Funding search · EIN 223770822 · Princeton, NJ

The Joyce Carol Oates 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.

50
grants reported
$65,000
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$1,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • The Center for Fiction2 grants · $7,000
  • The Watershed Institute3 grants · $5,000
  • Bard College3 grants · $5,000
  • Save a Friend To Homeless Animals3 grants · $4,000
  • American Philosophical Association3 grants · $4,000
  • Centurion Ministries3 grants · $4,000
  • American Humanist Society3 grants · $3,000
  • News Literacy Project2 grants · $3,000
  • Pushcart Prize Fellowships3 grants · $3,000
  • Salmagundi Club2 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$17,500
2022
$22,500
2023
$25,000
2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $5,000

    The Center for Fiction · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Flabush Cats · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Lockport Public Library · Lockport, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    New Literary Project · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Salmagundi Club · New York, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    The Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    The World Theatre · Kearney, NE · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    American Philosophical Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Centurion Ministries · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Save a Friend To Homeless Animals · Skillman, NJ · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    The Center for Fiction · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    The Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $2,000

    Woodstock Farm Sanctuary · High Falls, NY · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    American Humanist Society · Washington, DC · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    American Philosophical Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Centurion Ministries · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Friends and Foundation of the Princeton Public Library · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Princeton University Concert · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Pushcart Prize Fellowships · Wainscott, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Save a Friend To Homeless Animals · Skillman, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Woodstock Farm Sanctuary · High Falls, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Wrti Radio · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    American Humanist Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Pushcart Prize Fellowships · Wainscott, NY · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    The World Theatre · Kearney, NE · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Wrti Radio · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    American Humanist Society · Washington, DC · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    American Philosophical Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Audubon Society · Red Bank, NJ · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Centurion Ministries · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Narrative · New York, NY · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Poets & Writers · New York, NY · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Pushcart Prize Fellowships · Wainscott, NY · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Salmagundi Club · New York, NY · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    Save a Friend To Homeless Animals · Skillman, NJ · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $1,000

    The Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2022

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Garden Theatre · Winter Garden, FL · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Jefferson Market Garden · New York, NY · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Pennington First Aid Squad · Pennington, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Tabb'Y Place a Cat Sanctuary · Ringoes, NJ · 2024

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Garden Theatre · Winter Garden, FL · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Pennington First Aid Squad · Pennington, NJ · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $500

    Tabb'Y Place a Cat Sanctuary · Ringoes, NJ · 2023

    To their general fund

  • $500

    The American Poetry Review · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    To their general fund

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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.