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A national network of chapters that amplify youth voices through writing. The largest youth writing network in the country, it serves over 100,000 students annually in its centers and online. In addition to free writing programs, it publishes the narratives and perspectives of young writers and creates a space for volunteers and stakeholders to listen to and learn from local students. The 826 Digital platform provides free access to timely and topical writing curricula alongside real samples of student writing.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support |
A public media organization elevating African American and global Black experiences. It is committed to supporting diverse voices through training, education, and investment in visionary content makers and sharing stories to address the needs of unserved and underserved audiences.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
A national nonprofit uniquely delivering choice and ownership of books to children from low-income families. Working with Title 1 schools, it provides a book allowance to students so they can select their own books from Scholastic Reading Club each month, building an extensive home library each year. It provides equity, dignity, and responsibility for all children.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$10,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Areas of Exploration |
$10,000 |
2018 |
general support |
A Sacramento-based public radio service that aims to provide a trusted and indispensable source of information, music, and entertainment while strengthening the civic and cultural life of the communities it serves. Its reporting inspires people to look at the world from multiple perspectives and capitalizes on emerging opportunities to serve audiences and engage communities.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2018 |
support for "The View From Here" |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2017 |
support for "The View From Here" |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2016 |
support for "The View From Here" |
A public media organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. It funds, produces, distributes, and exhibits Asian narratives in film, television, and digital media. With a specific focus on exposing audiences to new voices and communities, it advances the collective understanding of the American experience by offering programs to engage Asian Americans and the public at large.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A women of color, artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where people live in harmony with nature. It supports artists through fellowships, training and opportunities for activation; creates stories and content to address social issues; and engages groups in cultural strategy for social change.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 in 2020 and $125,000 in 2021 (payment one of two, total grant amount $225,000) |
| Capital/Capacity |
$200,000 |
2019 |
for growth campaign |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
support for CultureStrike, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2018 |
support for CultureStrike, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
An arts non-profit whose mission is to foster New York City's – and America’s – living cultural heritage through education and public programs. It documents, presents, and advocates for grassroot cultures to ensure their living legacy in stories and histories, places and traditions. Its programs focus on four cultural domains: urban folklore and history; preservation; arts education; and grassroots poetry traditions.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$85,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$85,000 |
2019 |
general support, $85,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $170,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$85,000 |
2018 |
general support, $85,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $170,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2019 |
general support |
A national culture change organization using the power of story to transcend politics and shift conversations about immigrants, identity, and citizenship in a changing America. It works to humanize the conversation on immigration through television consulting, original content development and production, media advocacy, and live events.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A storytelling organization working to advance the narrative of a Detroit built on justice. Through seed grants, technical support, skill development, and mentorship, complemented by community mapping and local engagement, it creates narrative-shifting moving image projects that support and connect the community.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2019 |
support for Detroit Narrative Agency, $50,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2018 |
support for Detroit Narrative Agency, $50,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $100,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2017 |
support for Detroit Narrative Agency |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2016 |
support for Detroit Narrative Agency |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$10,000 |
2019 |
Double Shift Productions |
A social impact gaming nonprofit. Harnessing the narrative power of games to inspire action and connect with audiences beyond traditional media, it facilitates the creation and distribution of digital games to further humanitarian and educational efforts; convenes a community of practice; and empowers game creators to drive real-world impact.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$35,000 |
2020 |
general support, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A New York City theater company that amplifies unheard voices and engages communities with creative workshops, original performances, and post-show discussions. The company is grounded in the belief that one’s life reflected onstage affirms the dignity and humanity of all citizens, thereby enriching communities by allowing people to better understand themselves and others.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2020 |
a pivot to podcasting, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$25,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$60,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$60,000 |
2017 |
support for De Novo |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2016 |
support for gUN COUNTRY |
An educational and cultural institution based in Jonesborough, TN. It advocates for the value of storytelling nationwide by providing the knowledge, experience, and tools to help individuals, organizations, and communities tap into the power of their own voices. In conjunction with Harvard Graduate School of Education, it is developing research on the value of storytelling in building communities, furthering education, and resolving conflict.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$35,000 |
2020 |
general support, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three total grant amount $225,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
An incubator and presenter of independent films. It partners with filmmakers to bring untold stories to public television and communities around the world. It encourages independent artists to take creative risks and tell complex, character-driven stories that uplift underrepresented voices in order to kindle empathy, combat negative stereotyping, and promote understanding and positive social change.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2020 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2019 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2018 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2017 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$250,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A public media organization providing a voice to the diverse Latino community throughout the United States. Through development, production, acquisition, and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural media that is representative of Latino people, LPB addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Capital/Capacity |
$75,000 |
2019 |
for LPB Transformation Project |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
A documentary photography organization in New York City. Grounded in the premise that stories transform how we see the world, it supports a global network of social justice and human rights focused photographers, fostering diverse visual storytelling projects as a means to raise awareness, awaken empathy, mobilize action, and strengthen society.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital/Capacity |
$65,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $225,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for three years (payment one of three total grant amount $225,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$30,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$15,000 |
2019 |
general support |
A public media organization that promotes a deeper understanding of and appreciation for Pacific Islander themes, culture, and contemporary issues. Through support of productions, training and education, broadcast services, and community outreach, PIC works to bring the stories of Pacific Islanders to a national audience.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2018 |
general support |
A nationwide champion of writers and freedom of expression. Recognizing the written word as a tool of great power and great change, it brings together novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, translators, and more to create a network of advocates to inspire change in America and the world. It encourages discourse, diversity, and the spread of ideas with a focus on ensuring that everyone has the freedom to create, express, share, and access literature.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2020 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
| Responsive |
$5,000 |
2020 |
Writers' Emergency Fund, COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2019 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $375,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2018 |
general support, $125,000 per year for three years (payment one of three total grant amount $375,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$20,000 |
2019 |
general support |
A digital storytelling center based in Berkeley that believes listening deeply and sharing stories are tools to build a just and healthy world. It supports storytelling projects in vulnerable Bay Area communities and worldwide; runs workshops for telling and listening to emotionally honest stories; and explores the role of participatory media in social justice and beyond.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$60,000 |
2020 |
general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$60,000 |
2019 |
general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$60,000 |
2018 |
general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment one of three total grant amount $180,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$50,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A national storytelling organization. It preserves and shares humanity’s stories in order to build connections and create a more just and compassionate world. It provides people across the country the opportunity to record interviews about their lives, pass wisdom from one generation to the next, and leave a legacy for future generations in its archive at the Library of Congress. Through "One Small Step," it asks people with different political viewpoints to record interviews with each other to help people get to know each other as human beings and remember our common humanity.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$1,000,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2020 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2019 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2018 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2017 |
general support, $500,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$500,000 |
2016 |
general support |
An institute dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences from the United States and around the world. It connects film, television, new media, and theater artists with audiences to present original voices, inspire new ideas, and create community around independent storytelling. Through mentorship, outreach, community-building, and research to investigate barriers and opportunities for diverse artists, it aims to reach the widest possible array of projects for support across its programs.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$1,500,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$750,000 |
2020 |
general support, $750,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$750,000 |
2019 |
general support, $750,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $1,500,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$1,000,000 |
2018 |
general support, $1,000,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $2,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$1,000,000 |
2017 |
general support, $1,000,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $2,000,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$1,000,000 |
2016 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$10,000 |
2019 |
The Identity Project |
An international theater laboratory based in New York City. It empowers playwrights financially, professionally, and artistically to explore what they choose. It champions voices and perspectives that have been historically misrepresented and under-resourced by the theater field by providing development opportunities, resources, and connections in the theater community.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2019 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2018 |
general support, $75,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $150,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$75,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A nonprofit devoted to the art and craft of storytelling. Built on the principle that sharing personal experiences prompts us to see each other's storied complexity, it inspires a worldwide community of courageous storytellers and connects them to compassionate listeners. It uncovers and elevates stories that are often overlooked, reinforcing our shared humanity.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital/Capacity |
$100,000 |
2020 |
Mobility from Poverty |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2020 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2019 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$70,000 |
2019 |
for the Pop Up Porch Pilot |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2018 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2017 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2016 |
general support |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$15,000 |
2019 |
general support |
A public media organization devoted to empowering and engaging Native People to tell stories. It creates programming, preserves tribal media archives, produces classroom tools, and supports contemporary and historic stories. It works to counteract a history of cultural appropriation and negative portrayals to the outside world. It celebrates Native culture, heritage, wisdom, sacred stories, and the storyteller while promoting diversity in cultures, peoples, and programming across the country.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $200,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A nonprofit that advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by and fighting against injustice. Through an oral book series and educational programming, VOW emphasizes the importance of listening to and learning from the firsthand experiences of marginalized communities. Its stories build empathy that fosters critical inquiry into and understanding of seldom-heard stories.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $150,000 in 2019 and $100,000 in 2020 (payment two of two scheduled to be released in 2020, total grant amount $250,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2019 |
general support, $150,000 in 2019 and $100,000 in 2020 (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2018 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$150,000 |
2017 |
general support, $150,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $300,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2016 |
general support |
A San Francisco-based youth storytelling and empowerment organization. It creates spaces, both in person and virtually, that challenge youth to find and present their voices through arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and artistic presentations. It produces local and national poetry slams, festivals, and readings, alongside a slate of arts-in-education programs.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2020 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2019 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment two of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$125,000 |
2018 |
general support, $125,000 per year for two years (payment one of two, total grant amount $250,000) |
| First-Person Storytelling |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support |
