Sustainable Futures Grants

The Sustainable Futures Grants provide multi-year operating grants to an invited cohort of past grantee-partners. This initiative is designed to strengthen organizational capacity, expand audiences for poetry, and enhance the sustainability of the field. By focusing on poetry organizations led by and committed to serving historically underrepresented poets, the fund deepens the Poetry Foundation’s investment in equity and long-term impact within the literary arts.

Eligibility

This multi-year operating support is available exclusively to past grantee-partners that are focused on poetry. The Foundation will reach out directly to eligible organizations with an invitation to apply.

How to Apply

Applications for the Sustainable Futures Grants are by invitation only. Eligible organizations will receive access to an application by February 15, 2025, with a submission deadline of March 31, 2025. Applications will be made available in the Foundation’s grants portal. 

Applicants will be notified by May 31, 2025, regarding the outcome of their application and whether they have been awarded multi-year support.