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Poetry Foundation

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Description

The Poetry Foundation works to amplify poetry and celebrate poets by fostering spaces for all to create, experience, and share poetry.

The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the United States, including U.S. territories, that have a core commitment to poetry and the literary arts.

Grants are provided through the following programs:

  • Open Application Program
    General Operating Support Grants
    These grants, ranging from $10...
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$4,207,326
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You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.

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This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2018 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

The information below is pulled directly from the form itself without any alterations.

If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

Tax Year Recipient City State / Province Country Amount Purpose
Zeina Hashem Beck Dubai AE $500 Frederick bock prize
OMAR SAKR Auburn NSW AS $1,000 Prize
Tom Wayman Winlaw BC CA $1,000 Pegasus criticism award
Ecrivains en Bord de Mer Nantes FR $1,490 Event sponsorship
IRMA PINEDA SANTIAGO Oaxaca Cp MX $250 Magazine prize - john frederick nims memorial prize for translation
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The most recent tax form filed for 2024 lists the following key individuals.

Name Title City State / Province Country
JOE BROCATO Trustee-Started Sept 2024 Chicago IL US
EUGENE LOWE Vice Chair Chicago IL US
MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH Trustee Chicago IL US
ADRIAN MATEJKA Editor Chicago IL US
CAREN YANIS Trustee-Thru April 2024 Chicago IL US
LYNNE THOMPSON Trustee Chicago IL US
GREG THOMPSON Trustee-Started Sept 2024 Chicago IL US
MICHAEL FASSNACHT Trustee Chicago IL US
BAUM ASSET MANAGEMENT Facilities Maintenance Chicago IL US
KARY MCILWAIN Vice Chair-Thru April 2024 Chicago IL US
ALLISON M CLAYBON Vp Of Marketing & Co Chicago IL US
ANDREW JACOBS Finance Committee Chair Chicago IL US
ANGEL YSAGUIRRE Equity Comm Chair Chicago IL US
THE SHERIDAN PRESS INC Printing Of Poetry Magazine Boston MA US
DEBORAH GILLESPIE Trustee Chicago IL US
VECTOR MEDIA GROUP INC Website Dev To Support Digital Poetry Syracuse NY US
PARNESHIA JONES Trustee Chicago IL US
KERI CASCIO Vp Of Information Te Chicago IL US
LINDSEY PECKINPAUGH Trustee Chicago IL US
MARGUERITE GRIFFIN Trustee Chicago IL US
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