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Grants paid by American Academy of Arts and Letters, tax year 2023

EIN 13-0429640 · New York, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV

In tax year 2023, American Academy of Arts and Letters (EIN 13-0429640) reported 82 grants paid totaling $809,107. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2023

Grants reported by American Academy of Arts and Letters for tax year 2023
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2023	Salvatore Scibona Brooklyn, NY	U	$66,666	paid	TO PROVIDE A WRITER AN INCOME THUS ELIMINATING THEIR NEED TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF WRITING	202422819349100922
2023	Laura Van Den Berg Sanford, FL	U	$50,000	paid	TO PROVIDE A WRITER AN INCOME THUS ELIMINATING THEIR NEED TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF WRITING	202422819349100922
2023	Laura Elise Schwendinger Madison, WI	U	$35,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS A COMPOSER OF OPERA.	202422819349100922
2023	Masha Gessen New York, NY	U	$25,000	paid	TO HONOR AN EXCEPTIONAL NON-FICTION WRITER.	202422819349100922
2023	Bruce Norris New York, NY	U	$25,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PLAYWRITING	202422819349100922
2023	Lauren Groff Gainesville, FL	U	$20,000	paid	TO RECOGNIZE AN AUTHOR FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR PROSE.	202422819349100922
2023	Hernan Diaz Brooklyn, NY	U	$20,000	paid	TO HONOR A MID-CAREER WRITER WHOSE WORK HAS DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE.	202422819349100922
2023	Meghan O'gieblyn Madison, WI	U	$20,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG, TALENTED WRITER.	202422819349100922
2023	Wg Clark Charlottesville, VA	U	$20,000	paid	TO HONOR AN ARCHITECT WHO HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ARCHITECTURE AS AN ART	202422819349100922
2023	Shane Mccrae New York, NY	U	$20,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL POET.	202422819349100922
2023	Charles Peck Morton, PA	U	$15,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG COMPOSER OF EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT.	202422819349100922
2023	Peter Shin Kansas City, MO	U	$15,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG COMPOSER OF EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT.	202422819349100922
2023	Ginger Strand New York, NY	U	$15,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS A LIBRETTIST OF OPERA.	202422819349100922
2023	Andy Akiho Portland, OR	U	$15,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG COMPOSER OF EXTRAORDINARY GIFTS.	202422819349100922
2023	Zosha Di Castri New York, NY	U	$15,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG COMPOSER OF EXTRAORDINARY GIFTS.	202422819349100922
2023	Carolyn Yarnell Huntington Beach, CA	U	$13,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Joseph Davis New York, NY	U	$11,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Olivia Erlanger New York, NY	U	$11,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Nicole Mitchell Henderson, NC	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.	202422819349100922
2023	Amale Andraos and Dan Wood New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Ouattara Watts New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR A VISUAL ARTIST	202422819349100922
2023	Impolo Mbue Rhinebeck, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG WRITER OF GREAT PROMISE.	202422819349100922
2023	Atsuro Riley San Francisco, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	David Serkin Ludwig New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.	202422819349100922
2023	Jacqueline Woodson Brooklyn, FL	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR A WRITER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Mona Mansour Brooklyn, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Forrest Gander Penngrove, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Fred Bernstein New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Sandy Rodgriguez Los Angeles, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR A VISUAL ARTIST	202422819349100922
2023	Mary Miss New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART	202422819349100922
2023	Roberto de Leon and Shelby Primmer Louisville, KY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Roscoe Mitchell Fitchburg, WI	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.	202422819349100922
2023	Melissa Mazzoli Brooklyn, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A COMPOSER, LYRICIST, OR LIBRETTIST.	202422819349100922
2023	Royce Vavrek Brooklyn, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A COMPOSER, LYRICIST, OR LIBRETTIST.	202422819349100922
2023	Hugh Raffles New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Anna Deforest New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG WRITER OF DISTINCTION.	202422819349100922
2023	Emily Jacir Brooklyn, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART	202422819349100922
2023	Copland House Peekskill, NY	B	$10,000	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	Sean Canty Boston, MA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Tala Madani La Canada Flintridge, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR A YOUNG PAINTER OF DISTINCTION	202422819349100922
2023	Cameron Rowland Jackson Heights, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART	202422819349100922
2023	Natalie Diaz Phoenix, AZ	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Cauleen Smith Los Angeles, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART	202422819349100922
2023	Robert Honstein Irvington, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR MID-CAREER COMPOSER OF DEMONSTRATED ARTISTIC MERIT.	202422819349100922
2023	Eve Beglarian New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.	202422819349100922
2023	James Ijames Philadelphia, PA	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Lorraine O'grady New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART	202422819349100922
2023	Joshua Prager Maplewood, NJ	D	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Jennifer Croft Tulsa, OK	U	$10,000	paid	TO HONOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE.	202422819349100922
2023	Jeffrey Renard Allen Chicago, IL	U	$9,400	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Bethany Younge Lebanon, NH	U	$7,500	paid	TO A YOUNG COMPOSER FOR CONTINUED STUDY.	202422819349100922
2023	Harriet Steinke New Haven, CT	U	$7,500	paid	TO A YOUNG COMPOSER FOR CONTINUED STUDY.	202422819349100922
2023	Jordyn Gallinek New York, NY	U	$7,500	paid	TO A YOUNG COMPOSER FOR CONTINUED STUDY.	202422819349100922
2023	Seare Ahmad Farhat Ithaca, NY	U	$7,500	paid	TO A YOUNG COMPOSER FOR CONTINUED STUDY.	202422819349100922
2023	Ali Can Puskulu Marlbourough, MA	U	$7,500	paid	TO A YOUNG COMPOSER FOR CONTINUED STUDY.	202422819349100922
2023	Luke Haaksma New Haven, CT	U	$7,500	paid	TO A YOUNG COMPOSER FOR CONTINUED STUDY.	202422819349100922
2023	Wide Hive Records Albany, CA	U	$5,000	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	Morgan Talty Levant, ME	U	$5,000	paid	TO HONOR AN EXCEPTIONAL WRITER FOR THEIR FIRST NOVEL.	202422819349100922
2023	Samuel Junius Paul Flossmore, IL	U	$1,768	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	Vincent Davis Chicago, IL	U	$1,500	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	Douglas R Ewart Minneapolis, MN	U	$1,282	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	Arnold Hinton New York, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Steven Boido Magdalena, NM	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	John Willenbecher Los Angeles, CA	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Jeffrey Talman Suffern, NY	D	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Michael Myounghoon Lee Los Angeles, CA	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Michael Byron New York, NY	D	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Anna Potter Poughkeepsie, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Christine Schiavo West Hurley, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Keith Edmier New York, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Bunita Marcus Brooklyn, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Jerome Kitzke New York, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Donald Beal Provincetown, RI	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Jonathan Goodman Bronx, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Janice Redman North Turo, MA	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Allen Gimbel Palm Beach Gardens, FL	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Edward Shalala New York, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Marie Tavroges Stilkind Fort Lauderdale, FL	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Alexander Levine New York, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO AID PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.	202422819349100922
2023	Patrick Jp Flynn Madison, WI	U	$300	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	Andrew Bocher Madison, WI	U	$150	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922
2023	American Fed of Musiciansepf New York, NY	U	$41	paid	TO FUND RECORDINGS BY ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN MUSIC WINNERS	202422819349100922

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