Supporters


We offer thanks for generous contributions from: the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Waverley Street Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and the Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation. Founding trustees include: Susan Lonoff de Cuevas, Edith Everett, Joanna S. Rose, and Margo Viscusi. Funding for the annual Irving Howe Memorial Lecture on public scholarship is provided by an endowment, created through a gift by Max Palevsky.

The biannual Stanley Burnshaw Memorial Lecture on the politics of poetry is funded by an endowment, created by the family of Stanley Burnshaw.

The CUNY Adjunct Incubator is generously funded by Sue Lonoff de Cuevas. Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative is supported by Engaging the Senses Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Sylvia Klatzkin Steinig Fund, The Leslie Scalapino–O Books Fund, Poets & Writers, CLMP, The Provost’s Office  and the Early Research Initiative at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Mindscapes, an international cultural program on mental health, and Canopy, an international program on climate and health, are supported by Wellcome. 

The NYC Climate Justice Hub, a partnership between The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) and The City University of New York (CUNY) to advance and accelerate climate solutions led by communities of color on the frontlines of climate breakdown, is funded by the Waverley Street Foundation.