CLMP Capacity-Building Grant Program 2024

Through the CLMP Capacity-Building Grant Program, nonprofit literary magazines and presses may apply for grants to support projects that aim to create a sustainable and effective organization related to fundraising, marketing, distribution, web development, and other areas; skill-building opportunities for staff and board members; strategic and succession planning; diversity and equity initiatives; and leadership development and management training. Donor Name: Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) State: All States County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline:  05/10/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Funding Information Literary magazines and presses may apply to the CLMP Capacity-Building Grant Program for grants of $5,000 or $10,000 to support capacity-building initiatives. Eligibility Criteria Applicants must be nonprofit literary magazines and/or presses based in the United States or U.S. Territories. Applicants must have 501(c)3 status or have a fiscal sponsor. Applicants must primarily publish literary works (over 50% of work published must be fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, and/or literary reviews). Applicants that primarily publish children’s literature, children’s writing are not eligible. Self-publishers (over 50% of content published by authors on staff) and “hybrid” publishers (in which authors pay for part or all of publication costs) are not eligible. Applicants must have published at least one title or issue within the past 18 months. Review Process Applications will be reviewed based on the following criteria: Completeness of application and clarity of proposal Feasibility of capacity-building project as described Potential impact on organizational capacity and/or sustainability Submitted work samples Previous Capacity-Building funding from the Academy of American Poets and CLMP will be considered, in addition to separate Hawthornden Foundation funding. For more information, visit CLMP.