Academy of American Poets Incorporated
EIN 131879953 Public CharityAnnual Giving
$4.2M
260 grants · avg $1.0M/yr
public charity (Form 990), grant-level detail not in 990-PF database
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$10K
typical small grants · $10K–$20K
grant size
37%
supporter · 34/93 multi-year
repeat
93
Distinct Recipients
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
Unknown
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 260 grants on record
Minimum
$3K
25th Pctl
$10K
Median
$10K
Average
$16K
75th Pctl
$20K
Maximum
$55K
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
3.8% of US grants
· Rank #5 of 32 states
$177K across
10 grants
2 of 254 counties
Top 2 counties
- 1 Bexar
- 2 Hidalgo
Grants Awarded (260 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Pattern Book Center | Milwaukee, WI | $55,090 | HAWTHORNDEN REGRANT | 2023 |
| Twin Poets | Wilmington, DE | $50,000 | MELLON LAUREATES GRANT | 2020 |
| Tina Chang Llc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | MELLON LAUREATES GRANT | 2020 |
| The Fennelly-Franklin Corp | Oxford, MS | $50,000 | MELLON LAUREATES GRANT | 2020 |
| Youth Speaks | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Cave Canem Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND. | 2022 |
| Lambda Literary Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Poets & Writers Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Urban Word Nyc | New York, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Youth Speaks | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Cave Canem Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND. | 2022 |
| Lambda Literary Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Poets & Writers Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Urban Word Nyc | New York, NY | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Youth Speaks | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND | 2022 |
| Cave Canem Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Coffee House Press | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Copper Canyon Press | Port Townsend, WA | $50,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Lambda Literary Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Urban Word Nyc | New York, NY | $50,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Copper Canyon Press | Port Townsend, WA | $25,000 | AMAZON LITERARY PARTNERSHIP POETRY FUND GRANT | 2020 |
| Zoeglossia | Las Cruces, NM | $25,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| Woodland Pattern Book Center | Milwaukee, WI | $25,000 | MELLON LITERARY ART EMERGENCY FUND (LAEF) | 2021 |
| 826 National | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | HAWTHORNDEN REGRANT | 2023 |
| Cave Canem Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | HAWTHORNDEN REGRANT | 2023 |