· Private foundation
Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional Poetry
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LYRIC LITERARY ARTS | $20,000 |
| ENGAGE GLOBALLY | $6,000 |
| CHESAPEAKE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER | $6,000 |
| STUDENT ACTION WITH FARMWORKERS | $4,000 |
| DEMOCRACY FORWARD | $4,000 |
| POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA | $4,000 |
| CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOLS | $3,000 |
| NORCAL RESIST | $3,000 |
| MARYLAND HUMANITIES | $3,000 |
| TALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER | $2,000 |
| CARECEN | $2,000 |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH | $1,000 |
| WNCW 887 ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN STUDIES | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPOETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +83%
- EGEngage Globally9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +35%
- AHALEXANDRIA HOUSE8× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +12%
Funded once
HISPANIC FEDERATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +187%- FOFRIENDS OF KING MIDDLE SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $2k
- TATHE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INCone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -64%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Our mission at Californians for the Arts is to ensure that the arts are accessible to all Californians; are an ongoing part of the public dialogue and to encourage Californians to care about the arts as a critical component of their own…
To advance the human & civil rights of immigrants & refugees in los angeles; promote harmonious multi-ethnic human relations.
mental rights of refugee women, children, and LGBT individuals fleeing persecution in their home countries by improving the quality of legal representation available to them and the policies and laws that apply to their protection here in…
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
Advancing social, economic, racial equity and justice for the latino / a community and the los angeles region through power building and policy advocacy.
The first amendment coalition protects and promotes a free press, freedom of expression and the people's right to know. continued on schedule o.
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization and publishing platform that is dedicated to providing inclusive perspectives on contemporary art. Publishing in both print and online, Carla is an…
Latino Media Collaborative's mission is to leverage the power of Latino and community news media to impact policy, change narratives, and promote civic engagement, while also supporting advancement of the sector through capacity building,…
Our team of experienced journalists, with the time and resources to dig deep, is committed to meaningfully informing Californians about the players, politics, and interests that shape the issues that affect their lives.
Transform local communities into places that are fair and flourishing for everyone through education, community organization, and coalition-building.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds Engage Globally ↗
- Who funds ALEXANDRIA HOUSE ↗
- Who funds STUDENT ACTION WITH FARMWORKERS ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds California Poets in the Schools ↗
- Who funds Maryland Humanities Council Inc ↗
- Who funds NorCal Resist ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds DEMOCRACY FORWARD ↗
- Who funds TALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds 826LA ↗
- Who funds Central American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California ↗
- Who funds Justice Action Center ↗
- Who funds JAXX THEATRICALS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC ↗
- Who funds Institute for Southern Studies Inc ↗
- Who funds GAR POST 25 INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · The Raymond Frankel Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional Poetry funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lyric Foundation Inc for Traditional Poetry. Bigger dots raise more.
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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