Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990-EZ.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Watson | $121,662 | $75,009 | — | — | — |
| Cindy Myers | — | $72,150 | $101,680 | — | — |
| Brent Cunningham | — | — | — | $98,061 | $93,047 |
| Jeffrey Lependorf | — | — | — | — | $92,574 |
| Andrew Pai | — | $66,523 | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Small Press Distribution INC executive salaries →Programs and updates
Distributes printed literary books to the book trade for member publishers.
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Warehouse and Fulfillment Services for Independent Literary Presses: this includes "picking, packing and shipping" from our warehouse while receiving more than 1,000 new titles to inventory each year, plus maintaining customer service, billing, and other bookkeeping services for those sales.
Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 94-3042614) · Dispute this lineMarketing and Publisher Relations for Independent Literary Presses: includes issuing reports and tracking fulfillment rates for ~350 independent literary publishers, maintaining a website that receives 20,000+ unique visitors a month, producing marketing material, such as our SPD Recommends bi-weekly email of new titles sent to…
Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 94-3042614) · Dispute this lineCommunity Outreach Programming
this includes non-fundraising events and programs, including outreach events and ongoing programs such as the Poetry Trading Post, which gives out free books in exchange for poems written on the spot at various locations and tradeshows, as well as an array of book clubs, classroom visits, educational programs, and literary readings…
Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 94-3042614) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 25, 2025 | $30K | −$453K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Sep 26, 2024 | $621K | $886K | −$265K | −$317K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 2, 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | −$71K | −$52K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2023 | $1.1M | $1.3M | −$203K | $18K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 23, 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | −$33K | $221K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 15, 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $94K | $254K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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