ISLAND PRESS

Programs

1. Research and publicationIsland Press publishes and promotes science-based solutions that help people make a positive difference for the environment. In 2025, Island Press published 27 new titles, sold 104,142 units, and distributed 3,454 free copies. Among these were:the twilight forest: an elegy for ponderosa in a changing west (october 2025), by gary ferguson. The twilight forest is a life-affirming portrait of the ponderosa pine forests of the american southwest, where more than 200 million trees have died in the past decade and scientists project fewer than 5% may survive in the region by mid-century. Ferguson weaves natural and human history with unflinching attention to wildfire and climate change as forces that have transformed a once-thriving ecosystem. The book received over 100 media hits, including a recent op-ed in the new york times ("a water doom loop is coming"). Poisoning the well: how forever chemicals contaminated america (april 2025) by sharon udasin and rachel franzin, is the shocking true-life story of how pfasa set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard ofpoisoned the entire country. Drawing on ground-level reporting in four heavily contaminated…

   $1,958,562 spent$1,022,494 earned by the program
   55% of program spending

2. Marketing, communication, and distributionIsland Press communicates information on environmental issues and solutions to governmental, professional, and non-profit staff and their organizations; businesses; students and professors; and general readers. Our publications are distributed worldwide in print and electronic formats, including through amazon and amazon's kindle, at bookstores, through online retailers, and via the Island Press website. They are often translated by foreign publishers.over the course of 2025, Island Press' marketing team secured over 500 media placements such as podcast interviews, reviews, and excerpt placements. We secured media coverage for our books and authors in large national outlets, including the los angeles times, yahoo!, msnbc, raw story, politico, semafor, the hill, the new york post, daily mail, wall street journal, and the washington post.

   $1,302,520 spent$679,998 earned by the program
   37% of program spending

3. Program services/technical assistancethrough our short-form program, Island Press improves the communications capacity of emerging leaders and educates practitioners on the latest environmental thinking and solutions, increasing their capacity to implement change. We work closely with movement leaders and emerging thinkers to help them tell their story through articles, blog posts, op-eds, and place them in media outlets to share environmental lessons widely. We provide editorial and marketing support to put these voices into the national conversation. As a result, we published 71 original pieces in 2025 with a combined 687 million potential views and 1,800 social media engagements.in 2025, the short-form program worked with groups like america's essential hospitals, los angeles community garden council, building electrification institute, institute for market transformation, lawyers for good government, and southeast climate and energy network. For example, in november 2025, we helped the northeast ohio black health coalition publish an op-ed ("building a fairer, more resilient northeast ohio") in the plain dealer raising awareness about a series of community conversations about…

   $294,598 spent
   8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,555,680.