Nonprofit Snapcast

Elisabeth Montgomery and Melody Miller launched the foundation after making a documentary film called ruth weiss: The Beat Goddess in 2019. At the time, ruth, born in 1928,  endured a long path to recognition as an original poet-artist. When she passed away on July 31, 2020, they committed to launching the 501 (c) 3 foundation that same year.  The ruth weiss Foundation is a poetry grant-making nonprofit. Annual awards are given to poets worldwide who create highly original poems.    We talk about the process of setting up the foundation: Setting up the non-profit poetry arts foundation using legal zoom to save time and energy Keeping the foundation board small and building the grant process and board Grant Committee in year one  Expanding from outreach and social media in year one to hiring a PR firm for targeted print media exposure and opportunities for upgraded story-telling,   The foundation works with the documentary film to deepen the connection to the legacy values of the Beat Generation poets - toler