Grantmaking Objectives
Hawthornden Foundation takes great pride in having a focused approach to grantmaking and does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry. The Foundation will identify and contact selected organizations to explore mutual interests, priorities and needs. The Foundation may then invite full proposals for consideration. While an invitation does not guarantee funding, all invited proposals will receive careful review and consideration.
The Foundation supports organizations in the literary arts, such as: literary presses and journals, book festivals, literary centers, literary presenters, literary service organizations, public libraries, and organizations that support the development of youth as readers and writers.
The Foundation’s grantmaking will be guided by the following overall goals:
To support writers, which include: creative writing in all languages, and creative writers of all kinds – poets, novelists, short-story writers, playwrights, scriptwriters, creative nonfiction writers and essayists.
To develop readers, by supporting educational institutions.
To support organizations that serve underserved literary communities, including in parts of the world with weak or non-existent literary infrastructures.
Pursuant to the requirements of the IRS, only US charities or non-US charities that are the equivalent of a U.S. public charity are eligible.
We ask that you not send proposals or letters of inquiry by mail or email unless requested to do so by a Foundation staff member. Unsolicited grant proposals will not be accepted. For inquiries related to a grant in progress, email grants@hawthornden.org. If your inquiry is related to Hawthornden’s residencies, please email us at inquiry@hawthornden.org.
Hawthornden Foundation is proud to have funded the following organizations
2023
826 National, San Francisco, California, United States of America
A Public Space Literary Projects Inc., New York, New York, United States of America
Academy of American Poets, New York, New York, United States of America
Action for Hope, Etterbeek, Belgium
African Books Collective (Pluto Educational Trust), Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Archipelago Books, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Art Omi Inc. (Partnership with One World Books), Ghent, New York, United States of America
Aura Estrada Prize (Mexican Cultural Institute of New York), Mexico City, Mexico
Baldwin for the Arts, New York, New York, United States of America
Beyond Borders International Festival (Traquair House), Traquair, England, United Kingdom
Black Portraiture(s), International
British Academy, London, England, United Kingdom
Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Brooklyn College Foundation/Brooklyn College MFA Program, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Brooklyn Poets, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Caine Prize for African Writing, London, England, United Kingdom
Canto Mundo (Arizona State University's Piper Center for Creative Writing), Arizona, United States of America
Cave Canem, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Center for Fiction (Mercantile Library Association of New York), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Center for the Art of Translation, San Francisco, California, United States of America
City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, New York, New York, United States of America
Copper Canyon Press, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America
Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
English PEN, London, England, United Kingdom
First Story, London, England, United Kingdom
Georgia Writers Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America
Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Hay Festival, Wales, United Kingdom
The Highlights Foundation Inc., Milanville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Imbiza Journal for African Writing, Johannesburg, South Africa
In-Na-Po, Indigenous Nations Poets (Woodland Pattern Book Center), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe
Jacana Literary Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jaipur Literary Festival (JLF Colorado), Jaipur, India
Kundiman, New York, New York, United States of America
Lagos Book & Art Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Ledbury Poetry, Ledbury, England, United Kingdom
Library of Africa and The African Diaspora, Accra, Ghana
The LitQuake Foundation, San Francisco, California, United States of America
London Centre for the Humanities, London, England, United Kingdom
The London Library (International Friends of the London Library), London, England, United Kingdom
The Markaz Review, Greater Middle East
Medgar Evers College CUNY/Center for Black Literature, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Modern Poetry in Translation, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Moleskine Foundation, Milan, Italy
National Book Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
The National Poetry Series Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
New York Writers Coalition, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Oxford Conference for the Book (The University of Mississippi), Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
PEN Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
PEN International, London, England, United States of America
Poetry Lab/The Arts Area, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Poetry Society of America, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Queen’s Reading Room, London, England, United Kingdom
Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Company America), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
The Seagull Foundation for the Arts (Seagull Press), New Delhi, India
South Asia Speaks, New York, New York, United States of America
The Super Power Agency, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York, New York, United States of America
Urban Word NYC, New York, New York, United States of America
The Writers’ Colony (Mara Brock Akil's Writers' Colony Foundation), Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Writers Mosaic (Royal Literary Fund), London, England, United Kingdom
ZOEGLOSSIA, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
2022
Center for Fiction (Mercantile Library Association of New York), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hay Festival, Wales, United Kingdom
Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, India
Royal Society of Literature, London, England, United Kingdom
The Society of Authors, London, England, United Kingdom
2021
Academy of American Poets, New York, New York, United States of America
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, New York, New York, United States of America
Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, India