Poetry Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Grants

The Poetry Foundation is excited to announce that 52 nonprofit poetry-based organizations, publications, presses, and literary arts service organizations received $1,345,000 in general operating support grants in the fall 2025 grant cycle. Selected from 137 grant applications, these organizations are dedicated to expanding access to poetry and supporting poets through publishing, fellowships, and residencies, as well as offering public events and workshops for both youth and adults. In 2025, the Foundation awarded more than $3 million in grants to support poetry and other literary arts nationwide.

“At a time when connection and understanding are more vital than ever, supporting poets and ensuring access to poetry helps strengthen the cultural fabric we all share,” said Poetry Foundation president and CEO, Michelle T. Boone. “Poetry invites reflection, empathy, and imagination, qualities that bring communities together. The Poetry Foundation is honored to support the organizations and publishers that make it possible for people across the United States to experience the power of poetry.”

Earlier in 2025, the Poetry Foundation reflected on the first three years of its grantmaking and announced a new grantmaking strategy with updated priorities, eligibility guidelines, and deadlines. As part of its ongoing commitment to strengthening the literary ecosystem, the Foundation is a founding funder of the recently announced Literary Arts Fund, a five-year, $50 million collaborative initiative designed to expand resources and visibility for the literary arts nationwide. Learn more about grants in general, including funding categories, eligible organizations, and application deadlines. 

Fall 2025 Grantee-Partners

Nonprofit Poetry Organizations 

• Beyond Baroque, California, $50,000
• Brooklyn Poets, New York, $30,000
• California Poets in the Schools, California, $30,000
• Community Literature Initiative, California, $60,000
• Glassless Minds, California, $15,000
• Mass Poetry, Massachusetts, $35,000
• Nebraska Writers Collective, Nebraska, $30,000
• Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York, $20,000
• Poetic Justice, Oklahoma, $35,000
• Poetry Center San José, California, $15,000
• Poetry Society of America, New York, $20,000
• Radical Reversal, New Jersey, $35,000
• Saint Louis Poetry Center, Missouri, $25,000
• Small Press Traffic, California, $25,000
• Stomping Grounds Literary Arts Initiative, Illinois, $25,000
• Street Poets, California, $25,000
• The Poetry Project, New York, $50,000
• Trans Poetics Archive, Maine, $10,000
• Urban Word NYC, New York, $50,000
• Woodland Pattern, Wisconsin, $55,000
• Youth Speaks, California, $50,000
• Zoeglossia, New York, $20,000

Nonprofit Poetry Presses and Magazines

• Alice James Books, Maine, $30,000
• American Poetry Review, Pennsylvania, $15,000
• Belladonna* Collaborative, New York, $10,000
• BOA Editions, Ltd., New York, $25,000
• Cardboard House Press, Rhode Island, $35,000
• CavanKerry Press, New Jersey, $15,000
• Copper Canyon Press, Washington, $20,000
• Foglifter Press, California, $15,000
• Host Publications, Texas, $15,000
• Infrarrealista Review, Texas, $15,000
• Lugar Comun, Florida, $25,000
• Nightboat Books, New York, $25,000
• Nine Mile Press, New York, $10,000
• Poet Lore, Maryland, $10,000
• RHINO Poetry, Illinois, $10,000
• Sundress Publications, Tennessee, $10,000
• Tupelo Press, Massachusetts, $15,000
• Ugly Duckling Presse, New York, $20,000
• Words Without Borders, New York, $20,000
• World Poetry Books, New York, $20,000

Nonprofit Literary Arts Service Organizations

• American Literary Translators Association, Arizona, $20,000
• Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, New York, $45,000
• Kearny Street Workshop, California, $30,000
• Kundiman, New York, $25,000
• Lambda Literary, New York, $50,000
• National Book Critics Circle, Maryland, $15,000
• Pen Parentis, New York, $20,000
• Puha Hubiya, New Mexico, $15,000
• Torch Literary Arts, Texas, $30,000
• Words of the People, Oklahoma, $25,000

Congratulations to the Poetry Foundation’s new and returning grantee-partners!