Renewal and Recovery

The 2022 Renewal and Recovery Grants build upon previous COVID-19 pandemic relief grants from the Poetry Foundation that were awarded in 2020 and 2021 to 128 US-based nonprofit organizations. In 2022, these 128 grantee-partners were invited to apply for a final round of pandemic relief support. From this pool of 128 grantee-partners the Poetry Foundation received 114 applications totaling $2,028,334 in grant requests.

In July 2022, the Poetry Foundation awarded $1,000,000 in support of 79 US-based nonprofit organizations that are committed to increasing access to poetry through such activities as publications, events, and educational programs. These organizations represent a robust cross-section of the poetry field while also being geographically diverse. Renewal and Recovery Grants are unrestricted and range in size from $5,000-$20,000.

These categories represent the organization type selected by applicants.

• Arts Education: 31 organizations ($407,500)
• Performance-Based Programming: 5 organizations ($70,000)
• Publishing: 16 organizations ($165,000)
• Reading and Event Series: 18 organizations ($257,500)
• Other (including residencies, writing workshops, etc.): 9 organizations ($100,000)