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Grant recipient EIN 13-3255098Arts and culture

Who funds Poets House Inc?

45 private foundations gave Poets House Inc in New York, NY $2.2 million across 109 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, 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

109 grants

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

  1. Pine Tree Foundation of New YorkNew York, NY 2025

    General support

    $15,000
  2. The Cline Family Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2025

    General support

    $8,650
  3. Axe-Houghton FoundationFairfield, CT 2025

    Poets House Youth Center and youth programs

    $8,500
  4. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2025

    General support

    $7,000
  5. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2025

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  6. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2025

    Arts

    $2,000
  7. The William Brown Foundation IncNew York, NY 2025

    General

    $500
  8. The Brackthorn FoundationChicago, IL 2025

    Charitable

    $500
  9. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    Matching gift

    $300
  10. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support the preservation, organization, and curation of special collections holdings and expand access to them

    $500,000
  11. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant

    $50,000
  12. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    General Support Grants

    $33,000
  13. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $25,000
  14. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2024

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  15. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  16. Axe-Houghton FoundationFairfield, CT 2024

    Poets House Youth Center and youth programs

    $7,500
  17. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2024

    General support

    $6,000
  18. Heyday FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $1,000
  19. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $600
  20. The Bergman FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $600
  21. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2024

    Arts

    $500
  22. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2023

    General support grant

    $33,000
  23. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $25,000
  24. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2023

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  25. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $10,000
  26. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2023

    General support

    $6,000
  27. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 2023

    Purchase of computer equipment.

    $5,000
  28. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    For general support of its mission

    $1,250
  29. Sagalyn Family FundChicago, IL 2023

    Charitable

    $500
  30. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2023

    Arts

    $500
  31. The Stanley and Roberta Bogen Charitable FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2023

    General support

    $500
  32. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    General support grant

    $33,000
  33. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $25,000
  34. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2022

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  35. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $10,000
  36. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2022

    General support

    $7,000
  37. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 2022

    Purchase and installation of furnishings.

    $5,000
  38. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2022

    Arts

    $1,000
  39. Sagalyn Family FundChicago, IL 2022

    Charitable

    $500
  40. The BG Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $500
  41. Tom and Kate Chappell Family FoundationKennebunk, ME 2022

    General

    $150
  42. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $60,000
  43. The Larry and Nancy Pantirer Family Foundation IncShort Hills, NJ 2021

    Charitable

    $42,000
  44. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    General support grant

    $33,000
  45. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $25,000
  46. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2021

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  47. The Mad Rose Foundation IncPine Plains, NY 2021

    Promote poetry services in libraries

    $10,000
  48. The Howard Bayne FundGarden City, NY 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  49. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  50. Joseph & Katherine Macari FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General purpose

    $4,000
  51. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2021

    Arts

    $1,250
  52. Rohit & Katharine Desai Family FoundationBethpage, NY 2021

    Educational programs

    $1,000
  53. Sagalyn Family FundChicago, IL 2021

    Charitable

    $500
  54. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support sustainability planning through capacity building for governance, staff, and collections, as well as through the development of a long-range digital strategy

    $450,000
  55. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $60,000
  56. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2020

    General support grant

    $33,000
  57. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2020

    Arts

    $20,000
  58. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $20,000
  59. Bydale FoundationPennington, NJ 2020

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  60. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 2020

    Purchase and installation of computer equipment.

    $7,000
  61. The Howard Bayne FundGarden City, NY 2020

    General support

    $5,000
  62. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $5,000
  63. Stonegrodd Family FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General

    $5,000
  64. Joseph & Katherine Macari FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General purpose

    $5,000
  65. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2020

    General support

    $4,000
  66. Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General use

    $1,786
  67. Rohit & Katharine Desai Family FoundationBethpage, NY 2020

    Educational programs

    $1,000
  68. Mark & Kathryn Ford Family Foundation IncDelray Beach, FL 2020

    Education

    $1,000
  69. Sagalyn Family FundChicago, IL 2020

    Charitable

    $500
  70. The Stanley and Roberta Bogen Charitable FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2020

    General support

    $500
  71. Walking Stick Family FundCambridge, MA 2020

    Charitable

    $150
  72. Adams Arthur & Alice FDNSaint Louis, MO 2019

    General operating

    $50,000
  73. Jerome Foundation IncSaint Paul, MN 2019

    Support for programs for early career writers

    $35,000
  74. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2019

    General support grant

    $32,000
  75. Stonegrodd Family FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General

    $30,000
  76. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2019

    General operating support

    $25,000
  77. The Walbridge FundMillbrook, NY 2019

    General

    $10,000
  78. Cornelia and Michael Bessie FoundationWest Hartford, CT 2019

    Charitable purpose of recipient

    $10,000
  79. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $10,000
  80. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    General Support of Poetry Programs

    $10,000
  81. Joseph & Katherine Macari FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General purpose

    $5,000
  82. Axe-Houghton FoundationFairfield, CT 2019

    Poets House Web Exhibit - "Ten Years at Ten River Terrace: Highlights from The Axe-Houghton Multimedia Collection" Project

    $4,000
  83. The Nancy Friday FoundationRockville Centre, NY 2019

    General support

    $4,000
  84. LLWW FoundationPasadena, CA 2019

    Program support

    $1,000
  85. Tom and Kate Chappell Family FoundationKennebunk, ME 2019

    General

    $750
  86. Sagalyn Family FundChicago, IL 2019

    Charitable

    $500
  87. Aronson FoundationRhinecliff, NY 2019

    General support

    $250
  88. Walking Stick Family FundCambridge, MA 2019

    Charitable

    $100
  89. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $85,174
  90. The Thompson Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.

    $55,000
  91. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2018

    General support grant

    $30,000
  92. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation IncEaston, MD 2018

    Arts

    $20,000
  93. Chervenak-Nunnalle Foundation IncLenox, MA 2018

    Charitable

    $15,000
  94. Stonegrodd Family FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General

    $15,000
  95. The Walbridge FundMillbrook, NY 2018

    General

    $10,000
  96. Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation IncGarden City, NY 2018

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  97. Joseph & Katherine Macari FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General purpose

    $5,000
  98. Axe-Houghton FoundationFairfield, CT 2018

    Making Stored Multimedia Accessible through Migration, Assessment, Cataloging, and Uploading of Data Project

    $4,000
  99. Waka Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    General purpose

    $1,000
  100. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2018

    matching gift program

    $750
  101. Sagalyn Family FundChicago, IL 2018

    Program

    $500
  102. Tom and Kate Chappell Family FoundationKennebunk, ME 2018

    General

    $500
  103. Aronson FoundationRhinecliff, NY 2018

    General support

    $350
  104. The Dorfman and Kaish Family FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Charitable contribution

    $300
  105. The Harry and Flora D Freund Memorial FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General funding support

    $300
  106. Walking Stick Family FundCambridge, MA 2018

    Charitable

    $100
  107. Tr U A The Shapiro FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2017

    General support grant

    $30,000
  108. The Mad Rose Foundation IncPine Plains, NY 2017

    Promote poetry services in libraries

    $5,000
  109. Waka Foundation IncNew York, NY 2017

    General purpose

    $1,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

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  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 Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 277 grants Preselected only $757,388 to similar organizations
  7. The Shubert Foundation IncNew York, NY 487 grants Accepts applications $42,880,000 to similar organizations
  8. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 154 grants Preselected only $3,047,100 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 13-3255098 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.