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12 funders with a record of paying for “poetry”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → Trustees of the Smith College: $3.1M across 2 grants, latest 2021 John S and James L Knight Foundation → O Miami Inc: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → James Madison University: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Mid Atlantic Arts: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Woodland Pattern Book Center: $173K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lannan Foundation → University of Arizona Foundation: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lloyd A Fry Foundation → Chicago Poetry Center: $120K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional → Lyric Literary Arts: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Witter Bynner Foundation Inc → Nm School for the Arts: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Axe-Houghton Foundation → Urban Word Nyc Inc: $34K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bydale Foundation → On Being Project: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Performance Zone Inc: $935K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → University of Nebraska Foundation: $216K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Smith College: $177K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lannan Foundation → Corral Eduardo C: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Poetry Foundation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → An Claidheamh Soluis Dba Irish Arts Center: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Axe-Houghton Foundation → La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc: $33K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional → Poetry Society of America: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Witter Bynner Foundation Inc → Vox Press: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bydale Foundation → Poetry Society of America: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Academy of American Poets Inc: $686K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Woodland Pattern Inc: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lannan Foundation → Morling Malena: $128K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Kundiman Inc: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Poetry Center of Chicago: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → Poet in the City: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Axe-Houghton Foundation → Foundation for City College: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Witter Bynner Foundation Inc → Nm Xtreme Sports: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Bydale Foundation → 92nd St Y: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Washington University in St Louis: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Delaware: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of California at Berkeley: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of California at San Diego: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Poetry Center of Chicago: $125K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → University of Nebraska: $113K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Kimiko Hahn: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Li-Young Lee: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Lannan Foundation → Awkward-Rich Cameron: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lannan Foundation → National Poetry Series: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Academy of American Poets Inc: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Poetic Justice Incorporated: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → The Care Center: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Street Poets Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Urban Word Nyc: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → National Poetry Series Inc: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Under the Volcano International Inc: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Arizona State University Foundation: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → Poetry Ireland: $51K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Hub City Writers Project: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → The Beautiful Project Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Poets House Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → James Madison University Foundat: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Community Partners: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Massachusetts Poetry Outreach: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Words Without Borders: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Poetry Society of America: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → The Poetry Project Ltd: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $4.1M The Chicago Community Trust: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $3.3M The Poetry Foundation: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Poetry Foundation $2.4M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $1.5M The Sidney E Frank Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Sidney E Frank Foundation $1.4M Lannan Foundation: $638K on this topic. Open the funder. Lannan Foundation $638K The Academy of American Poets Inc: $426K on this topic. Open the funder. The Academy of American Poets… $426K Lloyd A Fry Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. Lloyd A Fry Foundation $120K Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional: $104K on this topic. Open the funder. Lyric Foundation Inc for Trad… $104K Witter Bynner Foundation Inc: $98K on this topic. Open the funder. Witter Bynner Foundation Inc $98K Axe-Houghton Foundation: $94K on this topic. Open the funder. Axe-Houghton Foundation $94K Bydale Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Bydale Foundation $35K Trustees of the Smith College: received $3.1M on this topic Trustees of the Smith College $3.1M O Miami Inc: received $1.4M on this topic O Miami Inc $1.4M Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation: received $1.3M on this topic Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Found… $1.3M James Madison University: received $1.0M on this topic James Madison University $1.0M The Performance Zone Inc: received $935K on this topic The Performance Zone Inc $935K The Academy of American Poets Inc: received $686K on this topic The Academy of American Poets I… $686K Mid Atlantic Arts: received $500K on this topic Mid Atlantic Arts $500K The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: received $500K on this topic The Young Men's and Young Women… $500K Washington University in St Louis: received $250K on this topic Washington University in St Lou… $250K University of Delaware: received $250K on this topic University of Delaware $250K University of California at Berkeley: received $250K on this topic University of California at Ber… $250K University of California at San Diego: received $250K on this topic University of California at San… $250K University of Nebraska Foundation: received $216K on this topic University of Nebraska Foundati… $216K Smith College: received $177K on this topic Smith College $177K Woodland Pattern Book Center: received $173K on this topic Woodland Pattern Book Center $173K University of Arizona Foundation: received $160K on this topic University of Arizona Foundation $160K Corral Eduardo C: received $150K on this topic Corral Eduardo C $150K Woodland Pattern Inc: received $140K on this topic Woodland Pattern Inc $140K Morling Malena: received $128K on this topic Morling Malena $128K Poetry Center of Chicago: received $125K on this topic Poetry Center of Chicago $125K Chicago Poetry Center: received $120K on this topic Chicago Poetry Center $120K University of Nebraska: received $113K on this topic University of Nebraska $113K The Poetry Foundation: received $100K on this topic The Poetry Foundation $100K Kimiko Hahn: received $100K on this topic Kimiko Hahn $100K Li-Young Lee: received $100K on this topic Li-Young Lee $100K Awkward-Rich Cameron: received $100K on this topic Awkward-Rich Cameron $100K National Poetry Series: received $100K on this topic National Poetry Series $100K Academy of American Poets Inc: received $100K on this topic Academy of American Poets Inc $100K Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: received $90K on this topic Community of Literary Magazines… $90K Lyric Literary Arts: received $80K on this topic Lyric Literary Arts $80K Poetic Justice Incorporated: received $80K on this topic Poetic Justice Incorporated $80K Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop: received $80K on this topic Minnesota Prison Writing Worksh… $80K Poetry Society of America: received $79K on this topic Poetry Society of America $79K The Care Center: received $75K on this topic The Care Center $75K Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project: received $70K on this topic Massachusetts Poetry Outreach P… $70K Kundiman Inc: received $70K on this topic Kundiman Inc $70K Poetry Center of Chicago: received $61K on this topic Poetry Center of Chicago $61K Street Poets Inc: received $60K on this topic Street Poets Inc $60K Urban Word Nyc: received $58K on this topic Urban Word Nyc $58K National Poetry Series Inc: received $55K on this topic National Poetry Series Inc $55K Under the Volcano International Inc: received $55K on this topic Under the Volcano International… $55K Nm School for the Arts: received $55K on this topic Nm School for the Arts $55K Arizona State University Foundation: received $54K on this topic Arizona State University Founda… $54K An Claidheamh Soluis Dba Irish Arts Center: received $51K on this topic An Claidheamh Soluis Dba Irish… $51K Poet in the City: received $51K on this topic Poet in the City $51K Poetry Ireland: received $51K on this topic Poetry Ireland $51K Hub City Writers Project: received $50K on this topic Hub City Writers Project $50K The Beautiful Project Inc: received $50K on this topic The Beautiful Project Inc $50K Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: received $50K on this topic Seventh Generation Fund for Ind… $50K Poets House Inc: received $50K on this topic Poets House Inc $50K James Madison University Foundat: received $50K on this topic James Madison University Foundat $50K Community Partners: received $50K on this topic Community Partners $50K Massachusetts Poetry Outreach: received $48K on this topic Massachusetts Poetry Outreach $48K Words Without Borders: received $45K on this topic Words Without Borders $45K The Poetry Project Ltd: received $45K on this topic The Poetry Project Ltd $45K Urban Word Nyc Inc: received $34K on this topic Urban Word Nyc Inc $34K La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc: received $33K on this topic La Mama Experimental Theatre Cl… $33K Foundation for City College: received $27K on this topic Foundation for City College $27K Vox Press: received $23K on this topic Vox Press $23K On Being Project: received $20K on this topic On Being Project $20K Nm Xtreme Sports: received $20K on this topic Nm Xtreme Sports $20K 92nd St Y: received $5K on this topic 92nd St Y $5K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “poetry” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $40,000 to POETRY CENTER OF CHICAGO (CHICAGO POETRY CENTER) — poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
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Largest: $97,200 to WOODLAND PATTERN BOOK CENTER — poetry coalition, poetry coalition fellowship, literary partnership
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Largest: $2,500 to Poetry Pollinators — uses of poetry
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Largest: $25,000 to POETRY IRELAND — to support the american poetry library and poet in residence program
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Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL POETRY SERIES — support for five new poetry titles
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Largest: $9,000 to URBAN WORD NYC INC — poetry and spoken word workshops and fellowships
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Largest: $250,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO — to support the curation and stewardship of audiovisual poetry archives at the archive for new poetry and the development of a toolkit to help contemporary poets and writers preserv…
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Largest: $50,000 to Poetry Center of Chicago — to support the "engaging pre-readers with poetry" project proposed in the 2023 innovation 80 grant application, for its pathways to leadership program, which is focused on increasi…
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Largest: $5,000 to ON BEING PROJECT — poetry unbound
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Largest: $312,500 to O MIAMI INC — to create a new home for poetry in the americas by supporting the growth and sustainability of the o, miami poetry festival.
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Largest: $20,000 to LYRIC LITERARY ARTS — to support publication of the lyric magazine and poetry contest prizes
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Largest: $35,000 to CHICAGO POETRY CENTER — for the poetry residency program
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