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12 funders with a record of paying for “poets”
Where the money went The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Academy of American Poets Inc: $2.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Natalie Diaz: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Marin Community Foundation → California Poets in the Schools: $203K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Woodland Pattern Inc: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Joe M & Doris R Dealey → Friends of the Dallas Public Library: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Ford Foundation → Serpentine Trust: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → Academy of American Poets Incorporated: $84K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Bydale Foundation → Poets House Inc: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bagley and Virginia Wright Foundation → Anselm Berrigan: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Crail-Johnson Foundation → Street Poets Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Kent State University: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation → California Poets in the School: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Poets House Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Fred Moten: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Academy of American Poets Inc: $122K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Marin Community Foundation → Heyday: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Fire Through Dry Grass LLC: $85K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → Poet in the City: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Bagley and Virginia Wright Foundation → Julian Brolaski: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Teachers and Writers Collaborative Inc: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation → Academy of American Poets Incorporated: $11K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bydale Foundation → Academy of American Poets Incorporated: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ocean Vuong: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Svcs: $495K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Freedom Reads Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → California Poets in the Schools: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Sidney E Frank Foundation → Poetry Ireland: $51K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bydale Foundation → Poets & Writers Inc: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Humanities Nebraska: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bagley and Virginia Wright Foundation → Stephen Mc Harney: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Reginald Dwayne Betts: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Delaware: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Hanif Abdurraqib: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of California at San Diego: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Claudia Rankine: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of California at Berkeley: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ada Limon: $160K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ocean Vuong: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Don Mee Choi: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Reginald Dwayne Betts: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Don Mee Choi: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Donmee Choi: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Fred Moten: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Hanif Abdurraqib: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Street Poets Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Poets House Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Academy of American Poets: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Rada Film Group: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Carole Boston Weatherford: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Georgia Tech Foundation: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → The Rada Film Group: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → Poets in Need: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Nuyorican Poets Cafe: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Prison & Neighborhood Arts Proje: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Fundacion Tba21: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Poetry Foundation → The Writers Center (Poet Lore): $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Altadena Library Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Writers League of Texas: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Syracuse University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Pacific Arts Movement: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Florida Humanities Council Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Academy of American Poets Inc → Day Eight (V): $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Academy of American Poets Inc → University Press of Colorado: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Academy of American Poets Inc → New Orleans Poetry Festival Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $3.9M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $3.3M The Poetry Foundation: $602K on this topic. Open the funder. The Poetry Foundation $602K The Ford Foundation: $309K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $309K Marin Community Foundation: $293K on this topic. Open the funder. Marin Community Foundation $293K The Sidney E Frank Foundation: $186K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sidney E Frank Foundation $186K The Academy of American Poets Inc: $121K on this topic. Open the funder. The Academy of American Poets… $121K The Joe M & Doris R Dealey: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. The Joe M & Doris R Dealey $100K Bagley and Virginia Wright Foundation: $61K on this topic. Open the funder. Bagley and Virginia Wright Fo… $61K Bydale Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. Bydale Foundation $55K The Crail-Johnson Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The Crail-Johnson Foundation $30K The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. The Meeker Rom Grausz Family… $24K The Academy of American Poets Inc: received $2.2M on this topic The Academy of American Poets I… $2.2M Poets House Inc: received $585K on this topic Poets House Inc $585K Natalie Diaz: received $500K on this topic Natalie Diaz $500K Fred Moten: received $500K on this topic Fred Moten $500K Ocean Vuong: received $500K on this topic Ocean Vuong $500K Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Svcs: received $495K on this topic Arab Community Center for Econo… $495K California Poets in the Schools: received $273K on this topic California Poets in the Schools $273K Reginald Dwayne Betts: received $250K on this topic Reginald Dwayne Betts $250K University of Delaware: received $250K on this topic University of Delaware $250K Hanif Abdurraqib: received $250K on this topic Hanif Abdurraqib $250K University of California at San Diego: received $250K on this topic University of California at San… $250K Claudia Rankine: received $250K on this topic Claudia Rankine $250K University of California at Berkeley: received $250K on this topic University of California at Ber… $250K Ada Limon: received $160K on this topic Ada Limon $160K Woodland Pattern Inc: received $145K on this topic Woodland Pattern Inc $145K Ocean Vuong: received $125K on this topic Ocean Vuong $125K Don Mee Choi: received $125K on this topic Don Mee Choi $125K Reginald Dwayne Betts: received $125K on this topic Reginald Dwayne Betts $125K Don Mee Choi: received $125K on this topic Don Mee Choi $125K Donmee Choi: received $125K on this topic Donmee Choi $125K Fred Moten: received $125K on this topic Fred Moten $125K Hanif Abdurraqib: received $125K on this topic Hanif Abdurraqib $125K Academy of American Poets Inc: received $122K on this topic Academy of American Poets Inc $122K Academy of American Poets Incorporated: received $105K on this topic Academy of American Poets Incor… $105K Friends of the Dallas Public Library: received $100K on this topic Friends of the Dallas Public Li… $100K Serpentine Trust: received $100K on this topic Serpentine Trust $100K Heyday: received $90K on this topic Heyday $90K Street Poets Inc: received $90K on this topic Street Poets Inc $90K Fire Through Dry Grass LLC: received $85K on this topic Fire Through Dry Grass LLC $85K Freedom Reads Inc: received $75K on this topic Freedom Reads Inc $75K Poet in the City: received $51K on this topic Poet in the City $51K Poetry Ireland: received $51K on this topic Poetry Ireland $51K Academy of American Poets: received $40K on this topic Academy of American Poets $40K Anselm Berrigan: received $31K on this topic Anselm Berrigan $31K Julian Brolaski: received $28K on this topic Julian Brolaski $28K Rada Film Group: received $25K on this topic Rada Film Group $25K Carole Boston Weatherford: received $25K on this topic Carole Boston Weatherford $25K Georgia Tech Foundation: received $24K on this topic Georgia Tech Foundation $24K The Rada Film Group: received $24K on this topic The Rada Film Group $24K Poets in Need: received $20K on this topic Poets in Need $20K Nuyorican Poets Cafe: received $20K on this topic Nuyorican Poets Cafe $20K Kent State University: received $19K on this topic Kent State University $19K Prison & Neighborhood Arts Proje: received $15K on this topic Prison & Neighborhood Arts Proje $15K Fundacion Tba21: received $15K on this topic Fundacion Tba21 $15K California Poets in the School: received $13K on this topic California Poets in the School $13K Teachers and Writers Collaborative Inc: received $12K on this topic Teachers and Writers Collaborat… $12K The Writers Center (Poet Lore): received $11K on this topic The Writers Center (Poet Lore) $11K Poets & Writers Inc: received $10K on this topic Poets & Writers Inc $10K Humanities Nebraska: received $10K on this topic Humanities Nebraska $10K Altadena Library Foundation: received $10K on this topic Altadena Library Foundation $10K Writers League of Texas: received $10K on this topic Writers League of Texas $10K Syracuse University: received $10K on this topic Syracuse University $10K Pacific Arts Movement: received $10K on this topic Pacific Arts Movement $10K Florida Humanities Council Inc: received $10K on this topic Florida Humanities Council Inc $10K Day Eight (V): received $10K on this topic Day Eight (V) $10K University Press of Colorado: received $10K on this topic University Press of Colorado $10K New Orleans Poetry Festival Inc: received $10K on this topic New Orleans Poetry Festival Inc $10K Stephen Mc Harney: received $2K on this topic Stephen Mc Harney $2K 12 funders, 58 recipients, grants matching “poets” 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: $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
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Largest: $18,500 to KENT STATE UNIVERSITY — poetry coalition fellowship, poet laureate fellowship, capacity building
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Largest: $95,000 to WOODLAND PATTERN INC — poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation and equity in verse for in-na-po, indigenous nations poets
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Largest: $1.5M to THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC — to continue support of the local poets laureate fellowship
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Largest: $25,476 to POET IN THE CITY — to support the poetry exchange hubs initiative
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Largest: $10,000 to POETS HOUSE INC — general operating expenses
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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
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Largest: $25,000 to FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY — for the annual express yourself poetry competition and dallas youth poet laureate scholarship fund.
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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
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Largest: $5,000 to CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOL — school programs
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Largest: $161,458 to CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOLS — provide general operating support
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Largest: $30,751 to ANSELM BERRIGAN — poet lecture series
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