The Robert B. Silvers Foundation

Description

The Robert B. Silvers Foundation aims to support writers working in the fields of long-form literary and arts criticism, the intellectual essay, political analysis, and social reportage.

Through the annual Silvers Grants for Work in Progress, grants of up to $10,000 are provided to English-language writers of any nationality to support long-form essays in the fields of:

literary criticism;
arts writing;
political analysis; or,
social reportage.

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Total Annual Giving: $200,000

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Grants History

You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.: 990s

This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2018 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

The information below is pulled directly from the form itself without any alterations.

If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

Tax Year	Recipient	City	Country	Amount	Purpose
2019	FRANCESCA WADE	London	UK	$2,000	Silvers writers grant
2019	TATSIANA ZHURAULIOVA	Romainville	FR	$2,500	Silvers writers grant
2019	PATRICK FRENCH	London	UK	$7,500	Silvers writers grant
2023	RYAN RUBY	Berlin	GM	$15,000	Silvers writers grant
2019	EVE MORISI	Oxford	UK	$7,500	Silvers writers grant