Columbia University Press
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131623968
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- (212) 459-0600
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNIFER CREWE (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JOHN COATSWORTH (CHAIRMAN)
- DAVID MADIGAN (SECRETARY)
- RICHARD BULLIET (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Publishing a universe of knowledge for readers worldwide. Columbia University Press is committed to creating a culture of professionalism, mutual respect, and inclusion. Our community includes our staff, interns, reviewers, media professionals, donors, vendors, authors, and other partners who collectively further our mission of publishing excellence and upholding freedom of expression. The Press maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward discrimination and harassment. Columbia’s commitment to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment is outlined in the University’s Non-Discrimination Statement and Policies We do not tolerate illegal, dishonest, or unethical professional conduct as outlined in the University’s Statement of Ethic.
Columbia University Press is committed to creating a culture of professionalism, mutual respect, and inclusion. Our community includes our staff, interns, reviewers, media professionals, donors, vendors, authors, and other partners who collectively further our mission of publishing excellence and upholding freedom of expression. The Press maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward discrimination and harassment. Columbia’s commitment to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment is outlined in the University’s Non-Discrimination Statement and Policies We do not tolerate illegal, dishonest, or unethical professional conduct as outlined in the University’s Statement of Ethic.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -20.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -23.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 37 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.