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Filing year 2024

COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES

New York, New York·EIN 52-6074500·3
Total revenue
$1.5M
Total assets
$2.4M
Total expenses
$1.6M
Reported officers
12
Mission

THE COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES SERVES ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE SEGMENTS OF AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE: THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS OF EXCEPTIONAL FICTION, POETRY AND PROSE. THE COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES ACCOMPLISH THE BACKSTAGE WORK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: DISCOVERING NEW WRITERS, SUPPORTING MID-CAREER WRITERS, PUBLISHING THE CREATIVE VOICES OF COMMUNITIES UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE MAIN STREAM COMMERCIAL CULTURE, AND PRESERVING LITERATURE FOR FUTURE READERS BY KEEPING BOOKS IN PRINT.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Percentile bands compare each position's total pay with the same role at nonprofits nationwide, across all sectors.

Executive Di
Median to 75th percentile
$154k
$167k
Base
$131k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$14k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 11 unpaid individuals.

Climbed 14%
over 2 years

From $135k in 2022 to $154k in 2024.

$135k
2022
$134k
2023
$154k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 6% in real terms$157k to $167k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Pay for the position

Chief Executive Officer pay rose 14% from 2022 to 2024, while revenue rose 26%.

$135k in 2022 to $154k in 2024.

Pay for the position itself, not any one person. The officeholder may have changed between 2022 and 2024.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.2M
$1.1M
2022
$1.5M
$1.3M
2023
$1.5M
$1.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
FAQ

Common questions about COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES

What does the Chief Executive Officer of COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES earn?

In 2024, the Chief Executive Officer of COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES received $154,387 in total compensation. This pay is above the median (the midpoint) for Chief Executive Officer roles among nonprofits nationwide, across all sectors, within the top half of comparable filings. Based on IRS Form 990 data.

How does Chief Executive Officer pay at COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES compare with similar nonprofits?

Compared with the same role at nonprofits nationwide, across all sectors, the 2024 pay of the Chief Executive Officer at COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What are COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES reported $1.5M in total revenue and $1.6M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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