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.