The Prentice Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so the filings describe no way for a small charity to apply cold; the realistic route is a relationship it initiates.
- Its giving is broad, covering reproductive-health and abortion-access work, civic-engagement and voter projects, environmental groups, schools, and cultural and documentary-film organisations, so check whether your work matches one of these areas before making contact.
- Most grants are small: about 8 in 10 fall between $2,000 and $25,000 and the median is about $6,250, so a modest request is the typical scale, though its largest grant was $150,000, to Aspen Community Foundation, an organisation that regrants to others.
- Repeat support is significant, with 73% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first approach is likely to be judged against that pattern.
- No geographic focus is stated; the states listed in the filing are where it has mostly given, not a restriction on who may approach it.
Overview
The Prentice Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The grant record shows support for a broad mix of organisations. Recipients include reproductive-health and abortion-access organisations, civic-engagement and voter projects, environmental organisations, schools, and cultural and documentary-film organisations. Recorded purposes range from general and unrestricted support to abortion services, voter initiatives, climate-democracy work, education and documentary film. The filings also record gifts to donor-advised funds. Grants are spread across many states. The filings do not describe a narrower public eligibility profile; contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations and do not accept unsolicited requests.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida, Colorado, Texas, District of Columbia, California and the United States.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; no applicant-led submission steps are described.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 73% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 723 grants to organisations were about $6,250 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 28%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 13%
- The largest single recipient received 4% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 73% of grant dollars went to organisations The Prentice Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 11% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 219 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $8,913 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Aspen Community Foundation · for the Third Generation Donor Advised Fund$150,0002024 tax year
- Margaret Byrd Rawson Institute · General & Unrestricted$130,0002024 tax year
- International Documentary Association · The Collectors film fund$80,0002024 tax year
- As You Sow · General & Unrestricted$54,2452024 tax year
- Climate Democracy Initiative · General & Unrestricted$45,0002024 tax year
- Pennsylvania Voice · General & Unrestricted$45,0002024 tax year
- One Arizona · General & Unrestricted$45,0002024 tax year
- ProgressNow Colorado Education · General & Unrestricted$40,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Lauren Zuskin — Director
- John Powers — Director, President
- Barbara Hapgood — Director, Secretary
- James Bohart Jr — Director
- Lynn P Babicka — Director, Vice President
- Jerry Babicka — Director, Treasurer
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,644,495 | $3,119,060 | $31,985,388 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,980,681 | $2,512,851 | $33,427,322 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,207,449 | $2,730,633 | $36,449,528 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Wilmington, DE