Welcome to The de Groot Foundation

The de Groot Foundation is passionate about investing in writers and the literary arts.

Learn about our recent COURAGE to WRITE and LANDO grantees.

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Celebrating Authors

COURAGE to WRITE grantee Amy Kennedy's collection of micro-essays, Vanishing Points: Words for ... [Read More]

Split image of author Ian Williams and his book, YOU'VE CHANGED. Ian's headshot, where he's smiling to the right in a jacket in front of greenery, is on the left, and his book cover, You've Changed, is to the right. The cover is yellow with a sliced red heart.

Past American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Ian Williams' novel, You've Changed, was published by ... [Read More]

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Melissa Chan's graphic novel, You Must Take Part in Revolution, ... [Read More]

Split image of author Kenneth R. Rosen and his book, POLAR WAR. His black and white headshot where he is looking into the camera is on the right, and his book cover, POLAR WAR: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic is to the left. The cover has shoe prints in the snow.

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Kenneth R. Rosen's work of nonfiction Polar War: Submarines, Spies, ... [Read More]

Graphic of author Nikesha Elise Williams smiling in all black and big red earrings in front of a white background. The cover of her new book, The Seven Daughters of Dupree, is next to her.

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nikesha Elise William's novel, The Seven Daughters of Dupree, will ... [Read More]

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nishant Batsha's novel, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart, was ... [Read More]