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Pruzan Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$190k
Granted FY2019
41
Itemized grants FY2019
37
Organizations funded FY2019
24%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Itemized, FY2019
$159k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2019
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2019
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 38
FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019
6
Total assets, FY2019
$20k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 24% of the organizations Pruzan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY201937$146k24%
FY201738$100kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$70kEducation$56kHuman Services$51kPhilanthropy$51kReligion$24kEnvironment$7kCivil Rights$4kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of King County$30,00010%
Jewish Family Service$29,00020%
College Success Foundation$12,50020%
Artsfund$11,00020%
University of Washington Foundation$11,00020%
Velocity Dance Center$10,00021%
Tacoma Art Museum$8,5002n/a
Northend Jewish School$6,10020%
Temple de Hirsch Sinai$5,0002n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$4,15020%
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All grantees of Pruzan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of King County$30,00010%
Jewish Family Service$29,00020%
College Success Foundation$12,50020%
Artsfund$11,00020%
University of Washington Foundation$11,00020%
Velocity Dance Center$10,00021%
Tacoma Art Museum$8,5002n/a
Northend Jewish School$6,10020%
Temple de Hirsch Sinai$5,0002n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$4,15020%
Portland Art Museum$4,00020%
The Friendship Circle of Washington$3,6002n/a
Washington State Jewish Historical Socie$3,50021%
Artist Trust$3,00020%
Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club$3,00010%
Museum of Northwest Art$3,00020%
Seattle Art Museum$2,50010%
Kline Galland Center$2,00020%
University District Service League$2,00020%
Gage Academy of Art$2,00010%
Annex Theatre$2,00021%
Outdoor Alliance$2,00020%
American Rivers Inc$2,00020%
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance$1,5001n/a
Northwest African American Museum$1,00010%
Cascadia Art Museum$1,00010%
Seattle Parks Foundation$1,00010%
Arts Corps$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
Charles & Emma Frye Free Public Art Museum$1,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$1,00010%
Giddens School$1,00010%
Jackson Hole Jewish Community$1,0002n/a

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pruzan Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of King County: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArtsfund: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVelocity Dance Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNorthend Jewish School: $6,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $4,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington State Jewish Historical Socie: $3,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetArtist Trust: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Northwest Art: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKline Galland Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity District Service League: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGage Academy of Art: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnnex Theatre: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOutdoor Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest African American Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCascadia Art Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Parks Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharles & Emma Frye Free Public Art Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGiddens School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…ArtsfundThe Conru FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Herman & Faye Sarkows…M J Murdock Charitabl…The Bernstein Family …Larry Benaroya Family…The Jon and Mary Shir…Samis FoundationJewish Federation of …
Seattle FoundationWA38.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · The Conru Foundation · United Way of King County · Herman & Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Bernstein Family Foundation · Larry Benaroya Family Foundation · The Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation · Samis Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Pruzan Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pruzan Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Pruzan Foundation

How much does Pruzan Foundation give?
Pruzan Foundation reported 41 itemized grants totaling $158,850, out of $189,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Pruzan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (4%), Education (3%), Human Services (3%).
Who are Pruzan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: United Way of King County ($30k), Jewish Family Service ($29k), College Success Foundation ($13k).
Does Pruzan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pruzan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pruzan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Artsfund.
Where is Pruzan Foundation based?
Pruzan Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $405k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2019, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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