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FundersILThe Poetry Foundation › 2024

Grants paid by The Poetry Foundation, tax year 2024

EIN 36-2490808 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE A70

In tax year 2024, The Poetry Foundation (EIN 36-2490808) reported 162 grants paid totaling $3,784,122. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2024

Grants reported by The Poetry Foundation for tax year 2024
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2024Mid Atlantic Arts Baltimore, MDB$500,000paidGRANT FOR POETRY OUT LOUD202543149349102334
2024University of Nebraska Foundation Lincoln, NEC$106,122paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT FOR AFRICAN POETRY BOOK FUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA202543149349102334
2024Community of Literary Magazines and Presses New York, NYU$60,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Cave Canem Brooklyn, NYD$55,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Community Literature Initiative Los Angeles, CAC$50,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Board of Trustees at Illinois State University Normal, ILC$50,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR OBSIDIAN: LITERATURE & ARTS IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA202543149349102334
2024Poetry Center of Chicago Chicago, ILB$50,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Poets House Inc New York, NYB$50,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Third World Press Foundation Inc Chicago, ILB$50,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Ideas Xlab Louisville, KYU$50,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Woodland Pattern Inc Milwaukee, WIB$50,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR IN-NA-PO, INDIGENOUS NATIONS POETS202543149349102334
2024Young Chicago Authors Chicago, ILB$45,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Woodland Pattern Inc Milwaukee, WIB$45,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Taller Comunidad la Goyco Inc San Juan, PRB$45,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop Minneapolis, MNC$40,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Kuumba Lynx Chicago, ILB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Citylit Project Inc Baltimore, MDB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Mass Poetry Boston, MAU$40,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024O Miami Inc Miami, FLC$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Split This Rock Washington, DCB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Guild Complex Chicago, ILB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Academy of American Poets Inc New York, NYC$40,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Noemi Press Tucson, AZC$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Torch Literary Arts Austin, TXC$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Cardboard House Press Providence, RIU$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Youth Speaks Inc San Francisco, CAB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024James Madison University Foundation Harrisonburg, VAB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR FURIOUS FLOWER POETRY CENTER202543149349102334
2024Radical Reversal Bloomfield, NJB$40,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Poetic Justice Incorporated Tulsa, OKD$40,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Letras Latinas at University of Notre Dames Institute for Latino Studies Notre Dame, INU$35,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Bamboo Ridge Press Honolulu, HIB$35,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Words of the People Tulsa, OKD$35,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Reading Between the Lines Chicago, ILD$35,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024The Care Center Holyoke, MAU$35,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024World Poetry Books New York, NYB$35,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024O Miami Inc Miami, FLC$35,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Words Beats and Life Inc Washington, DCB$30,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024The Beautiful Project Durham, NCB$30,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Contextos Nfp Chicago, ILB$30,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Street Poets Inc Los Angeles, CAB$30,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Teachers and Writers Collaborative New York, NYC$30,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Alice James Poetry Cooperative Inc New Gloucester, MEB$30,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024American Poetry Museum Washington, DCB$30,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Nightboat Books Inc Brooklyn, NYC$30,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Hub City Writers Project Spartanburg, SCB$30,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Insideout Literary Arts Detroit, MIC$30,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society Chicago, ILC$26,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Make Literary Productions Nfp Chicago, ILB$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Alegria Bilingual Bookstores & Arts Collective Corp Pacific Palisades, CAC$25,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Words Without Borders Brooklyn, NYB$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024National Poetry Series Inc Princeton, NJC$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Chicago Theatre Group Chicago, ILB$25,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Pen America New York, NYD$25,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024The Watering Hole Poetry Organization Columbia, SCC$25,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024American Writers Museum Chicago, ILC$25,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Ugly Duckling Presse Brooklyn, NYC$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Grantmakers in the Arts Bronx, NYC$25,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Shout Mouse Press Inc Washington, DCB$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024National Book Foundation Inc New York, NYB$25,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Under the Volcano International Inc New York, NYB$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Lugar Comun Inc Miami Beach, FLB$25,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Macdowell Peterborough, NHU$25,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Resilience Partners Nfp Chicago, ILC$25,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR STOMPING GROUNDS LITERARY ARTS INITIATIVE202543149349102334
2024Community Partners Los Angeles, CAB$25,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT FOR WRITEGIRL202543149349102334
2024Burst Into Books Chicago, ILC$25,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024826chi Inc Nfp Chicago, ILB$22,500paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Academy of American Poets Inc New York, NYC$21,500paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Fractured Atlas New York, NYB$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR THE PHILLY PIGEON202543149349102334
2024Small Press Traffic San Francisco, CAU$20,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024The Gemini Series Inc San Antonio, TXB$20,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Arizona State University Foundation Tempe, AZU$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR CANTOMUNDO202543149349102334
2024Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts and Entertainment District Inc Baltimore, MDC$20,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Sundress Publications Oak Ridge, TNB$20,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Cavankerry Press Office Fort Lee, NJD$20,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc Englewood, FLB$20,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Crownkeepers Charlotte, NCB$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR SISTORIES202543149349102334
2024John Walt Foundation Inc Chicago, ILB$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Artes de Mexico En Utah Salt Lake City, UTB$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024People & Storiesgente Y Cuentos Lawrenceville, NJD$20,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Small Press Distribution Inc Berkeley, CAU$20,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Council to Advance and Support Tier III DBA Words to Power Denver, COU$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ILB$20,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024American Library Association Chicago, ILB$20,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Wordplay Cincy Cincinnati, OHB$20,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Public Media Institute Chicago, ILB$15,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR CONTRATIEMPO NFP202543149349102334
2024Burst Into Books Chicago, ILC$15,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Sinister Wisdom Inc Dover, FLB$15,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024The Griot Collective of West Tennessee Jackson, TNB$15,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Flood Editions Nfp Chicago, ILC$15,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Prison and Neighborhood Arts Project Chicago, ILD$15,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Imagine for All Wimberely, TXB$15,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR INFRARREALISTA REVIEW202543149349102334
2024Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Kalamazoo, MIB$15,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Puha Hubiya Albuquerque, NMC$15,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Illinois Humanities Chicago, ILC$15,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Peace Development Fund San Francisco, CAU$15,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR BREW AND FORGE202543149349102334
2024Northwest New Mexico Arts Council Farmington, NMB$15,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Thurber House Inc Columbus, OHB$14,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024One Book One New Orleans New Orleans, ALU$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Sarabande Books Louisville, KYC$10,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Mizna St Paul, MNB$10,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR POETRY ONLINE202543149349102334
2024Foglifter Press San Francisco, CAB$10,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024San Antonio Festival of Books Inc San Antonio, TXB$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Poetry Northwest Everett, WAB$10,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Kent State University Kent, OHU$10,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT FOR WICK POETRY CENTER202543149349102334
2024Hips Road New York, NYC$10,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR ATELOS202543149349102334
2024Lucky Jefferson Berwyn, ILB$10,000paidEQUITY IN VERSE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Snow City Arts Foundation Chicago, ILB$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Futurepoem Inc New York, NYB$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc Chicago, ILB$10,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Court Theatre Fund Chicago, ILB$10,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Flint Zeta Foundation Flint, MIB$10,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Near South Planning Board Chicago, ILB$10,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Hai Foundation (city of Asylum Detroit) Detroit, MIU$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Public Poetry Houston, TXC$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Poetry Forum Inc Evanston, ILB$10,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Chicago, ILB$7,500paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Ether Sea Projects Inc DBA Litmus Press Brooklyn, NYU$6,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Tupelo Press Inc North Adams, MAB$6,400paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Kore Press Inc Tucson, AZB$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Off the Park Press Inc Black Square Editions New York, NYU$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Grid Books Marblehead, MAB$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Counterpath Press Denver, COU$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Dos Madres Press Inc Loveland, OHB$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Community of Literary Magazines and Presses New York, NYU$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR HANGING LOOSE PRESS202543149349102334
2024Fonograf Editions Portland, ORB$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Chax Press Inc Tucson, AZB$6,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Du - Disegno Universale Boston, MAB$5,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR UN-GYVE PRESS202543149349102334
2024Segue Foundation Inc (roof Books) New York, NYU$5,400paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Green Linden Press Grinell, IAB$5,000paidPOETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT202543149349102334
2024Lambda Literary Foundation New York, NYC$5,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Fjc - a Foundation of Donor Advised Funds New York, NYU$5,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Illinois Arts Alliance Chicago, ILB$5,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Chicago Public Library Foundation Chicago, ILB$5,000paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Belladonna Series New York, NYB$5,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Third World Press Foundation Inc Chicago, ILB$5,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Public Media Institute Chicago, ILB$5,000paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT FOR CONTRATIEMPO NFP202543149349102334
2024Poetry Center of Chicago Chicago, ILB$4,500paidSPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Kelsey Street Press Berkeley, CAU$4,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Silverfish Review Press Eugene, ORB$4,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Rose Metal Press Inc Brookline, MAB$4,200paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Passager Baltimore, MDB$4,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Marsh Hawk Press East Rockaway, NYU$4,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Aunt Lute Foundation San Francisco, CAB$4,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Hips Road New York, NYC$4,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR ATELOS202543149349102334
2024Word Works Inc Washington, DCB$4,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Inprint Inc Houston, TXC$4,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR VELIZ BOOKS202543149349102334
2024Drunken Boat Providence, RIB$3,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Perugia Press Inc Florence, MAB$3,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024The Graduate Center Foundation Inc New York, NYB$3,250paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Sixteen Rivers Press Inc San Francisco, CAC$3,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Airlie Press Portland, ORB$3,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Media Alliance San Francisco, CAB$2,750paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR KRUPSKAYA BOOKS202543149349102334
2024Bordighera Incorporated New York, NYB$2,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Elj Editions Corp Washingtonville, NYB$2,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Before Columbus Foundation Oakland, CAB$2,500paidSPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES GRANT202543149349102334
2024Kenning Editions Nfp Oak Park, ILB$2,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Ashland University Ashland, OHU$2,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR ASHLAND POETRY PRESS202543149349102334
2024Bridge Art Nfp Chicago, ILC$2,000paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Green Linden Press Grinell, IAB$1,800paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Visual Arts Exchange Raleigh, NCC$1,500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT FOR BIRDS LLC202543149349102334
2024Verge Books Nfp Chicago, ILB$1,200paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334
2024Switchback Books Corporation Denver, COB$500paidSMALL PRESS BRIDGE GRANT202543149349102334

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