Poetry Foundation Awards Over $1.6M in Grants

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 

Poetry Programs, Partnerships, and Innovation