About National Writing Project
A national network of teachers, university faculty, researchers, writers, and community educators working to advance writing and the teaching of writing by developing teacher-leaders and providing evidence-based professional development.
Focus Areas
EducationTeacher professional developmentLiteracyWriting instructionCivic education / community journalism
Who They Fund
writing projects (individual or collective creative projects)nonprofit organizations or fiscally sponsored entitieslocal community programsnational-scale programs
Funding Style
fiscal sponsorship / sponsored project fundingproject-based grants
About National Writing Project
The largest recent award from National Writing Project Corporation was a $5,148,156 fiscal sponsorship grant to Community Initiatives in 2025, showing that the foundation sometimes moves substantial support through intermediary organizations. That scale sits alongside a much broader pattern of funding writing-project infrastructure: in 2023, the foundation made repeated six-figure grants to regional writing projects, including $109,000 each to the Bay Area Writing Project and the Drew Writing Project, plus $85,000 to the Coastal Bend Writing Project. The grant list points to an organization that backs writing instruction, teacher leadership, and local-to-national program delivery rather than individual writers. Its recent recipients include university-based projects, city-based writing centers, and community programs, all tied to writing projects or related organizational support. The foundation’s portfolio also includes support for other organizations outside the writing-project network, suggesting some flexibility in how it advances writing, literacy, and civic learning. Across the latest grants on file, the emphasis is on organizational capacity and program support, with awards ranging from large fiscal sponsorship arrangements to recurring grants for established writing-project affiliates.
What National Writing Project Funds
Education and teacher development are central in the grant list. In 2023, National Writing Project Corporation gave $80,000 to the Denver Writing Project and $69,000 to the Philadelphia Writing Project, both tagged for support of local and national programs. The same pattern appears in university-linked affiliates such as Boise State University Writing Project at $69,000 and University of Maryland Writing Project at $69,000, indicating sustained support for writing-instruction programming housed in different institutional settings. The foundation also funds writing centers and community-facing programs outside the writing-project network. In 2024, it awarded $41,864 to What Cheer Writers Club in Providence and $49,500 to Arts & Literature Laboratory Inc in Madison, both classified as support for other organizations to support local and national programs. A 2024 grant of $61,700 to Ulster County Historical Society and a 2024 grant of $40,900 to Friends of Homestead National Historical Park show interest in humanities-oriented public programming as well.
How National Writing Project Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.3M
Total Assets
$84K
Total Revenue
$812K
Total Expenses
$6.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $63K, with a median of $35K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$35K
75th Percentile
$63K
Geographic Reach
National32 states funded
About 18% of grants go to recipients in NV.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Patrick Sweeney
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