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Grants paid by The Poetry Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 36-2490808 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE A70
In tax year 2023, The Poetry Foundation (EIN 36-2490808) reported 122 grants paid totaling $3,097,003. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | University of Nebraska Foundation Lincoln, NE | C | $110,128 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN POETRY BOOK FUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Woodland Pattern Inc Milwaukee, WI | B | $95,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION AND EQUITY IN VERSE FOR IN-NA-PO, INDIGENOUS NATIONS POETS | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | United States Artists Inc Chicago, IL | U | $65,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Cave Canem Foundation Inc Brooklyn, NY | C | $65,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Academy of American Poets Inc New York, NY | C | $60,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, INNOVATION AND SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc Santa Fe, NM | U | $50,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION FOR DINTAH DRAMA FESTIVAL | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Insideout Literary Arts Project (insideout Literary Arts) Detroit, MI | D | $50,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Beautiful Project Inc Durham, NC | B | $50,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Radical Reversal Bloomfield, NJ | B | $50,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Board of Trustees of Illinois State University (obsidian Literature & Arts Normal, IL | D | $50,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Urban Word NYC Inc New York, NY | B | $45,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Kuumba Lynx Chicago, IL | B | $45,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE AND SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Freedom Reads Hamden, CT | B | $45,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Word a Storytelling Sanctuary Inc Denver, CO | C | $45,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Young Chicago Authors Chicago, IL | B | $45,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Lambda Literary Foundation New York, NY | C | $45,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Poetry Project Ltd New York, NY | C | $45,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Contextos Nfp Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Citylit Project Inc Baltimore, MD | B | $40,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Torch Literary Arts Austin, TX | C | $40,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Nebraska Writers Collective Omaha, NE | C | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Milkweed Editions Inc Minneapolis, MN | B | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Pen America Center New York, NY | D | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Contemporary Philadelphia, PA | U | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop Minneapolis, MN | C | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf Theater Co Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Poetry Center of Chicago (chicago Poetry Center) Chicago, IL | D | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network San Francisco, CA | C | $40,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Floating Museum Nfp Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Poetic Justice Incorporated Tulsa, OK | D | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Care Center Holyoke, MA | U | $40,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Split This Rock Inc Washington, DC | B | $40,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Guild Complex (guild Literary Complex) Chicago, IL | U | $36,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE AND SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Mizna Saint Paul, MN | B | $35,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Love Now Media Inc Philadelphia, PA | C | $35,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Fusion Partnerships Inc Baltimore, MD | C | $35,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE FOR DEWMORE BALTIMORE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | 826chi Inc Nfp Chicago, IL | B | $35,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE AND SPECIAL PROJECTS | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Kearny Street Workshop Inc San Francisco, CA | B | $35,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Center for Book Arts Incorporated 1974 New York, NY | C | $35,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Beyond Baroque Foundation Venice, CA | B | $32,500 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, INNOVATION AND SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Near South Planning Board Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Ecotheo Collective Houston, TX | U | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | National Poetry Series Inc Princeton, NJ | C | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Poetry Society of America Brooklyn, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Inc Miami, FL | D | $30,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Resilience Partners Nfp Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE FOR STOMPING GROUNDS LITERARY ARTS INITIATIVE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Under the Volcano International Inc New York, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Community of Literary Magazines and Presses New York, NY | U | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Boston, MA | C | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Breathe Ink Charlotte, NC | C | $30,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Street Poets Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $30,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | City of Chicago - Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Chicago, IL | U | $30,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Cardboard House Press Providence, RI | U | $25,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Burst Into Books Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | C | $25,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION FOR WRITEGIRL, A PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Arts Area San Dimas, CA | C | $25,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION FOR THE POETRY LAB | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Bamboo Ridge Press Honolulu, HI | B | $25,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The University of Arizona Foundation Tucson, AZ | B | $25,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA POETRY CENTER | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Boa Editions Ltd Rochester, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Court Theatre Fund Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOODMAN THEATRE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Kent State University (wick Poetry Center) Kent, OH | U | $25,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd Brooklyn, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Lugar Comun Inc Miami Beach, FL | B | $25,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Watering Hole Poetry Organziation Columbia, SC | D | $25,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Poets in Need Berekely, CA | B | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Third World Press Foundation Inc Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Fractured Atlas Inc New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE FOR THE PHILLY PIGEON | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Pen Parentis New York, NY | C | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Writers Without Margins Inc Plymouth, MA | C | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Noemi Press Tucson, AZ | B | $20,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Hub City Writers Project Spartanburg, SC | B | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Gemini Series Inc (gemini Ink) San Antonio, TX | U | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Words Without Borders Brooklyn, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Crownkeepers Charlotte, NC | C | $20,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE FOR SISTORIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Motor City Sings Detroit, MI | C | $20,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Guernica Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Peace Development Fund Inc Greenfield, MA | C | $20,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE FOR BREW AND FORGE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Good Journey Development Foundation Saint Louis, MO | C | $18,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Southern Fried Poetry Inc Duluth, GA | B | $18,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Kitchen Table Literary Arts Tampa, FL | C | $15,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Radius of Arab American Writers Inc Houston, TX | C | $15,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Foglifter Press San Francisco, CA | B | $15,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Public Media Institute Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP FOR CONTRATIEMPO NFP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Prison and Neighborhood Arts-Education Project Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | National Book Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Thurber House Inc Columbus, OH | B | $15,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Northwest New Mexico Arts Council Farmington, NM | B | $15,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Alternative Field Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $15,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Illinois Humanities Chicago, IL | C | $15,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Community Literature Initiative Los Angeles, CA | C | $15,000 | paid | EQUITY IN VERSE FOR ALEGRIA BILLINGUAL BOOKSTORES AND ART COLLECTIVE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Arts Council of Princeton Princeton, NJ | B | $12,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Writers Center (poet Lore) Bethesda, MD | D | $11,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Association of Writers and Writing Programs Norfolk, VA | C | $10,975 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP 2024 CONFERENCE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | National Youth Foundation Kennett Square, PA | C | $10,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | The Poetry Forum Inc (rhino Poetry) Evanston, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Illinois Arts Alliance Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Yourwords Stl University, MO | C | $10,000 | paid | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Before Columbus Foundation Oakland, CA | B | $7,500 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc (chicago Lawyer's Chicago, IL | C | $6,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Visual Art Exchange Inc Durham, NC | D | $5,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GRIOT AND GREY OWL CONFERENCE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES / SPONSORSHIP | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Polson School District #23 Polson, MT | U | $1,000 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Indiana Humanities Council Inc Indianapolis, IN | B | $1,000 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Jackson Preparatory School Foundation Jackson, MS | C | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Bridgeport High School Bridgeport, WV | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | State Dept of Education Salem, OR | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Minot High School Minot, ND | D | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Lancaster Country Day School Lancaster, PA | B | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Natrona County Public Library Casper, WY | C | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Guilford County Board of Education Greensboro, NC | D | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Olympia High School Olympia, WA | C | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Northside Independent School District San Antonio, TX | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | State of Delaware Wilmington, DE | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Auburn City Board of Education Auburn, AL | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Indian Creek School Inc Crownsville, MD | B | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | South Brown County Usd 430 Horton, KS | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Loudoun County Public Schools Ashburn, VA | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Bellevue Public Schools Bellevue, NE | U | $500 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans, LA | B | $200 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
| 2023 | Granite Bay High School Granite Bay, CA | U | $200 | paid | RECITATION PRIZE | 202413169349102436 |
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