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12 funders with a record of paying for “poets”
Where the money went
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
27 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to FUNDACION TBA21 — to support research and a public presentation of a film-based artwork resulting from a collaboration between performance artist wu tsang and poet and writer fred moten
The Academy of American PoetsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $230,444 · through 2024Largest: $18,500 to KENT STATE UNIVERSITY — poetry coalition fellowship, poet laureate fellowship, capacity building
Largest: $95,000 to WOODLAND PATTERN INC — poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation and equity in verse for in-na-po, indigenous nations poets
Largest: $1.5M to THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC — to continue support of the local poets laureate fellowship
Largest: $25,476 to POET IN THE CITY — to support the poetry exchange hubs initiative
Largest: $10,000 to POETS HOUSE INC — general operating expenses
Largest: $100,000 to SERPENTINE TRUST — project support for the first uk institutional solo exhibition of renowned artist, poet, novelist, and sculptor barbara chase-riboud at serpentine's north gallery
Largest: $25,000 to FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY — for the annual express yourself poetry competition and dallas youth poet laureate scholarship fund.
Largest: $10,000 to STREET POETS INC — to support street poets community youth outreach program which includes: seeking peace, open mics, beats and rhymes and music fellowship and our poetry in motion van workshops
Largest: $5,000 to CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOL — school programs
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $293,013 · through 2024Largest: $161,458 to CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOLS — provide general operating support
Largest: $30,751 to ANSELM BERRIGAN — poet lecture series
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →