Bellevue Literary Press Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Bellevue literary press publishes 6-8 books a year on average, with print runs of anywhere from 1,500-10,000 copies, including reprints of earlier-published titles as needed, and in any given year are working on books that will be published in future years. We use several methods to track the effectiveness of each activity. Overall sales, awards, and review coverage are key measures of success. For academic outreach, we monitor course adoptions, desk and examination copy requests, feedback from students and instructors, and reading group and curriculum guide downloads. Library sales, transacted primarily via the wholesaler baker & taylor and ebook vendors, are tracked during the project period. We also monitor sales for each title before and after specific marketing and promotional initiatives, including the number of digital review copies downloaded through edelweiss and all of the responses (preorders, reviews, libraryreads and indie next nominations, etc.) that result from those downloads.we use google analytics to measure engagement with our website and enewsletter campaigns. We measure social media engagement across all of our platforms: facebook, twitter, librarything, goodreads, youtube, and instagram.the beneficiaries are our readers and authors. We publish and promote to the widest possible audience books by both emerging and returning authors of literary fiction and creative, interdisciplinary nonfiction.literature's impact, like empathy, may be difficult to quantify; however, our past successes exemplify what our commitment to fostering and amplifying our writers' singular voices can bring them and their readers. When paul harding's debut novel, tinkers, became the first independently published pulitzer prize-winning work of fiction in over three decades, it delighted readers, invigorated the independent publishing community, and inspired writers everywhere. The lives they left behind by darby penney and peter stastny gave rise to a grassroots campaign to commemorate patients who had been buried in unmarked graves on the grounds of a psychiatric hospital. Helen benedict's novel wolf season was chosen for Kansas city's book club, which hosted public discussions with veterans about the effects of war. We are privileged to witness our mission's power to encourage writers, engage a diverse readership, inform young minds, and inspire courageous acts of citizenship.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings