Texas · Private foundation
The Prentice Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Prentice Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 5 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $181k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $103k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $112k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $89k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $44k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $48k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $305k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $245,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hill Country Animal League Spca Inc | $186,500 | 2 | 17% |
| Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center | $175,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Dominion Animal Advocates Group | $168,500 | 9 | n/a |
| New Braunfels Community Cat Coalition | $34,000 | 6 | 74% |
| Houston Cocker Spaniel Rescue | $30,000 | 3 | 34% |
| Atascosa Animal Allies Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Saving Shelter Strays Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waggin Tailz Rescue and Adoption | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $245,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hill Country Animal League Spca Inc | $186,500 | 2 | 17% |
| Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center | $175,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Dominion Animal Advocates Group | $168,500 | 9 | n/a |
| New Braunfels Community Cat Coalition | $34,000 | 6 | 74% |
| Houston Cocker Spaniel Rescue | $30,000 | 3 | 34% |
| Atascosa Animal Allies Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Saving Shelter Strays Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waggin Tailz Rescue and Adoption | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fairytail Endings Rescue Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hill Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($262k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Prentice Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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: San Antonio Area Foundation · Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Prentice Foundation
- How much does The Prentice Foundation give?
- The Prentice Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $98,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Prentice Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%), Food & Nutrition (0%).
- Who are The Prentice Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($245k), Hill Country Animal League Spca Inc ($187k), Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center ($175k).
- Does The Prentice Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Prentice Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Prentice Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust, Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Prentice Foundation based?
- The Prentice Foundation is based in TX.
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