Witter Bynner Foundation INC
Private foundation · Santa Fe, NM · EIN 23-7169999 · reported 2023–2025
49grants reported
$4,600median award
$2,500lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$235Ktotal paid
11states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 49 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $5,000 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| NM School for the Arts Expanding the poetry audience | Santa FE, NM | $15,000 |
| NM School for the Arts Poetry Curriculum. | Santa FE, NM | $12,500 |
| Exodus Ensemble Immersive Theater | Santa FE, NM | $10,500 |
| Exodus Ensemble Immersive Theater | Santa FE, NM | $10,250 |
| NM Xtreme Sports Uses of Poetry | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 |
| NM School for the Arts Poetry Curriculum. | Santa FE, NM | $10,000 |
| Restless Books Poetry Translation | Amherst, MA | $8,000 |
| Reel Fathers Uses of poetry | Santa FE, NM | $7,500 |
| Vox Press Uses of Poetry | University, MS | $7,000 |
| Partners in Education Foundation Expanding the poetry audience | Santa FE, NM | $6,700 |
| Vox Press Uses of Poetry | University, MS | $6,000 |
| Bay Area Creative Uses of Poetry | Santa FE, NM | $6,000 |
| Partners in Education Foundation Expanding the poetry audience | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| Reel Fathers Uses of poetry | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| Santa Fe Girl's School Poet in Residence. | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| Teatro Paraguas Mariana Pineda - A Play. | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| White Pine Press Translation of Anthology of Hungarian Poetry | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 |
| Randall Davey Audubon Center Wild Words | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| Northern Arizona Book Festival Indigenous Writers' Symposium. | Flagstaff, AZ | $5,000 |
| Youthworks Overcoming Adversity Through Art. | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| Eagle's Nest Foundation Poetry in the Outdoor Classroom. | Pisgah Forest, NC | $5,000 |
| Santa Fe Girl's School Poet in Residence. | Santa FE, NM | $5,000 |
| Urbanite Arts Film Festival 3rd Annual Film Festival | Peekskill, NY | $5,000 |
| St Thomas Parish Expanding the poetry Audience | Abiquiu, NM | $5,000 |
| Paris Review Promote Poetry | New York, NY | $4,600 |
| Lamama Experimental Theater Clud Uses of Poetry | New York, NY | $4,500 |
| Santa Fe Girl's School Expanding the poetry audience | Santa FE, NM | $4,000 |
| Elsewhere Studios Native American Poetry Residency. | Paonia, CO | $4,000 |
| Gavialidae ISupport for Issue #3. | Chattanooga, TN | $3,750 |
| Copper Canyon Press Poetry Translation | Port Townsend, WA | $3,300 |
| Manzano Mountain Art Council Poetry workshops | Mountainair, NM | $3,000 |
| Archipelago Books Translation of To the Letter. | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 |
| Manzano Mountain Art Council Art, Music & Culture Outreach. | Mountainair, NM | $3,000 |
| Port Veritas Poetry reading Series | Portland, ME | $3,000 |
| Gerard's House Uses of Poetry | Santa FE, NM | $3,000 |
| NM Literary Arts Expanding the poetry | Espanola, NM | $2,500 |
| Center for Contemporary Arts Expanding the poetry audience | Santa FE, NM | $2,500 |
| Poetry Pollinators Uses of poetry | Santa FE, NM | $2,500 |
| Sundress Publications Reading Series. | Oak Ridge, TN | $2,400 |
| Society of the Muse of the Southwes To advance the art of poetry | Taos, NM | $2,000 |
| Red Media Poetry Distribution | Albuquerque, NM | $2,000 |
| Exodus Ensemble Immersive Theater | Santa FE, NM | $2,000 |
| Poetry Pollinators Uses of poetry | Santa FE, NM | $2,000 |
| Society of the Muse of the Southwes To advance the art of poetry | Taos, NM | $2,000 |
| Center for Contemporary Arts Expanding the poetry audience | Santa FE, NM | $1,550 |
| Gavialidae Issue #2. | Chattanooga, TN | $1,500 |
| Nature Links Maine Uses of poetry | Blue Hill, ME | $1,000 |
| Pocomoke High School Bringing Poets to the Writing Center. | Pocomoke City, MD | $1,000 |
| Breakthrough Santa Fe Poetry Reading. | Santa FE, NM | $1,000 |
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