Nevada · Private foundation
Prometheus Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $49,730
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,083,824
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $72M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Prometheus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $4.1M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $2.6M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $3.8M | 69% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.8M | 72% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $1.3M | 58% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $3.2M | 92% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $2.9M | 75% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Objective Standard Institute | $4,809,157 | 6 | 66% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $2,929,571 | 7 | 20% |
| The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism | $697,842 | 2 | 4% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $426,528 | 3 | 2% |
| Center for Excellence in Higher Education Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research | $225,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prager University Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| America's Future Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Ideas Beyond Borders Inc | $49,730 | 1 | 5% |
| International Society for Individual Liberty | $43,602 | 3 | 10% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Objective Standard Institute | $4,809,157 | 6 | 66% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $2,929,571 | 7 | 20% |
| The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism | $697,842 | 2 | 4% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $426,528 | 3 | 2% |
| Center for Excellence in Higher Education Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research | $225,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prager University Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| America's Future Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Ideas Beyond Borders Inc | $49,730 | 1 | 5% |
| International Society for Individual Liberty | $43,602 | 3 | 10% |
| The Reliance College Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Undercurrent Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Prometheus Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Charles Koch Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Prometheus Foundation
- How much does Prometheus Foundation give?
- Prometheus Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $4,074,313 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Prometheus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Arts & Culture (22%), Social Science (18%).
- Who are Prometheus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Objective Standard Institute ($4.8M), Students for Liberty Inc ($2.9M), The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism ($698k).
- Does Prometheus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Prometheus Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Prometheus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles Koch Foundation, Donors Trust Inc, Atlas Economic Research Foundation.
- Where is Prometheus Foundation based?
- Prometheus Foundation is based in NV.
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