The Poetry Project Staff and Board of Directors extend our gratitude for the generous support of our donors:

Rebecca Adler, Stine An, Rider Alsop, Alexandra Zoe Baker, Erica Bech, Caitlin Berrigan, Edmund Berrigan, Joanna Biggs, Andrew Blackley, Gregory Botts, Samuel Breslin, Jacob Burckhardt, Rosemary Carroll, Doug Cattie, Tom Cole, Penelope Cooper, Peter M Cramer, Joni Daidone, Marcella Durand, Herb Elbern, Paula Elliott, Michelle Esrick, Jacob Ford, Jeff Galusha, Molly B. Gross, Laura Henriksen, Larkin Higgins, Siri Hustvedt, Patricia Spears Jones, Alhena Katsof, Anna Kay, Vincent Katz, Bonnie Kazemi, Ross Lefebvre, Zoe Leonard, Rose Lesniak, Kimberly Lyons, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Filip Marinovich, Greg Masters, E.J. McAdams, Susan Mills, Saretta Morgan, Dave Morse, Fred Moten, Chris Nealon, Denise Newman, Iulis Nistor, Elissa Oberman, Hannah Overton, Lisa Pearson, Elaine Peluso-Farris, Sujani Reddy, Ted Rees, Molly Ripatti, Lynne Sachs, Grace Salzer, James Shargo, Amy Sillman, Alan Smith, suzanne snider, Shelley Sonenberg, Charlie St. Vincent, Heather Stewart, charles theonia, Brandon Tong, Kay Turner, Raphael Wolf, Rosmarie Waldrop, Katharine Wolpe, JinJin Xu, Ariel Yelen, Don Yorty, The Estate of Jim Carroll, The Estate of Penelope Creeley, Leaves of Grass Fund, The Pat Steir Foundation, Poets for the Planet Fund, and our anonymous donors and funders.

as of January 14, 2026

The Poetry Project's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

The Poetry Project's Oral History Project (2026) is made possible in part by LitNYS with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

The Poetry Project's programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Poetry Project’s Emerge—Surface—Be Fellowship program is supported with funds from The Jerome Foundation.

The Poetry Project's programs are made possible with funding from the Poetry Foundation. The Poetry Foundation recognizes the power of words to transform lives and works to amplify poetry and celebrate poets by fostering spaces for all to create, experience, and share poetry.

The Poetry Project gratefully acknowledges additional support from Coalition of Small Arts New York City (CoSA NYC); The Grace Fund, an advised fund of the Brooklyn Org; and The Poetry Coalition