Funding search · EIN 521324746 · New York, NY

Hawthornden Foundation

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

94
grants reported
$10.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Charities Aid Foundation America3 grants · $4.3M
  • Community of Literary Magazines and Presses2 grants · $575,000
  • The Academy of American Poets1 grant · $500,000
  • National Book Foundation1 grant · $500,000
  • Royal Shakespeare Company America1 grant · $500,000
  • Prince Claus Fund1 grant · $330,000
  • Moleskine Foundation2 grants · $300,000
  • Cave Canem Foundation2 grants · $250,000
  • A Public Space Literary Projects1 grant · $150,000
  • Markaz Review1 grant · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.1M
2022
$5.6M
2023
$2.5M
2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

  • $2.1M

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    To organizations supporting the literary arts.

  • $1.3M

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    To organizations supporting the literary arts.

  • $927,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $500,000

    Community of Literary Magazines and Presses · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $500,000

    National Book Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $500,000

    Royal Shakespeare Company America · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $500,000

    The Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $330,000

    Prince Claus Fund · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $150,000

    Markaz Review · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $150,000

    Moleskine Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $150,000

    A Public Space Literary Projects · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $150,000

    Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $150,000

    Moleskine Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $108,000

    Jlf Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $100,000

    Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $100,000

    Muslims for Progressive Values · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $100,000

    The National Poetry Series · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $75,000

    Community of Literary Magazines and Presses · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $75,000

    Words Without Borders · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $60,000

    International Friends of the London Library · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $60,000

    The International Friends of the London Library · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Archipelago Books · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Authors Guild Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    City of Asylum Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Copper Canyon Press · Port Townsend, WA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Jlf USA · Spokane, WA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Mara Brock Akil'S Writers' Colony Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Medgar Evers College Cuny Center for Black Literature · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Aka Center for Ficti · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Archipelago Books · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Arizona State University'S Piper Center for Creative Writing · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    City of Asylum · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Copper Canyon Press · Port Townsend, WA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Graywolf Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Mara Brock Akil'S Writers' Colony Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    Research Foundation of the City · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $50,000

    The Highlights Foundation · Honesdale, PA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $40,000

    826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $40,000

    826nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $40,000

    826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Baldwin for the Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Zoeglossia · Las Cruces, NM · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Action for Hope · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Art Omi · Ghent, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Baldwin for the Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Brooklyn Rail · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Center for the Art of Translation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Georgia Writers · Kennesaw, GA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Mexican Cultural Institute of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Poetry Society of America · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Teachers & Writers Collaborative · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    The University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Urban Word Nyc · New York, NY · 2023

    To organizations supporting the literary arts.

  • $35,000

    Zoeglossia · Las Cruces, NM · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $35,000

    Jlf Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2022

    To support production costs of the jaipur literary festival

  • $30,000

    Brooklyn Book Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    To support production costs of the brookyln book festival

  • $25,000

    City of Asylumdetroit Aka Hai Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Indigenous Nations Poets · Burlington, WI · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Kundiman · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Litquake Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    South Asia Speaks · Dover, DE · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Transit Books · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Hay Festival Foundation Ltd · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Kundiman Inc 113 West 60th St · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    South Asia Speaks · Dover, DE · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    The Arts Area · Ontario, CA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    The Litquake Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $25,000

    Woodland Pattern · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $24,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $22,150

    Eyebeam Atelier · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    Brooklyn Poets · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    New York Writers Coalition · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    Brooklyn Poets · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    Community Revitalization Partnership · Jamaica, NY · 2023

    To organizations supporting the literary arts.

  • $15,000

    Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    Ny Writers Coalition · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $15,000

    Words Without Borders · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Literary arts support.

  • $10,000

    Elizabeth Kostova Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $7,650

    The Center for Fiction · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $5,000

    A Kavanagh · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    A Nafis · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    C Dorf · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    C Shinn · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    D Ayivor · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    H Alyan · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    J Smith · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    L McIntosh · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    M Blitshteyn · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    S Erlichman · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

  • $5,000

    Y Ashour · New York, NY · 2024

    Literary arts support.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.