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Charity Bridge Fund

Weston, CT

Charity Bridge Fund facilitates donations to qualified U.S. nonprofits across a range of causes, including human rights, military families, humanitarian aid, and children’s services. Its 2024 grants averaged about $9,900, with individual awards listed from roughly $5,000 to $15,200; it reported no grants in 2025. The available information does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc

Buffalo, NY

Creating and strengthening communities through the literary arts.

The Meringoff Family Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Meringoff Family Foundation funds emerging nonprofits working in public education, youth opportunity and disability, medical research, animal welfare, and arts, with most support going to New York City organizations. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,000 to $280,000, with a median of $25,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Fay & Charles Greenbaum Foundation

New York, NY

Arts and Letters Foundation Inc

East Hampton, NY

The foundation funds organizations in health care, social services, libraries, museums, and the performing arts, with most 2025 grants going to New York recipients and some to Massachusetts and New Jersey. Its 2025 grants ranged from $3,500 to $125,000, with a median of $50,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc

Memphis, TN

Memphis Equity Through Arts funds Memphis nonprofits that use music engagement to support youth development, particularly Black and brown youth, including organizational capacity and program support. In 2024, grants ranged from $5,500 to $50,000, with a median of $20,000. A grant program is described, but whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

The Carnegie Hall Corporation

New York, NY

The Carnegie Hall Corporation funds arts programming, including music education and youth music organizations, with grants typically around $25,000; its 2025 awards ranged from $14,500 to $120,400. Grants went to organizations across the United States. The available information does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Academy of American Poets Inc

New York, NY

The Academy of American Poets funds poetry and literary organizations, including groups supporting poets, poetry education, and literary programs. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,500 to $97,200, with a median of $13,750, and went to organizations across the United States, with the largest shares in New York, Wisconsin, and California. It accepted applications for a specific 2025 Poetry Fund opportunity, but general unsolicited requests are not addressed.

Hawthornden Foundation

New York, NY

Hawthornden Foundation funds contemporary writers and literary arts organizations, including presses, journals, festivals, literary centers, and writing programs. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $927,000, with a median of $25,000; it funds across the U.S. and internationally, including the U.K. and regions worldwide. It does not accept unsolicited requests and contacts selected organizations to explore possible support.

Axe-Houghton Foundation

Fairfield, CT

The Axe-Houghton Foundation supports specific projects that promote appreciation of spoken English, especially theater, arts education, poetry and spoken word, and debate, with a significant audience-observable component. Grants are typically around $5,500–$10,000, rarely exceeding $10,000, and primarily serve organizations in the New York City metropolitan area. It funds invited organizations only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

New York Council for the Humanities

New York, NY

Humanities New York funds public humanities, reading and discussion, civic dialogue, and related community-engaged projects across New York State. Its 2024 grants typically were about $10,000 (median), ranging from $5,475 to $26,450; the source does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests, and notes that grant opportunities were paused in March 2025.

National Recreation Foundation

Lake Forest, IL

The National Recreation Foundation funds youth outdoor recreation, physical activity, and nature-connection programs, especially those expanding access for young people facing barriers. It supports organizations across the country; 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $160,000, with a median of $20,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; grants are by invitation only.