Funding search · EIN 131879953 · New York, NY

The Academy of American Poets

Name: The Academy of American Poets grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

87
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

fellowship literary partnership coalition poetry laureate building capacity

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

13 grants matching “hawthornden” · $305,090

$55,090
Woodland Pattern Book Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Chapter 510 Ink · Oakland, CA · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Split This Rock · Washington, DC · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
The American Literary Translators Associa · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
The Board of Regents of the University of · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Nebraska Writers Collective · Omaha, NE · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Zoeglossia · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Wordplay Cincy · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Hawthornden regrant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Woodland Pattern Book Center3 grants · $228,460
Cave Canem Foundation3 grants · $120,170
Kundiman3 grants · $94,770
Urban Word Nyc3 grants · $75,820
Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project3 grants · $70,420
Arizona State University Foundation2 grants · $53,870
University of Notre Dame2 grants · $53,500
Split This Rock2 grants · $50,000
Chapter 510 Ink2 grants · $50,000
826 National2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$451,750

2022

$735,250

2023

$504,044

2024

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$97,200
Woodland Pattern Book Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Poetry coalition, poetry coalition fellowship, literary partnership
$76,170
Woodland Pattern Book Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$56,670
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership
$55,090
Woodland Pattern Book Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$39,600
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2024
Literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$38,600
Urban Word Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$38,500
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Leadership stipend, literary partnership
$32,770
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$30,170
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building, poetry coalition fellowship
$29,600
Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$28,600
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center · Venice, CA · 2024
Poetry coalition fellowship, literary partnership
$28,500
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Capacity building, poetry coalition fellowship
$26,100
O Miami · Miami, FL · 2023
Capacity building, poetry coalition fellowship
$25,000
826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
Chapter 510 Ink · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
Split This Rock · Washington, DC · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
The American Literary Translators Associa · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
The Board of Regents of the University of · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Chapter 510 Ink · Oakland, CA · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
Split This Rock · Washington, DC · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
The American Literary Translators Associa · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
The Board of Regents of the University of · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$25,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$21,670
Zoeglossia · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership
$21,100
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Poetry coalition
$21,100
Asian American Writers Workshop · New York, NY · 2024
Poetry coalition
$21,100
Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Poetry coalition fellowship
$21,100
Mizna · St Paul, MN · 2024
Poetry coalition fellowship
$21,100
Poetry Society of America · New York, NY · 2024
Poetry coalition
$21,100
The Lambda Literary Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Poetry coalition fellowship
$21,100
Youth Speaks · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Poetry coalition fellowship
$20,000
Pongo Poetry Project · Edmonds, WA · 2024
Literary partnership
$20,000
James Madison University Foundation · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023
Literary partnership
$20,000
Pongo Poetry Project · Edmonds, WA · 2023
Literary partnership
$19,720
Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Poetry coalition fellowship
$19,720
Urban Word Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Poetry coalition fellowship
$19,720
Youth Speaks · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Poetry coalition fellowship
$18,500
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2023
Poetry coalition fellowship, poet laureate fellowship, capacity building
$17,500
Urban Word Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Literary partnership
$15,000
In-Na-Po · Miilwaukee, WI · 2023
Literary partnership
$15,000
Yuba County Sutter County Regional Arts · Marysville, CA · 2023
Literary partnership
$13,500
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center · Venice, CA · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$12,500
Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$12,500
Get Lit - Words Ignite · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Capacity building, literary partnership
$12,500
Nebraska Writers Collective · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capacity building
$12,500
Wordplay Cincy · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Capacity building
$12,500
Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Nebraska Writers Collective · Omaha, NE · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Wordplay Cincy · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,500
Zoeglossia · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Hawthornden regrant
$12,000
Teachers and Writers Collaborative · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building, poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
James Madison University Foundation · Harrisonburg, VA · 2024
Literary partnership
$10,000
New Orleans Poetry Festival · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
O Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
Literary partnership
$10,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
The Loft Literary Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Undocupets · Marysville, CA · 2024
Amazon literary partnership
$10,000
University Press of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Writers League of Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Aspect Inc Dba Zephyr Press · Brookline, MA · 2023
Literary partnership
$10,000
Boa Editions Ltd · Rochester, NY · 2023
Literary partnership
$10,000
Florida Humanities Council · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Friends of Lorine Niedecker · Fort Atkinson, WI · 2023
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Fusion Partnerships · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Literary partnership
$10,000
Hurleyville Performing Arts Center · Hurleyville, NY · 2023
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Pacific Arts Movement · San Diego, CA · 2023
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
The Peace Center Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2023
Poet laureate fellowship
$10,000
Altadena Library Foundation · Altadena, CA · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
Artswestchester · White Plains, NY · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
Day Eight (V) · Washington, DC · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
Hawaii Council for the Humanities · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
Humanities Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
Humanities Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
Kentucky Public Radio · Louisville, KY · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$10,000
The Watering Hole Poetry Organization · York, SC · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$9,000
Bowery Arts and Science Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$8,500
Poetry Society of America · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building, poetry coalition fellowship
$8,500
University of Arizona Foundation · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
Literary partnership, poetry coalition fellowship
$7,500
Poetry Northwest · Everett, WA · 2024
Literary partnership
$7,500
The Watering Hole Poetry Organization · York, SC · 2024
Literary partnership
$7,500
Yuba County Sutter County Regional Arts · Marysville, CA · 2024
Literary partnership
$7,500
Haven Violence Prevention and Support Ser · Portsmouth, NH · 2022
Poets laureate support match
$6,944
Writers & Books · Rochester, NY · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship
$5,500
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance · Portland, ME · 2024
Poet laureate fellowship

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.