The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the 55 nonprofit organizations that received over $1,600,000 in funding in our spring 2023 grant cycle. Selected from 194 grant applications, this robust slate of grantee-partners is committed to increasing access to poetry and supporting poets through providing publications, educational activities, festivals, writing workshops, residencies, and more.
In keeping with the Foundation’s commitment to the principles of trust-based philanthropy, the grants program relies on a community-based proposal review process. 140 members of the arts and culture community applied to serve as grant proposal reviewers. The 19 people who were selected made recommendations for funding to the Poetry Foundation's internal committee consisting of the president, vice president of programs and engagement, and director of grants and awards.
Of the 55 organizations funded this grant cycle, 25 received Equity in Verse grants and 30 received Programs, Partnerships, and Innovation grants. Thirty-four (60%) of the awarded grants are for general operating support, 33 (60%) of the awarded organizations are BIPOC-led, and 23 (40%) are receiving financial support from the Poetry Foundation for the first time.
Congratulations to all of the Poetry Foundation’s new grantee-partners!
The Foundation’s next cycle of Equity in Verse and Poetry Programs, Partnerships, and Innovation grants will open in June 2023 with a September 1, 2023 deadline. For more information please visit PoetryFoundation.org/Grants.
Equity in Verse
Alegria Bilingual Bookstores & Arts Collective, California, $15,000
Alternative Field Inc, California, $15,000
Bamboo Ridge Press, Hawaii, $25,000
Burst Into Books, Illinois, $25,000
Cardboard House Press, Arizona, $25,000
Cave Canem Foundation, Inc., New York, $65,000
ConTextos, Illinois, $40,000
DewMore Baltimore, Maryland, $35,000
InsideOut Literary Arts, Michigan, $50,000
Kearny Street Workshop, California, $35,000
Kuumba Lynx, Illinois, $40,000
Lambda Literary, New York, $45,000
Love Now Media, Pennsylvania, $35,000
Lugar Comun Inc, Florida, $25,000
Noemi Press, Arizona, $20,000
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, New Mexico, $15,000
Radius of Arab American Writers Inc, Texas, $15,000
SISTORIES, North Carolina, $20,000
The Philly Pigeon, Pennsylvania, $20,000
The Watering Hole Poetry Organization, South Carolina, $25,000
The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary, Colorado, $45,000
Torch Literary Arts, Texas, $40,000
Urban Word NYC, New York, $45,000
Voices of our Nations Arts Foundation, Florida, $30,000
Young Chicago Authors, Illinois, $45,000
Poetry Programs, Partnerships, and Innovation
Academy of American Poets, New York, $50,000
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, New York, $30,000
Dinétah Drama Festival, New Mexico, $50,000
EcoTheo Collective, Texas, $30,000
Floating Museum, Illinois, $40,000
Gemini Ink (The Gemini Series, Inc.), Texas, $20,000
Good Journey Development Foundation, Missouri, $18,000
Mass Poetry, Massachusetts, $30,000
National Poetry Series Inc, New Jersey, $30,000
Nebraska Writers Collective, Nebraska, $40,000
PEN America, New York, $40,000
Pen Parentis, New York, $20,000
Philadelphia Contemporary, Pennsylvania, $40,000
Poet Lore, Maryland, $11,000
Poetry Society of America, New York, $30,000
Southern Fried Poetry Inc, Georgia, $18,000
Street Poets Inc, California, $30,000
The Arts Council of Princeton, New Jersey, $12,000
The Beautiful Project, North Carolina, $50,000
The Care Center, Massachusetts, $40,000
The Poetry Forum, Inc. (RHINO Poetry), Illinois, $10,000
The Poetry Lab, California, $25,000
Ugly Duckling Presse, New York, $25,000
Under the Volcano International, Inc., New York, $30,000
The University of Arizona Poetry Center, Arizona, $25,000
Wick Poetry Center - Kent State University, Ohio, $25,000
Woodland Pattern, Wisconsin, $45,000
Words Without Borders, New York, $20,000
Writers Without Margins, Inc., Massachusetts, $20,000
YourWords STL, Missouri, $10,000
