Taking Flight has allowed, and will continue to allow, Milkweed to reimagine our digital presence, activate new partnerships with schools and other organizations, and perhaps most importantly, grow our staff. In 2021, we welcomed Katie Hill as Vice President of Engagement and Chief Innovation Officer, a position funded by the campaign.

In 2019, we established the Milkweed Fellowship, opening doors to those historically underrepresented in the publishing field so they may become future industry leaders. Going forward Milkweed plans to have 2–3 Fellows engaged with the organization at all times. Moheb Soliman, now in his second year in the program, will soon be joined by a second Fellow; application submissions are now open.

To strengthen and enrich our publishing program, Milkweed appointed two editors-at-large: Chris Martin, the curator of Multiverse, our series of neurodivergent writing; and Helen Whybrow, a writer and editor specializing in creative nonfiction.

In 2022, we launched a membership program to actively engage our community of readers. In less than two years, the program has grown to include over 700 individuals in 47 states, as well as Canada, Great Britain, India, Israel, and Taiwan.

Working with Wealth Management Partners at UBS Financial Services, we established the Fund for the Future, a 100% sustainably invested quasi-endowment that will provide a critical third source of revenue for the organization, sustaining us in times of economic uncertainty. Scroll down to learn more.

In 2023, Milkweed published twice the number of books in the Seedbank series of world literature as the year prior, and will publish at least four Seedbank titles every year going forward. This means that more books originating in ancient and endangered cultures will be available to North American readers, seeding reflection on our role as human beings in relation to place and the more-than-human world.