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Pruzan Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$190k
Granted FY2019
41
Grants FY2019
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% 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
02FY2019 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 41 grants below total $158,850, the rows itemized in this filing. The $189,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,900 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k36 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $72k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$20k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of King County$25,000
Jewish Family Service$17,000
Stroum Jewish Community Center$10,000
University of Washington Foundation$10,000
Hillsdale College$10,000
Community Foundation of Jackson$7,000
College Success Foundation$6,250
Velocity Dance Center$6,000
Tacoma Art Museum$5,500
Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life at UW$5,000
Arts Fund$5,000
United Way of King County$5,000
Seattle Jewish Community School$3,600
Holocaust Resource Center For Humanity$3,500
Washington Women's Foundation$2,500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$183k · 28 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
10

Total granted

$183k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+102%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    2× · 2017–2019 · $29k · revenue +107%
  • A
    ARTSFUND
    2× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +316%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • CO
    Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • JH
    JACKSON HOLE SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +82%
  • JF
    Jewish Federation of Greater Houston - Hurricane Relief
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
2
Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…

Arts & Culture
3
Center for Contemporary Art & Culture

To enliven and expand the understanding of craft and the museum experience for all.

Arts & Culture
4
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
5
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
6
Kirkland Arts Center

Cultivating quality arts experiences, connecting communities, and increasing creative engagement.

Arts & Culture
7
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
Maryhill Museum of Art

Maryhill Museum of Art ignites a journey of educational enrichment in the Columbia River Gorge by preserving and interpreting art and historic collections.

Arts & Culture
10
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Bainbridge island museum of art (bima) inspires curiosity, wonder and understanding by connecting people with the contemporary art and craft of the puget sound region.

Arts & Culture
11
Arts Council of Snohomish County

The schack art center offers inclusive and accessible arts programming that fosters creativity, engages the community and cultivates partnerships to enrich lives through the transformative power of the arts.

—
12
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art C/O Denver Art Museu
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Art Museum; the most unlike its peers is Annex Theatre. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
29/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Stroum Jewish Community Center: $20,000 · OtherStroum Jewish Community CenterCommunity Foundation of Jackson: $12,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation of JacksonChabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest: $10,000 · OtherChabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwes…Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life at UW: $7,000 · OtherHillel Foundation for Jewish Life at UWNORTHEND JEWISH SCHOOL: $6,100 · OtherNORTHEND JEWISH SCHOOLSeattle Jewish Film Festival: $6,100 · OtherSeattle Jewish Film FestivalHolocaust Resource Center For Humanity: $6,000 · OtherHolocaust Resource Center For HumanityTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI: $5,000 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIE: $3,500 · Other+14 more: $21,500 · Other+14 moreHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGECollege Success Foundation: $12,500 · EducationCollege Success Fou…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $11,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHI…THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON: $3,600 · EducationTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRC…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationARTSFUND: $11,000 · Arts & CultureARTSFUNDVelocity Dance Center: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVelocity Dance Cent…Tacoma Art Museum: $8,500 · Arts & CultureTacoma Art MuseumPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $4,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUMArtist Trust: $3,000 · Arts & CultureArtist TrustMUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF NORTHWEST…SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $2,500 · Arts & CultureGAGE ACADEMY OF ART: $2,000 · Arts & CultureANNEX THEATRE: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KI…WASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON WOMEN…THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDER…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $29,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY…UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $2,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY DI…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesOutdoor Alliance: $2,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentJACKSON HOLE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $4,150 · Civil Rights
Other$97,200Education$48,100Arts & Culture$48,000Philanthropy$39,000Human Services$32,000Environment$6,500Civil Rights$4,150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetWASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.
04Through Plinth

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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.

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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