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Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry

Name: Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry grants, 2021–2024
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.

70
grants reported: $334,194
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $4,075
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

poetry expanding audience outreach poets translation creating individual

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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.

Nm School for the Arts4 grants · $54,500
Vox Press3 grants · $23,000
Exodus Ensemble3 grants · $22,750
Nm Xtreme Sports2 grants · $20,000
Various Individuals4 grants · $18,144
Partners in Education Foundation3 grants · $16,700
Santa Fe Girl'S School4 grants · $16,500
Reel Fathers2 grants · $12,500
Pecos High School1 grant · $9,000
Paris Review2 grants · $8,600

Giving over time

$88,500

2021

$67,482

2022

$86,212

2023

$92,000

2024

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$17,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Expanding the poetry audience
$15,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Expanding the poetry audience
$12,500
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Poetry Curriculum.
$10,500
Exodus Ensemble · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Immersive Theater
$10,312
Various Individuals · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Support individual poets creating new poems and support outreach program.
$10,250
Exodus Ensemble · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Immersive Theater
$10,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Poetry Curriculum.
$10,000
Nm Xtreme Sports · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Uses of Poetry
$10,000
Nm Xtreme Sports · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Uses of Poetry
$10,000
Vox Press · University, MS · 2021
Uses of Poetry
$9,000
Pecos High School · Pecos, NM · 2021
Promote Poetry in Schools
$8,000
Restless Books · Amherst, MA · 2024
Poetry Translation
$7,500
Reel Fathers · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Uses of poetry
$7,000
Vox Press · University, MS · 2022
Uses of Poetry
$6,700
Partners in Education Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Expanding the poetry audience
$6,000
Bay Area Creative · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Uses of Poetry
$6,000
Vox Press · University, MS · 2024
Uses of Poetry
$5,000
Santa Fe Girl'S School · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Poet in Residence.
$5,000
St Thomas Parish · Abiquiu, NM · 2024
Expanding the poetry Audience
$5,000
Urbanite Arts Film Festival · Peekskill, NY · 2024
3rd Annual Film Festival
$5,000
Eagle'S Nest Foundation · Pisgah Forest, NC · 2023
Poetry in the Outdoor Classroom.
$5,000
Northern Arizona Book Festival · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Indigenous Writers' Symposium.
$5,000
Randall Davey Audubon Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Wild Words
$5,000
Santa Fe Girl'S School · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Poet in Residence.
$5,000
Teatro Paraguas · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Mariana Pineda - A Play.
$5,000
White Pine Press · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Translation of Anthology of Hungarian Poetry
$5,000
Youthworks · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Overcoming Adversity Through Art.
$5,000
Partners in Education Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Expanding the poetry audience
$5,000
Reel Fathers · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Uses of poetry
$5,000
In the Family Way · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Promotion of Poetry
$5,000
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
Support of Poetry
$5,000
Partners in Education Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Expanding the poetry audience
$4,600
Paris Review · New York, NY · 2024
Promote Poetry
$4,500
Lamama Experimental Theater Clud · New York, NY · 2024
Uses of Poetry
$4,150
Various Individuals · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Support individual poets creating new poems and support outreach program.
$4,000
Elsewhere Studios · Paonia, CO · 2023
Native American Poetry Residency.
$4,000
Santa Fe Girl'S School · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Expanding the poetry audience
$4,000
Copper Canyon Press · Port Townsend, WA · 2021
Poetry Translation
$4,000
Elsewhere Studios · Paonia, CO · 2021
Uses of Poetry
$4,000
Paris Review · New York, NY · 2021
Promote Poetry
$3,750
Gavialidae · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
ISupport for Issue #3.
$3,300
Copper Canyon Press · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Poetry Translation
$3,000
Gerard'S House · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Uses of Poetry
$3,000
Port Veritas · Portland, ME · 2024
Poetry reading Series
$3,000
Archipelago Books · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Translation of To the Letter.
$3,000
Manzano Mountain Art Council · Mountainair, NM · 2023
Art, Music & Culture Outreach.
$3,000
Manzano Mountain Art Council · Mountainair, NM · 2022
Poetry workshops
$3,000
Various Individuals · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Support individual poets creating new poems and support outreach program.
$2,500
Center for Contemporary Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
expanding the poetry audience
$2,500
Nm Literary Arts · Espanola, NM · 2022
Expanding the poetry
$2,500
Poetry Pollinators · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Uses of poetry
$2,500
Center for Contemporary Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
expanding the poetry audience
$2,500
More Than An Athlete · Gardena, CA · 2021
Promotion of Poetry
$2,500
Santa Fe Girl'S School · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Expanding the poetry audience
$2,500
White Pine Press · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Hungarian Poetry
$2,400
Sundress Publications · Oak Ridge, TN · 2023
Reading Series.
$2,000
Society of the Muse of the Southwes · Taos, NM · 2024
To advance the art of poetry
$2,000
Poetry Pollinators · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Uses of poetry
$2,000
Exodus Ensemble · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Immersive Theater
$2,000
Red Media · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Poetry Distribution
$2,000
Society of the Muse of the Southwes · Taos, NM · 2022
To advance the art of poetry
$1,550
Center for Contemporary Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
expanding the poetry audience
$1,500
Gavialidae · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Issue #2.
$1,500
Manzano Mountain Art Council · Mountainair, NM · 2021
Poetry workshops
$1,000
Breakthrough Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Poetry Reading.
$1,000
Pocomoke High School · Pocomoke City, MD · 2023
Bringing Poets to the Writing Center.
$1,000
Nature Links Maine · Blue Hill, ME · 2022
Uses of poetry
$1,000
Pocomoke High School · Pocomoke City, MD · 2021
Poetry in Schools
$682
Various Individuals · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Support individual poets creating new poems and support outreach program.
$-4,000
Elsewhere Studios · Paonia, CO · 2024
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