MILKWEED EDITIONS INC
Milkweed Editions is an independent publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Its mission is to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it.
About MILKWEED EDITIONS INC
Founded in Minneapolis in 1980, Milkweed Editions is a nonprofit literary press that publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction and operates a bookselling arm and public programming. The press publishes roughly 25–30 new titles annually and maintains a backlist of more than 350 titles in print, with nearly six million copies of its books in circulation. In recent years Milkweed concluded a successful $3.6 million capital campaign (Taking Flight, 2023), continued wide national distribution and media visibility for its authors, and sustained active programming and prize administration through 2024–2026.
Notable achievements
Taking Flight campaign
Completed a $3.6 million fundraising campaign in 2023 to strengthen publishing capacity, leadership, and community programs for the press.
Publishing scale and reach
Maintains a list of over 350 titles in print, publishes about 25–30 new books per year, and reports nearly six million copies of its books in circulation.
Authors recognized with major honors
Milkweed’s authors have earned high-profile distinctions in the last several years, including appointments to the U.S. Poet Laureateship and recipients of MacArthur Fellowships, alongside multiple national book awards and bestseller placements.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $8.3M
- Annual revenue
- $4.8M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 41-1365177
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Website
- milkweed.org
- On Mahalo since
- September 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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