Trio House Press Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, Trio House Press published three memoirs, six poetry collections and one poetry translation, meeting its mission of publishing poetry and prose that expands empathy, connection, and understanding between people from diverse backgrounds, writing about subjects and from angles underrepresented in current literature.ProductionTrio House Press focuses most of its resources on producing books and e-books. All books are released as both print and e-books on the release date of the book. Trio House Press print and e-book titles are available in both brick and mortar and online bookstores worldwide.Trio House Press has been publishing books since 2012, with more than 50 titles in print. In 2025, Trio House Press saw almost a 50% increase in book sales from the previous year; a total of 4,009 books were sold in 2025. In 2024, a total of 2,736 books were sold.Marketing and PublicityWe attribute our growth in 2025 to increased marketing, networking, and publicity efforts, and anticipate continued growth in 2026. We support our authors both by actively promoting their books pre and post publication, and by connecting them to readings, conferences, podcasts, radio and television programs, reviews, interviews, and other opportunities to share their work and gain more readers. In 2025, our authors were involved in more than 200 such opportunities. We also actively enter our authors' books into post-publication contests.Trio House Press exhibits regularly at book and writing conferences. In 2025, we exhibited at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Los Angeles; the American Library Association Conference in Philadelphia; the Bookfair for Grownups in St Paul, Minnesota; the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia; and as a sponsoring exhibitor at the Twin Cities Book Festival in St Paul, Minnesota.Editorial and Artistic EffortsTrio House Press takes pride in its approach to editing and producing books, contracting with respected editors and professional cover and book interior designers to produce physical and e-books that effectively showcase the work of our authors.Many of our titles received positive critical attention and awards in 2025, including being featured in Poets and Writers magazine (Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi), receiving starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly (Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi) and Library Journal (Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet by Rhoni Blankenhorn) and being finalists in the Yosrat Nassini Award (Coachella Elegy by Christian Gullette), the Maya Angelou Award(The Grace of Black Mothers by Martheaus Perkins), The NAACP Award for Literary Poetry (The Grace of Black Mothers by Martheaus Perkins) and winning the inaugural Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Pasifika Award in Poetry (Mele by Kalehua Kim) and Book Jacket Bracket (The Grace of Black Mothers by Martheaus Perkins). One of our authors Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, won the National Book Award in 2025, which increased the popularity of the book she had previously published with Trio House Press, Kaan and Her Sisters.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
• Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 40.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings