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Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.
20 Jay Street
Suite 310-A
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: 718.858.0000
Fax: 718.858.0002

“I was delighted to receive this overview of what occurred…The theme/concept for the workshop, Waking the Ancestors, is particularly intriguing.”

—Cynthia Gehrig, Jerome Foundation

“Before Cave Canem, I was unaware of the possibilities within my own life and career. Through mentorship and fellowship, I learned a lot about/gained new perspectives on the giving and receiving of education and opportunity.”

—Fellow

2010 - 2011

Funders

Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Greenwall Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
The Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers
Jerome Foundation
Lannan Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The New School for General Studies
New York Community Trust, Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund for the Arts
New York Council for the Humanities
New York State Council on the Arts
Senator Thomas Duane, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
New York University Creative Writing Program The Pittsburgh Foundation
Poetry Foundation
Poets & Writers, Inc.
Queequeg Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
University of Pittsburgh
The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation

Benefit Sponsors

Adelphi University
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh
Graywolf Press
Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University
The MFA Program in Creative Writing at Rutgers University-Camden
Poets & Writers, Inc.
Pratt Institute
United Federation of College Teachers
The University of Georgia Press
WBAI Pacifica Radio
The YMCA of Greater New York

Benefit Friends

Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Mosaic Literary Magazine
Narrative
Poetry Society of America
Wolf ColorPrint
Words without Borders
68 Jay Street Bar
B'Cause It's Mimi
Trader Joe's, 130 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY