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 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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