDITION IN OUR OPEN POETICS SERIES, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH CUNY'S DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROGRAM, MANIFOLD SCHOLARSHIP. WE PROVIDED BOOK DONATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ART RESOURCES TRANSFER (DISTRIBUTION TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES), HOUSING WORKS, AND ST. MARKS POETRY PROJECT. WE COLLABORATED WITH THE POULIN PROJECT AS PUBLISHER-IN-RESIDENCE AND FACILITATED FREE, PUBLIC, WRITING WORKSHOPS AT BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Accessibility Program
Provides free digital access to out-of-print titles and teaching resources through the Open Poetics series, developed in collaboration with CUNY’s Digital Humanities Program and Manifold Scholarship
Book Donations
Distributes books to underserved communities through partner organizations including Art Resources Transfer, Housing Works, and St. Mark’s Poetry Project
Public Events
Free public events including book launches, lectures, and writing workshops hosted in collaboration with institutions such as Bard College, Brooklyn Public Library, and the Center for Art, Resources & Alliances
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Literary and Cultural Publishing 5 activities
- Co-publishing digital, open-access literary journalsCo-publishes open-access, digital editions of READ: A Journal of Inter-Translation with Tamaas beginning in 2022, producing multimedia-enhanced digital editions starting with READ #9.
- Operating a literary blog and digital content platformOperates a blog that publishes new writing in innovative, interdisciplinary, transnational, and diasporic poetry, prose, and experimental literature.
- Producing digital-critical editions in collaboration with academic partnersLaunches and publishes digital-critical editions in the Open Poetics series in collaboration with CUNY's Digital Humanities Program and Manifold Scholarship, making scholarly resources freely accessible online, including Etel Adnan’s *From A to Z* and Leslie Scalapino’s *It’s go in/ quiet illumined grass/ land*.
- Producing literary anthologies and periodicalsProduced four O Books Anthologies, the single-issue magazine _enough_, and a four-issue run of the periodical _War and Peace_ between 1988 and 2009. Digitized and archived all O Books periodicals on Jacket2 Reissues, an open-access digital platform.
- Publishing contemporary literary worksPublishes contemporary literary works that bring together diverse languages, genres, geographies, and artistic traditions, including experimental poetry, prose, and translation. The organization publishes both new and reprinted titles, including works originally published by O Books and The Post-Apollo Press, and produces books in defamiliarized English with distinctive linguistic and visual design elements.
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Literary Events & Workshops 2 activities
- Facilitating free public writing workshops through publishing partnershipsCollaborated with The Poulin Project as publisher-in-residence to facilitate free public writing workshops at Brooklyn Public Libraries.
- Hosting public literary events and book launchesCurates and hosts free public literary events including virtual book launches, author conversations, lectures, and pop-up book sales, with attendance ranging from 6 to over 400 participants.
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Children's Book Distribution Programs 1 activity
- Distributing books to community and educational organizationsDistributes book donations to Art Resources Transfer, Housing Works, and St. Marks Poetry Project to support educational and community access to literature.
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Literary Publishing and Support Programs 1 activity
- Providing fiscal sponsorship to independent publishing projectsProvides fiscal sponsorship to small publishing initiatives such as Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs and Belladonna Series, enabling their operations and project funding.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$244K
Contributions & grants$205K84%
Program service revenue$35K15%
Investment income$3K1%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$236K
Program expenses91%
Admin / overhead7%
Fundraising3%
Salaries & benefits$79K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$6K
Cash$6K
Investments$0
Liabilities$0
Net assets$6K
Liquid reserves0.3 mo
5 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +5.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
paid leadership · 1
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| E TRACY GRINNELL | Executive Dir. | 4 | $22K |
board members · 8
- ARIEL RESNIKOFF — Treasurer
- ERICA KAUFMAN — Secretary
- KYOO LEE — Director
- OMAR BERRADA — President
- PIERRE JORIS — Vice President
- SIMONE FATTAL — Trustee
- SUSAN BEE — Director
- TOM WHITE — Trustee
relationships · 42
Who they work with
- Art Resources Transfer Partner — Recipient of book donations for distribution to underserved communities.
- Belladonna Series Partner — Shared studio space in Brooklyn, NY and received early fiscal sponsorship from Ether Sea Projects.
- Bergen Kunsthall Partner — Hosted an exhibition featuring publications from The Post-Apollo Press.
- Beshara Magazine Partner — Collaborated on the publication of 'Bewildered' in Issue 10, 2018.
- Biskops Arnös’ Writers Workshop Partner — Collaborated with Burcu Sahin during her participation in the workshop, contributing to the development of her poetry.
- Burning Deck Books Network — Feminist predecessor in small press publishing
- CUNY Manifold Partner — Collaborated with Litmus Press on the launch of the digital-critical edition of Leslie Scalapino’s *It’s go in/ quiet illumined grass/ land*.
- CUNY's Digital Humanities Program Partner — Collaborated on the development of digital-critical editions in the Open Poetics series.
- Et al. Partner — Hosted a 25th Anniversary Celebration event for Litmus Press in San Francisco
- Gray Farm Giving Fund Funder — Provided leadership gift to support Litmus Press's 25th Anniversary Campaign reserve fund
- Housing Works Partner — Recipient of book donations.
- Jacket2 Partner — Collaborated to reissue O Books periodicals through Jacket2 Reissues.
- Jacket2 Reissues Partner — Hosts digitized and archived O Books periodicals on its open-access digital platform.
- John Winslow & Emily Bailey Funder — Provided leadership gift to support Litmus Press's 25th Anniversary Campaign reserve fund
- Joseph D. Messler Funder — Provided leadership gift to support Litmus Press's 25th Anniversary Campaign reserve fund
- Judith Goldman Partner — Co-edited the periodical War and Peace and the anthology War and Peace 4.
- Jutta Strohmaier Partner — Provided photographic artwork featured on the cover of _The Unlikeness of Things_.
- Lyn Hejinian Partner — Contributor and author of a remembrance of Leslie Scalapino.
- Manifold Scholarship Partner — Collaborated on the creation of digital-critical editions in the Open Poetics series.
- Margaret M. Winslow Funder — Provided leadership gift to support Litmus Press's 25th Anniversary Campaign reserve fund
- Michael McClure Partner — Close literary associate and editor of his Collected Poems.
- Michelle Noteboom Partner — Collaborated with Litmus Press as translator for the publication of _The Unlikeness of Things_.
- O Books Network — Feminist predecessor in small press publishing
- O Books Partner — Original publisher of titles now managed, distributed, and reprinted by Ether Sea Projects.
- Philip Whalen Partner — Close friend and literary associate of Leslie Scalapino.
- Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs Partner — Received early fiscal sponsorship from Ether Sea Projects.
- Rick London Partner — Co-edited the periodical Enough.
- Simone Fattal Funder — Provided leadership gift to support Litmus Press's 25th Anniversary Campaign reserve fund
- St. Marks Poetry Project Partner — Recipient of book donations.
- Submittable Partner — Uses Submittable as a platform for manuscript submissions.
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strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Community-Centered Feminist Publishingmethodology: feminist small press publishingBy centering emerging and marginalized voices—especially feminist, transnational, and diasporic writers—we cultivate a dynamic literary community and sustain progressive political legacies because inclusive curation expands aesthetic and ideological boundaries in small press publishing.
- Cultural Resistance Through Ethical Publishingmethodology: cultural-boycott-for-resistanceBy aligning publishing practices with BDS and PACBI guidelines, we resist U.S.-backed violence and promote ethical cultural production because non-violent political alignment strengthens literature’s role in envisioning just futures.
- Inter-Translation as Poetic Innovationmethodology: inter_translationBy leveraging poets' creative skills in translation across languages, we produce experimental and defamiliarized literary forms because poetic practice deepens cross-linguistic interpretation and challenges dominant linguistic norms.