Grantmaking Objectives
Hawthornden Foundation takes great pride in having a focused approach to grantmaking in the literary arts, supporting organizations such as: literary presses and journals, book festivals, literary centers, literary presenters, literary service organizations, and organizations that support the development of youth as avid readers and creative writers.
The Foundation’s grantmaking is guided by the following overall goals:
To support writers, including: creative writing in all languages, and creative writers of all kinds – poets, novelists, short-story writers, playwrights, scriptwriters, creative nonfiction writers and essayists, and;
To support organizations that serve underserved literary arts communities, including in parts of the world with weak or non-existent literary infrastructures.
The Foundation identifies and contacts 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.
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.
The Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry, nor does the Foundation fund capital campaigns and endowments.
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
2024
826 National, San Francisco, California, United States of America
826 NYC, New York, New York, United States of America
Archipelago Books, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
The Authors’ Guild Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
Baldwin for the Arts, Brewster, New York, United States of America
Beyond Borders International Festival (Traquair House), Traquair, England, United Kingdom
The Borders Book Festival, Melrose, Scotland, United Kingdom
Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Brooklyn Poets, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Cambridge Literary Festival, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Cave Canem, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College (Research Foundation of CUNY), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Center for Fiction (Mercantile Library Association of New York), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
City of Asylum/Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 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
CORA Arts & Cultural Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria
CUNY Brooklyn College MFA Creative Writing (Brooklyn College Foundation), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria
English PEN, London, England, United Kingdom
Eyebeam Atelier, Inc., New York, New York, United States of America
First Story, London, England, United Kingdom
Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales, United Kingdom and Cartagena, Colombia
Hay Festival (Partnership with NBO LitFest), Nairobi Kenya
Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom
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
Jaipur Literary Festival, Jaipur, India
Kundiman, New York, New York, United States of America
Ledbury Poetry, Ledbury, England, United Kingdom
Library of Africa and The African Diaspora, Accra, Ghana
LitQuake Foundation, San Francisco, California, United States of America
London Centre for the Humanities, London, England, United Kingdom
The London Library, London, England, United Kingdom
The Markaz Review (Muslims for Progressive Values), Greater Southwest Asia and North Africa
Modern Poetry in Translation, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Moleskine Foundation, Milan, Italy
New York Writers Coalition, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
PEN Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
PEN International, London, England, United States of America
The Queen’s Reading Room, London, England, United Kingdom
South Asia Speaks, London, England, United Kingdom
Stratford Literary Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United States of America
The Super Power Agency, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Transit Books, Berkeley, California, United States of America
Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wimbledon BookFest, London, England, United Kingdom
Words Without Borders, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
The Writers’ Colony, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Writers Mosaic from the Royal Literary Fund, London, England, United Kingdom
ZOEGLOSSIA, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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) (New York University), Paris, France, and Venice, Italy
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 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), Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Cave Canem, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College (Research Foundation of CUNY), 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
CUNY Brooklyn College MFA Creative Writing (Brooklyn College Foundation), Brooklyn, New York, 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, Hay-on-Wye, 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, 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
LitQuake Foundation, San Francisco, California, United States of America
London Centre for the Humanities, London, England, United Kingdom
The London Library, London, England, United Kingdom
The Markaz Review (Muslims for Progressive Values), Greater Southwest Asia and North Africa
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, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Writers Mosaic from the 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, Hay-on-Wye, 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