New Mexico · Private foundation
Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $126k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2026
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $14,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 39% of the organizations Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 22 | $126k | 32% |
| FY2025 | 18 | $96k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $86k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $67k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $89k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $75k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $77k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $66k | 53% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vox Press Inc | $52,120 | 7 | n/a |
| The Santa Fe Girls' School | $41,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Exodus Ensemble | $37,250 | 4 | 2% |
| Partners in Education for the Santa Fe Public Schools | $36,610 | 8 | 2% |
| Copper Canyon Press | $28,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Reel Fathers Ltd | $27,500 | 5 | 6% |
| White Pine Press Inc | $24,500 | 5 | 11% |
| Teatro Paraguas Inc | $19,500 | 6 | 3% |
| The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc | $18,050 | 6 | 1% |
| Manzano Mountain Art Council | $15,500 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($355k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Santa Fe Community Foundation · Thornburg Foundation · Rotary Club of Santa Fe Foundation Inc · Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · Anchorum St Vincent · Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · Lannan Foundation · The Simon Charitable Foundation · Gale Family Foundation · St Vincent Hospital · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc with peer funders
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About Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc
- How much does Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc give?
- Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc reported 22 grants totaling $125,940 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (72%), Education (18%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Vox Press Inc ($52k), The Santa Fe Girls' School ($41k), Exodus Ensemble ($37k).
- Does Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Fe Community Foundation, Thornburg Foundation, Rotary Club of Santa Fe Foundation Inc.
- Where is Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc based?
- Witter Bynner Foundation For Poetry Inc is based in NM.
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