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Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $405,423 to it, the largest being THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ($158,423). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $0
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $405k
- Net assets
- $0
What Columbia University Press does
Mission
Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on 1/1/2016.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
N/a
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
John Coatsworth
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $13k → $42k.
1 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Columbia University Press’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Columbia University Press leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Columbia University Press.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 71% · 2019 33% · 2020 60% · 2021 96% · 2022 93% · 2023 72% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
18% of Columbia University Press's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Columbia University Press draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $158k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding Columbia University Press receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $39k on record — $38k federal, $680 state.
- Smithsonian Institution$38k
- Library Resources-Textbooks$680
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Columbia University Press
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Columbia University Press: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Columbia University Press?
- Columbia University Press (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $405,423 to it, the largest being THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ($158,423). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Columbia University Press have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $405,423 in grants to Columbia University Press, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Columbia University Press?
- THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $158,423 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Columbia University Press find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing