Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$242,841

Total expenses

$219,213

Contributions and grants received

$203,250

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$39,556

Investment income

$35

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$362,445

Total liabilities, end of year

$67,088

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$295,357

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$184,896

Management and general expenses

$25,636

Fundraising expenses

$8,681

Program service expenses (Part III)

$184,896

Program services were 84.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Gulf Coast promotes and publishes quality literature in our local and national communities while teaching excellence in literary publishing to graduate and undergraduate students. We are committed to providing a balanced combination of literary approaches and voices. All of the editorial positions are two-year terms, ensuring a regular turnover in the specific personality and style of the journal. The journal is produced and distributed each April and October, reaching over 5,500 individuals and institutions. The journal publishes Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reviews, and Art, offering a creative venue for over 180 emerging and established writers and artists. Our readership of the print journal exceeds 3,000, with more coming to our ever-expanding website.

  Expenses $156,424 · Revenue $33,056

• Gulf Coast hosts or participates in several community-based literary events. The journal has enhanced its community presence with the Gulf Coast Reading Series, a monthly gathering at the Lawndale Art Center, and its annual Spring Issue Release Party. These events continue bringing esteemed writers, editors, publishers, and readers to Houston. Each Spring, Gulf Coast students attend the AWP Conference & Bookfair, which seeks to expand the subscription base and exposure of Gulf Coast Literary Journal.

  Expenses $28,472 · Revenue $6,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

8 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202610679349300401

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