Montana · Private foundation
Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $250k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $12k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $12k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $11k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $12k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $14k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $12k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $12k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $12k | 78% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $14,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| NRA Foundation Inc | $5,012 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $4,950 | 2 | 0% |
| The Friends of Pruyn House | $4,720 | 2 | 2% |
| Watson Children's Shelter Inc | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Child Care Resources | $4,468 | 7 | 0% |
| Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium | $4,263 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Mountain Flying | $4,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Montana Farm Bureau Foundation | $2,358 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $14,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| NRA Foundation Inc | $5,012 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $4,950 | 2 | 0% |
| The Friends of Pruyn House | $4,720 | 2 | 2% |
| Watson Children's Shelter Inc | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Child Care Resources | $4,468 | 7 | 0% |
| Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium | $4,263 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Mountain Flying | $4,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Montana Farm Bureau Foundation | $2,358 | 1 | 2% |
| Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc | $1,763 | 3 | 0% |
| Child & Family Resource Council Inc | $1,484 | 2 | 0% |
| Montana Natural History Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holt Heritage Center | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Montana History Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Montana Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $763 | 1 | 0% |
| Garnet Preservation Association Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Missoula Food Bank & Community Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Missoula Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreenhealth Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Louis L Borick Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation · United Way of Missoula County · Jane S Heman Foundation Inc · Missoula Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation
- How much does Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation give?
- Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $11,601 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Arts & Culture (18%), Education (13%).
- Who are Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($14k), Gary Sinise Foundation ($7k), NRA Foundation Inc ($5k).
- Does Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Louis L Borick Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation based?
- Earl and Bertha Pruyn Foundation is based in MT.
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