Grants awarded
Who does The Poetry Foundation fund?
The Poetry Foundation has awarded $11 million across 895 grants to 673 grantees between 2020 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $3,000, with most between $500 and $15,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $13,750 versus $500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$11.1M
Typical grant
$3K
Grantees
673
Grants
895
Years
2020–2023
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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United States Artists INC
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$315K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| I Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation | $254K | 3 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$225K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| U University of Nebraska | $214K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
Cave Canem Foundation INC
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$180K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $115K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
University of Nebraska Foundation
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$110K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Academy of American Poets Incorporated
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$110K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$105K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
The Poetry Center DBA the Chicago Poetrey Center
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$105K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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$100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Community Literature Initiative
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$95K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| W Woodland Pattern INC | $95K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Fusion Partnerships INC | $95K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$95K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$90K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | OK | |
| C Citylit Project INC | $90K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MD | |
The Diatribe INC
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$85K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
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$85K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$85K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
Mizna
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$82K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$80K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C California Poets in the Schools | $80K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Lambda Literary Foundation
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$80K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| M Massachusetts Poetry Outreach | $78K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Chicago Theatre Group INC
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$75K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$75K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
| B Board of Trustees Isu | $72K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Third World Press Foundation INC | $70K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
University of Notre Dame Du Lac
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$70K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IN | |
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$70K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$70K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| U University of Guam Endowment Fou | $65K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$65K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Smithsonian Institution
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$65K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
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$65K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$60K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| S Split This Rock INC | $60K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| T The Care Center | $60K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$58K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$55K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | LA | |
| R Recitation Grants - Detail Upon Req | $52K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Sisters in Cinema Nfp
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| I Insideout Literary Arts Project (insideout Literary Arts) | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| J James Madison University Foundat | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Board of Trustees Univ of Ill | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples INC | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Chiarts Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
The Word a Storytelling Sanctuary INC
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| T The Beautiful Project INC | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Radical Reversal | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| B Board of Trustees of Illinois State University (obsidian Literature & Arts | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Court Theatre | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$50K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T Teachers and Writers Collab | $48K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Poetry Project Limited
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$45K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Freedom Reads
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$45K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
Young Chicago Authors
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$45K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| N Noemi Press INC | $45K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd
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$42K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| C Comm of Literary Magazines & P | $40K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Nuyorican Poets Cafe INC | $40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Torch Literary Arts
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| T The Poetry Project Limited | $40K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pen America Center | $40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Poetry Center of Chicago (chicago Poetry Center) | $40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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Philadelphia Contemporary
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Milkweed Editions INC
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| S Steppenwolf Theater Co | $40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Copper Canyon Press
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| H Hurston Wright Foundation | $38K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Guild Complex (guild Literary Complex) | $36K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Roil DBA Maine Inside Out | $35K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Youth Speaks INC
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$35K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Love Now Media INC
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$35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
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$35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| A Asian American Writer Workshop | $35K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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