Texas · Nonprofit
HOST LITERARY
HOST LITERARY (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,250 to it, the largest being GREATER AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ($20,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $454k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $198k
What Host Literary does
Mission
Host Literary (dba: host publications) is an award-winning independent publisher located in austin, texas. Devoted to our mission to elevate systemically marginalized writers, host publications creates literary events and publishes poetry and fiction by emerging writers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our publications: since forming in 2024, host publications has published 6 full-length collections of poetry and fiction by historically marginalized writers. These projects reflect the core of our mission, and include generous author payments and promotional efforts. Host has also garnered a reputation for an editorial and book-making style that prioritizes each author's vision for their book, ensuring they are never treated as commodities, but as valued collaborators. Recent titles from our publishing program have been nominated for major literary awards.
$121,490 spentof which $5,815 as grants88% of program spendingOur literary programming: host publications proudly offers free literary programming in the central texas region. From our flagship intersectional reading series, book launches, author panels, literary discussions, and community gatheringswe are proud to create events and programming that supports our mission in supporting systemically marginalized writers. Our events feature over 70 writers annually and serve over 2,000 individuals.
$16,567 spent12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $138,057.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Aneesa Needel
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HOST LITERARY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of HOST LITERARY's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
HOST LITERARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HOST LITERARY
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOST LITERARY: 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 HOST LITERARY?
- HOST LITERARY (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,250 to it, the largest being GREATER AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ($20,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOST LITERARY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,250 in grants to HOST LITERARY.
- Who is the largest funder of HOST LITERARY?
- GREATER AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOST LITERARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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