The Prudential Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Newark, NJ · EIN 22-2175290 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Prudential Foundation is a private foundation based in Newark, NJ (EIN 22-2175290). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $82.1M paid in 319 grants, with a median grant of $150K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $77M. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Prudential Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Newark, DE | Benevity invoice matching gifts & volunteer rewards program (December 2023- November 2024) | Tax year 20242024 | $4M |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | Benevity invoice matching gifts & volunteer rewards program | Tax year 20252025 | $3.8M |
| Nonprofit Finance Fund | New York, NY | To support nonprofit finance fund's efforts to strengthen the financial sustainability and impact of newark's community development corporations. | Tax year 20252025 | $2.1M |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | To sponsor a core exhibit called "a more inclusive america" at the obama presidential center. | Tax year 20252025 | $1.3M |
| Newark Alliance Inc | Newark, NJ | To support the newark alliance in galvanizing public and private stakeholders to drive inclusive economic growth and expand economic opportunities for all residents of newark. | Tax year 20252025 | $1.2M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (319 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Prudential Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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