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

Rebecca Adler, Rider Alsop, Thomas Bane, Hollis Barickman, Gregory Botts, Jacob Burckhardt, Doug Cattie, Marian Chudnovsky, Barnett Cohen, Tom Cole, Peter Cramer, Maria Damon, Joni Daidone, Marcella Durand, Paula Elliott, Jacob Ford, Gloria Frym, Jodie Garay, Peter Gizzi, Laura Henriksen, Thomas Higgins, Vincent Katz, Anna Kay, Bonnie Kazemi, Kimberly Lyons, Chris Martin, Greg Masters, E.J. McAdams, Gillian McCain, Clare McCormick, Dave Morse, Fred Moten, Chris Nealon, Hannah Overton, Lisa Pearson, Elaine Peluso-Farris, Ted Rees, Kimberly Rosenfield, Lynne Sachs, Grace Salzer, Amy Sillman, Ira Silverberg, Alan Smith, Shelley Sonenberg, André M. Spears and Anne Rosén, Patricia Spears Jones, Charlie St. Vincent, Heather Stewart, Brandon Tong, Kay Turner, Meg Whiteford, Don Yorty, The Estate of Jim Carroll, Leaves of Grass Fund, The Pat Steir Foundation, Poets for the Planet Fund, and our anonymous donors (8) and funders (3).

as of August 10, 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