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KARINE CHEN FOUNDATION
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 471248079 · Form 990PF · FY2025 · NTEE T99 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · Micro (<$100K)
revenue
$0
expenses
$500
net assets
$6K
employees
—
profile · synthesized from sources

The Karine Chen Foundation is a private foundation based in New York that supports literary and cultural organizations through grants. It has provided funding to poetry and writers' groups, including The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The foundation focuses on sustaining literary arts and intellectual expression through targeted financial contributions.

named programs · 1 · from sources

What they call their work

Literary Support Grants
Provides general support funding to literary magazines, poetry organizations, and writers' groups to sustain their operations and programming
activities · 2 groups

What they do

  • General Operating Support Grants 1 activity
    • Funding cultural and research institutions focused on Black culture
      Provides grants to cultural and research institutions dedicated to Black culture, including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, with grants of $1,000 to $2,000.
  • Artist Support Grants 1 activity
    • Funding literary organizations
      Provides grants to support literary organizations, including The Paris Review, Poets and Writers, and the Academy of American Poets, with individual grants ranging from $1,000 to $2,000.
financials · form 990PF · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$0
Contributions & grants——
Program service revenue——
Investment income$0—
Other revenue—
expenses
Total expenses$500
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits—
Grants paid out$1K
balance sheet
Total assets$6K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$6K
5 years on record · 2020–2025
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025

Who runs it

board members · 1
  • NEIL ORTENBERG — TRUSTEE
relationships · 5

Who they work with

  • ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS Partner — Receives grant funding from KARINE CHEN FOUNDATION
  • NUYORICAN POETS CAFE Partner — Receives grant funding from KARINE CHEN FOUNDATION
  • POETS AND WRITERS Partner — Receives grant funding from KARINE CHEN FOUNDATION
  • SHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE Partner — Receives grant funding from KARINE CHEN FOUNDATION
  • THE PARIS REVIEW Partner — Receives grant funding from KARINE CHEN FOUNDATION