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Funding search · EIN 136095791 · Los Angeles, CA

Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional

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

54
grants reported: $230,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

contest lyric magazine poetry prizes publication

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Lyric Literary Arts4 grants · $80,000
Poetry Society of America4 grants · $24,000
Engage Globally4 grants · $21,000
Student Action With Farmworkers4 grants · $16,500
Alexandria House3 grants · $15,000
Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center4 grants · $14,500
California Poets in the Schools4 grants · $11,000
Norcal Resist4 grants · $9,500
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research4 grants · $8,000
Democracy Forward2 grants · $5,000

Giving over time

$55,000

2022

$53,000

2023

$61,000

2024

$61,000

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Lyric Literary Arts · Savannah, GA · 2025
To support publication of the lyric magazine and poetry contest prizes
$20,000
Lyric Literary Arts · Savannah, GA · 2024
To support publication of the lyric magazine and poetry contest prizes
$20,000
Lyric Literary Arts · Savannah, GA · 2023
To support publication of the lyric magazine and poetry contest prizes
$20,000
Lyric Literary Arts · Savannah, GA · 2022
To support publication of the lyric magazine and poetry contest prizes
$10,000
Poetry Society of America · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$6,000
Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center · Easton, MD · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$6,000
Engage Globally · Asheville, NC · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$6,000
Engage Globally · Asheville, NC · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Poetry Society of America · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Student Action With Farmworkers · Durham, NC · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Engage Globally · Asheville, NC · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Poetry Society of America · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$5,000
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$4,000
Democracy Forward · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$4,000
Poetry Society of America · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$4,000
Student Action With Farmworkers · Durham, NC · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$4,000
Student Action With Farmworkers · Durham, NC · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$4,000
Engage Globally · Asheville, NC · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,500
Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center · Easton, MD · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,500
Student Action With Farmworkers · Durham, NC · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
California Poets in the Schools · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
Maryland Humanities · Baltimore, MD · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
Norcal Resist · Sacramento, CA · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
California Poets in the Schools · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center · Easton, MD · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
Norcal Resist · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$3,000
California Poets in the Schools · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Carecen · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
826 La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Norcal Resist · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
California Poets in the Schools · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center · Easton, MD · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$2,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,500
826 La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,500
Norcal Resist · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Institute for Southern Studies · Durham, NC · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Wncw 887 Isothermal Community College · Spindale, NC · 2025
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Carecen · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Democracy Forward · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2023
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Justice Action Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes
$1,000
Library Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the organization's general tax exempt purposes

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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.