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Grant recipient EIN 13-1623968Arts and culture

Who funds Columbia University Press?

10 private foundations gave Columbia University Press in New York, NY $218,000 across 27 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

27 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Reinhard FoundationIrvine, CA 2024

    Ongoing operations

    $40,000
  2. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2023

    More swindles from the ming: scams, sex, and sorcery by zhang yingyu. Translated by christopher rea and bruce rusk.

    $6,000
  3. Reinhard FoundationIrvine, CA 2023

    Ongoing operations

    $5,000
  4. The Debs FoundationFort Lee, NJ 2023

    For the organization's charitable use

    $1,000
  5. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2022

    Master medium: li yu's technologies of culture in the early qing by se kile

    $10,000
  6. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2022

    The matter of inscription in early modern china by thomas kelly

    $9,000
  7. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2022

    The precious summary: a history of the mongols from chinggis khan to the qing dynasty by sagang sechen. Translated by johan elverskog.

    $7,000
  8. The Debs FoundationFort Lee, NJ 2022

    For the organization's charitable use

    $2,000
  9. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2021

    Subvention award - the promise and peril of things: literature and material culture in late imperial china by wai-yee li

    $7,500
  10. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2021

    Subvention award - the fragrant companions by li yu. Translated by stephen roddy and ying wang

    $7,500
  11. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2021

    Subvention award - the substance of fiction: literary objects in china, 15501775 by sophie vlopp

    $7,500
  12. The Debs FoundationFort Lee, NJ 2021

    For the organization's charitable use

    $1,000
  13. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2020

    Subvention award - the religious ethic and mercantile spirit in early modern china by ying-shih yu

    $9,000
  14. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2020

    Subvention award - the culture of language in ming china by nathan vedal

    $9,000
  15. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2020

    Subvention award -the diary of 1636: the second manchu invasion of korea, translated by george l. Kallander

    $8,000
  16. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2020

    Subvention award - in remembrance of the saints: the rise and fall of an inner asian sufi dynasty

    $7,500
  17. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2020

    Subvention award - plum shadows and plank bridge: two memoirs about courtesans, translated by wai-yee li

    $6,000
  18. The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    Subvention for publishing costs

    $5,000
  19. John and Margo Catsimatidis Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    seeks to enhance educational and research by publishing outstanding original works by scholars and other intellectuals that ocntrobute to an understanding of global human concerns

    $25,000
  20. Reed Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    Charitable

    $5,000
  21. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2019

    For the book: buried beneath the city: uncovering new york city's history through artifacts

    $5,000
  22. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2019

    Subvention award - becoming guanyin: women's artistic devotion in late imperial china

    $4,500
  23. James P Geiss and Margaret Y Hsu Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2019

    Subvention award - exile to the stage: costuming and personhood in early qing drama

    $4,500
  24. The Debs FoundationFort Lee, NJ 2019

    For the organization's charitable use

    $1,000
  25. Chatterjee Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Unrestricted use

    $10,000
  26. Elizabeth M Gitt FoundationNorth Myrtle Beach, SC 2018

    Subsidize publication of vol 2

    $9,000
  27. Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (USA)McLean, VA 2018

    Publishers' Circle Member

    $6,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in New York, NY and are not among Columbia University Press’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2,941 grants Preselected only $285,190 to similar organizations
  2. The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNew York, NY 1,110 grants Accepts applications $87,717,465 to similar organizations
  3. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 847 grants Accepts applications $117,707,553 to similar organizations
  4. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 560 grants Preselected only $5,428,809 to similar organizations
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 795 grants Accepts applications $20,826,878 to similar organizations
  6. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 450 grants Accepts applications $325,027,947 to similar organizations
  7. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 277 grants Preselected only $757,388 to similar organizations
  8. The Shubert Foundation IncNew York, NY 487 grants Accepts applications $42,880,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 13-1623968 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.