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The Poetry Foundation

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

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

743
grants reported: $12.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,500
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

prize recitation poetry verse equity innovation partnerships recovery

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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.

Top recipients

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

Mid Atlantic Arts1 grant · $500,000
University of Nebraska Foundation2 grants · $216,250
Woodland Pattern3 grants · $190,000
Cave Canem Foundation3 grants · $160,000
O Miami4 grants · $140,000
Community Literature Initiative4 grants · $130,000
Poetry Center of Chicago4 grants · $124,500
Academy of American Poets3 grants · $121,500
Recitation Prizes - Detail Upon Req1 grant · $114,204
University of Nebraska1 grant · $112,500

Giving over time

$4.3M

2022

$3.5M

2023

$4.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 743 grants.

$500,000
Mid Atlantic Arts · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Grant for poetry out loud
$114,204
Recitation Prizes - Detail Upon Req · Chicago, IL · 2024
Recitation prizes
$112,500
University of Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2022
3 year grant - african poetry book distribution project
$110,128
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Special projects and opportunities for african poetry book fund at the university of nebraska
$106,122
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Special projects and opportunities grant for african poetry book fund at the university of nebraska
$100,000
Li-Young Lee · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ruth lilly poetry prize
$100,000
Kimiko Hahn · Mattituck, NY · 2023
Ruth lilly poetry prize
$100,000
Angela Jackson · North Chicago, IL · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 to angela jackson
$100,000
Arthur Sze · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - arthur sze
$100,000
Craig Conrad · Greenfield, MA · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - caconrad
$100,000
Haki Madhubuti · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - haki madbhuti
$100,000
Juan Felipe Herrera · Fresno, CA · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - juan felipe herrera
$100,000
Nikki Giovanni · Christiansburg, VA · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - nikki giovanni
$100,000
Patricia Smith · New York, NY · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - sonia sanchez
$100,000
Rita Frances Dove · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - rita dove
$100,000
Sandra Cisneros · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - sandra ciscneros
$100,000
Sharon Olds · New York, NY · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - sharon olds
$100,000
Sonia Sanchez · Philadelpia, PA · 2022
Ruth lilly prize 2022 - patti smith
$95,000
Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation and equity in verse for in-na-po, indigenous nations poets
$75,000
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Cave canem grant for national programming
$65,000
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Equity in verse
$65,000
United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special projects and opportunities
$65,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Grant for the smithsonian asian pacific american center
$65,000
The Diatribe · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant
$65,000
University of Guam Endowment Fou · Mangilao, GU · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant for uog press
$65,000
Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant for in-na-po
$65,000
Writers Without Margins · Plymouth, MA · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant for radical reversal
$60,000
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses · New York, NY · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$60,000
Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, innovation and sponsorship
$55,000
Cave Canem · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$52,119
Recitation Grants - Detail Upon Req · Chicago, IL · 2023
Recitation prizes
$50,000
Board of Trustees at Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2024
Equity in verse grant for obsidian: literature & arts in the african diaspora
$50,000
Community Literature Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$50,000
Ideas Xlab · Louisville, KY · 2024
Special opportunities grant
$50,000
Poetry Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$50,000
Poets House · New York, NY · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$50,000
Third World Press Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$50,000
Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Equity in verse grant for in-na-po, indigenous nations poets
$50,000
Board of Trustees of Illinois State University (Obsidian Literature & Arts · Normal, IL · 2023
Equity in verse
$50,000
Insideout Literary Arts Project (Insideout Literary Arts) · Detroit, MI · 2023
Equity in verse
$50,000
Radical Reversal · Bloomfield, NJ · 2023
Equity in verse
$50,000
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation for dintah drama festival
$50,000
The Beautiful Project · Durham, NC · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$50,000
Board of Trustees Isu · Normal, IL · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant for obsidian
$50,000
Board of Trustees Univ of Ill · Urbana, IL · 2022
2022 grant for gwendolyn brooks social justice initiative
$50,000
California Poets in the Schools · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Chiarts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Citylit Project · Baltimore, MD · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant
$50,000
Community Literature Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant
$50,000
James Madison University Foundat · Harrisonburg, VA · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant for furious flowers poetry center
$50,000
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2022
2022 equity in verse grants
$50,000
Minnesota Prison Writing Worksho · St Paul, MN · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
O Miami · Miami Shores, FL · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts · Baltimore, MD · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Poetic Justice · Tulsa, OK · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Poetry Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Ragdale Foundation · North Chicago, IL · 2022
Grant for ragdale residency program
$50,000
Sisters in Cinema Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
2022 programs, partnerships, innovation grant
$50,000
Third World Press Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
2022 equity in verse grant
$45,000
Taller Comunidad La Goyco · San Juan, PR · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$45,000
Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$45,000
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$45,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$45,000
Kuumba Lynx · Chicago, IL · 2023
Equity in verse and special projects and opportunities
$45,000
Lambda Literary Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Equity in verse
$45,000
The Poetry Project Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$45,000
Urban Word Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Equity in verse
$45,000
Word a Storytelling Sanctuary · Denver, CO · 2023
Equity in verse
$45,000
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2023
Equity in verse
$40,000
Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$40,000
Cardboard House Press · Providence, RI · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Citylit Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Guild Complex · Chicago, IL · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
James Madison University Foundation · Harrisonburg, VA · 2024
Equity in verse grant for furious flower poetry center
$40,000
Kuumba Lynx · Chicago, IL · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Mass Poetry · Boston, MA · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$40,000
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$40,000
Noemi Press · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
O Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Poetic Justice Incorporated · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
$40,000
Radical Reversal · Bloomfield, NJ · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Split This Rock · Washington, DC · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Torch Literary Arts · Austin, TX · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Youth Speaks · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Equity in verse grant
$40,000
Citylit Project · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Equity in verse
$40,000
Contextos Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Equity in verse
$40,000
Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Equity in verse
$40,000
Floating Museum Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Nebraska Writers Collective · Omaha, NE · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Poetic Justice Incorporated · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Poetry Center of Chicago (Chicago Poetry Center) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Split This Rock · Washington, DC · 2023
Equity in verse
$40,000
Steppenwolf Theater Co · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special projects and opportunities / sponsorship
$40,000
The Care Center · Holyoke, MA · 2023
Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
$40,000
Torch Literary Arts · Austin, TX · 2023
Equity in verse
$40,000
Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2022
Poetry coalition grant

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