The Cordinating Council of Literary Magazines (CCLM) was established in 1967 as a national nonprofit organization by a group of literary magazine editors. They acted as a re-granter to literary magazines with much of the funds coming from the National Endowments of the Arts (NEA) and, later, the New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA), along with other sources of funding. Grants were given to literary magazines in the spring and in the fall every year. CCLM redistributed NEA grants from its founding until approximately 1983 when NEA began granting the funds directly to literary magazines.
In addition to grants, the CCLM had a number of other projects including the College Contest for undergraduate literary magazines until 1987, an on-site library of literary magazines, and regional meetings twice a year which occured in different areas of the United States, hosting various workshops for editors and writers. In 1974, the Ford Foundation granted CCLM funds to research the economics of the literary magazine field. This prompted a 3-year distribution project, aimed at expanding little magazines across the nation. The organization was renamed to the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) in 1989. In April of 2015, their name was changed again to the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, keeping CLMP as the acronym, but expanding their targeted audience.
https://www.clmp.org/
