Trio House Press Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to publish poetry and prose that moves, inspires, and encourages connection, empathy, and understanding.
- Income
- $73,524
- Spending
- $78,655
- Reserves
- 1.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 95%
- Highest pay
- $1,200, executive dir.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $70,929 spent. In 2025, Trio House Press published three memoirs, six poetry collections and one poetry translation, meeting its mission of publishing poetry and prose that expands empathy, connection, and understanding between people from diverse backgrounds, writing about subjects and from angles underrepresented in current literature.ProductionTrio House Press focuses most of its resources on producing books and e-books. All books are released as both print and e-books on the release date of the book. Trio House Press print and e-book titles are available in both brick and mortar and online bookstores worldwide.Trio House Press has been publishing books since 2012, with more than 50 titles in print. In 2025, Trio House Press saw almost a 50% increase in book sales from the previous year; a total of 4,009 books were sold in 2025. In 2024, a total of 2,736 books were sold.Marketing and PublicityWe attribute our growth in 2025 to increased marketing, networking, and publicity efforts, and anticipate continued growth in 2026. We support our authors both by actively promoting their books pre and post publication, and by connecting them to readings, conferences, podcasts, radio and television programs, reviews, interviews, and other opportunities to share their work and gain more readers. In 2025, our authors were involved in more than 200 such opportunities. We also actively enter our authors' books into post-publication contests.Trio House Press exhibits regularly at book and writing conferences. In 2025, we exhibited at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Los Angeles; the American Library Association Conference in Philadelphia; the Bookfair for Grownups in St Paul, Minnesota; the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia; and as a sponsoring exhibitor at the Twin Cities Book Festival in St Paul, Minnesota.Editorial and Artistic EffortsTrio House Press takes pride in its approach to editing and producing books, contracting with respected editors and professional cover and book interior designers to produce physical and e-books that effectively showcase the work of our authors.Many of our titles received positive critical attention and awards in 2025, including being featured in Poets and Writers magazine (Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi), receiving starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly (Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi) and Library Journal (Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet by Rhoni Blankenhorn) and being finalists in the Yosrat Nassini Award (Coachella Elegy by Christian Gullette), the Maya Angelou Award(The Grace of Black Mothers by Martheaus Perkins), The NAACP Award for Literary Poetry (The Grace of Black Mothers by Martheaus Perkins) and winning the inaugural Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Pasifika Award in Poetry (Mele by Kalehua Kim) and Book Jacket Bracket (The Grace of Black Mothers by Martheaus Perkins). One of our authors Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, won the National Book Award in 2025, which increased the popularity of the book she had previously published with Trio House Press, Kaan and Her Sisters.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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