Public Charity

ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS INC

Based in BROOKLYN, NY, ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.1M in revenue, $878K in expenses, $1.3M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 22 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $271K.

EIN: 611423856 BROOKLYN, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.1M
Total Expenses$878K
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records22
Funding Total$271K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRESS DEVOTED TO PUBLISHING OUTSTANDING TRANSLATIONS OF VITAL WORKS OF CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE. IN OUR TWENTY-ONE YEARS, WE HAVE BROUGHT OUT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE BOOKS FROM MORE THAN FORTY LANGUAGES.ARTISTIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN CULTURES IS A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING. IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR VOICES FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO BE HEARD IN THIS COUNTRY-OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD DEPENDS UPON IT. SADLY, LESS THAN THREE PERCENT OF NEW LITERATURE PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES ORIGINATES OUTSIDE THE ANGLOSPHERE. BY PUBLISHING DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE LITERARY TRANSLATIONS, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO CHANGE THIS LAMENTABLE CIRCUMSTANCE AND TO BROADEN THE AMERICAN LITERARY LANDSCAPE.

Sample Grants Received

2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$13,050
$10,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$7,600
2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$33,450
2023
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$21,500

Showing up to 5 of 22 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Assal Ghawami
TREASURER Dave Haan
BOARD MEMBER David Dean
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/25) Edwin Frank
VICE PRESIDENT Florence Lui
BOARD MEMBER George Gibson

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Top Grant Purposes

ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$75,500 6 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$74,500 5 grants
HAWTHORNDEN GRANT
$35,078 3 grants
GENERAL USE AND/OR SPECIAL FUND/PROJECT
$20,000 1 grant
PROGRAMS
$15,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.1M $878K $1.3M
2024 $987K $979K $1.2M
2023 $909K $933K $1.0M
2022 $873K $737K $1.2M
2020 $823K $608K $1.0M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $823K to $1.1M (+28%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

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