The Sustainable Futures Grants provide multi-year operating grants to an invited cohort of past grantee-partners. This initiative is designed to strengthen organizational capacity, expand audiences for poetry, and enhance the sustainability of the field.

Invited cohort of past grantee-partners | Must be a nonprofit poetry organization (as described on the grants page) | Based in the US or US territories

Sustainable Futures Grants

General grantmaking program: instructions for submitting Letters of Inquiry and full proposals via the Foundation's applicant portal; proposals and LOIs are reviewed quarterly.

Must be a 501(c)(3) or 509(a)2 public charity unless applying with a fiscal sponsor | Foundation may not grant to an organization for a total of more than two-thirds of its annual budget

THE PARK FOUNDATION Grants

The Foundation supports organizations with current 501(c)3 status that serve Staten Island residents. It funds projects that directly benefit the Staten Island community and that can be implemented and continued without Foundation funding; the Board reviews applications at regular meetings.

Must have current 501(c)3 status | Must serve Staten Island residents | Prior grantees must have submitted all required reports

The Staten Island Foundation Grants

Issue: Historic Preservation. Area: Springfield, Illinois.

Registered 501(c)(3) charitable organizations are eligible to apply | Faith-based organizations: proposals must benefit all, regardless of religion, and be for service not religious in nature | Public or private schools: proposals must be for projects that exceed the school’s budget funding | Units of government or municipalities may apply | Area: Springfield, Illinois

CFLL Historic Preservation Fund

Issue: Any Charitable Focus. Area: Cass, Christian, Logan, Macoupin, Menard, Morgan, Montgomery, and/or Sangamon counties.

Registered 501(c)(3) charitable organizations are eligible to apply | Faith-based organizations: proposals must benefit all, regardless of religion, and be for service not religious in nature | Public or private schools: proposals must be for projects that exceed the school’s budget funding | Units of government or municipalities may apply | Serves organizations in Cass, Christian, Logan, Macoupin, Menard, Morgan, Montgomery, and/or Sangamon counties

Community Grants Program

A single pooled fund that provides unrestricted grants to local nonprofit organizations addressing pressing needs in greater Park City and Summit County; supports operating, equipment, capacity building and other unrestricted uses.

Serve people living or working in Summit County (Wasatch County will be considered) | Qualify as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the Internal Revenue Code | Applicants without 501(c)(3) status may apply if they have applied to the IRS (receipt letter required at time of application) | Applicants operating under a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor may apply with a letter of agreement | Only one application per organization or alliance per grant cycle will be considered

Community Fund

We value community. Our mission is to connect with our communities to support young minds, invest in our current and future workforce, create vibrant culture and vital communities, improve health and human services and protect our natural resources.

Must be a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit | Must provide organization's tax exempt status letter under Section 501(c)(3)

Otter Tail Corporation Foundation Grants

The Trustees meet several times a year, and the Contributionship accepts and processes applications for grants throughout the year. All applications and progress reports must be submitted online via the Blackbaud/YourCause portal.

The Contributionship does not fund the costs or expenses of existing staff allocated to a project it is asked to support. | The Trustees do not consider unsolicited operating proposals or operating seed money requests. | Organizations that have received a grant must 'rest' for a calendar year before submitting a new proposal. | Grant applications from an organization known to have discriminatory policies will not be considered.

Sustainable Futures Grants

About this program

Eligibility

Contact & website

poetryfoundation.org

Past recipients

2024

Mid Atlantic Arts

$500,000

Recitation Prizes - Detail Upon Req

$114,204

University Of Nebraska Foundation

$106,122

Li-Young Lee

$100,000

Community Of Literary Magazines And Presses

$60,000

Cave Canem

$55,000

Ideas Xlab

$50,000

Third World Press Foundation Inc

$50,000

Board Of Trustees At Illinois State University

$50,000

Rolling

~$1K (1,330 grants)

National · All 50 states

Similar Grants

THE PARK FOUNDATION Grants

The Staten Island Foundation Grants

~$25K

CFLL Historic Preservation Fund

Community Grants Program

Community Fund

$2.5K–$15.0K

Otter Tail Corporation Foundation Grants

~$5K