Words Without Borders
NY
- UEI
- JZANMJ84PM28
- CAGE
- 60NZ3
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 147 Prince St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
- Website
- wordswithoutborders.org
- Founded
- 2003
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Publishing
- SIC code
- 27 Printing & Publishing
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Words Without Borders is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, New York that operates as the sole recipient of federal grants supporting a free digital magazine and platform for international literature in translation, working exclusively with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Words Without Borders has received seventeen NEA Project Grants since 2011, totaling $2.2 million in combined obligated dollars, with no involvement in federal contracting or subcontracting work. All awards flow through the NEA's grant portfolio for the stated purpose of supporting the organization's digital publishing platform and related educational programming centered on translated international literature. Recent grants include a Project Grant awarded January 1, 2026 with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2026, a Project Grant awarded January 1, 2025 completing May 31, 2025, and a Project Grant awarded January 1, 2024 completing December 31, 2024. The grant portfolio reflects steady annual awards across the past five years—one award per calendar year from 2022 through 2026—with a consistent NEA customer relationship and no diversification across other federal agencies.
One grant (the 2026 award) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represents the only recompete opportunity in the near term. Words Without Borders does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts, GSA Schedules, or agency-wide IDIQs, and operates solely as a grant recipient rather than as a federal contractor. The organization's federal footprint is narrow and specialized: recurring annual cultural and educational grants from a single agency supporting mission-aligned digital publishing and translation work.
Quick answers
Is Words Without Borders registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Words Without Borders's SAM.gov registration is active through September 24, 2027.
What is Words Without Borders's most recent federal award?
Words Without Borders's most recent federal grant award is To support words without borders a digital magazine for international literature and related educational programming (19450435226), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2026.
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See Words Without Borders's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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