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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $13,753,554 | $16,739,498 | $16,144,753 | $313,179,597 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THIRD WORLD PRESS FOUNDATION INCCHICAGO, IL | EQUITY IN VERSE GRANT | $50,000 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| $312,201,376 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $7,644,729 | $18,575,315 | $16,385,855 | $300,431,923 | $299,280,976 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $10,267,155 | $19,264,441 | $16,788,854 | $292,503,710 | $291,109,814 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $70,333,831 | $13,491,798 | $11,239,377 | $341,014,923 | $339,711,294 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $14,478,611 | $11,755,658 | $10,165,573 | $318,692,609 | $305,203,857 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $18,295,410 | $11,992,250 | $10,285,104 | $294,153,882 | $280,650,341 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $15,604,907 | $11,092,891 | $8,780,810 | $257,114,576 | $243,375,785 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $19,135,065 | $10,519,741 | $8,717,824 | $276,545,089 | $262,613,529 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $9,666,437 | $9,913,697 | $7,957,240 | $246,339,257 | $232,109,905 |
| EQUITY IN VERSE GRANT FOR OBSIDIAN: LITERATURE & ARTS IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA |
| $50,000 |
| 2024 |
| CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INCCHICAGO, IL | THE OUTSIDERS SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2020 |
| CITYLIT PROJECTBALTIMORE, MD | 2022 EQUITY IN VERSE GRANT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| The Joffrey BalletChicago, IL | Event Support | $50,000 | 2019 |
| CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOLSMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SANTA ROSA, CA | 2022 PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, INNOVATION GRANT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| COURT THEATREMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | CONVERSION OF SECOND INSTALLMENT OEDIPUS GRANT | $50,000 | 2020 |
| POETRY CENTER OF CHICAGOMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | 2022 PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, INNOVATION GRANT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATERCHICAGO, IL | SUPPORT FOR THE TAMING OF THE SHREW | $50,000 | 2020 |
| Court TheatreMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Chicago, IL | Event Support | $50,000 | 2019 |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (OBSIDIAN LITERATURE & ARTSNORMAL, IL | EQUITY IN VERSE | $50,000 | 2023 |
| POETS HOUSE INCNEW YORK, NY | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| IDEAS XLABLOUISVILLE, KY | SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| RAGDALE FOUNDATIONNORTH CHICAGO, IL | GRANT FOR RAGDALE RESIDENCY PROGRAM | $50,000 | 2022 |
| LA Theatre WorksVenice, CA | Poetry Programming | $46,000 | 2018 |
| KUUMBA LYNXCHICAGO, IL | EQUITY IN VERSE AND SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | $45,000 | 2023 |
| WOODLAND PATTERN INCMILWAUKEE, WI | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION GRANT | $45,000 | 2024 |
| FREEDOM READSHAMDEN, CT | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | $45,000 | 2023 |
| YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORSCHICAGO, IL | EQUITY IN VERSE GRANT | $45,000 | 2024 |
| TALLER COMUNIDAD LA GOYCO INCSAN JUAN, PR | EQUITY IN VERSE GRANT | $45,000 | 2024 |
| THE POETRY PROJECT LTDNEW YORK, NY | POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATION | $45,000 | 2023 |
| LAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NY | EQUITY IN VERSE | $45,000 | 2023 |
| YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORSCHICAGO, IL | EQUITY IN VERSE | $45,000 | 2023 |
| URBAN WORD NYC INCNEW YORK, NY | EQUITY IN VERSE | $45,000 | 2023 |
| WORD A STORYTELLING SANCTUARY INCDENVER, CO | EQUITY IN VERSE | $45,000 | 2023 |