The Pruitt Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Most of its grants to organisations, about 8 in 10 of the 143 across the last three filings, fall between $5,000 and $68,000, with a median of $10,000 and half at $10,000 or less, so a modest request fits its typical pattern.
- Its largest grant was about $1,650,000, so that band describes what is typical rather than a limit.
- The filing names no geographic focus, although its grants have mainly gone to Virginia and Maryland, so a charity elsewhere should not assume it is excluded.
- The filing gives no deadlines, so a first approach can be timed to your own needs, but 63% of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier one, so a first approach that builds a relationship may matter.
- The one programme described in the filing is for indigent individuals needing financial assistance, so an organisation whose work does not reach individuals in financial need should not use that route.
Overview
The Pruitt Foundation is a US private foundation based in Leesburg, VA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation describes its early roots as helping disadvantaged children reach their full potential, working with a partner organisation towards that mission. It says it branched into other areas and provided grants to more non-profit organisations. Its published examples of grant-supported work include help for families and children in need, wildlife care, medical debt relief, cancer research, healthcare, foster care services and emergency shelter and counselling for people affected by domestic and sexual violence. The examples illustrate breadth, not a declared exhaustive list of funding priorities or eligibility criteria.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Virginia and Maryland.
How to apply
For the programme described in the filing, which is for indigent individuals needing financial assistance, applicants are asked to request the foundation’s specific application form and complete it.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 63% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 143 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 43% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 63% of grant dollars went to organisations The Pruitt Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 38 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $17,500 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Shenandoah University · Furtherance of charitable purposes$1,625,0002025 tax year
- Salisbury University Foundation · Furtherance of charitable purposes$1,000,0002025 tax year
- Pary & Abdulrahim Levian Charitable Foundation · Furtherance of charitable purposes$125,0002025 tax year
- Jobs for America's Graduates · Furtherance of charitable purposes$100,0002025 tax year
- Paisanos Charitable Foundation · Furtherance of charitable purposes$75,0182025 tax year
- Youth for Tomorrow New Life Center · Furtherance of charitable purposes$50,0002025 tax year
- Alexandria Tutoring Consortium · Furtherance of charitable purposes$50,0002025 tax year
- Saint Mary's Health Wagon · Furtherance of charitable purposes$45,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Cecil Pruitt — President / Treasurer / Secretary
- Gary L Jones — Director
- Charles Stephen Shaw Jr — Director
- Martin Lee Cropp — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $3,383,698 | $1,937,632 | $58,233,238 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,747,465 | $2,380,297 | $64,610,849 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $4,143,864 | $3,527,153 | $69,278,339 | Filing for 2025 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
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At a glance
Applying to The Pruitt Foundation?
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Contact
- (703) 631-2217
- Leesburg, VA
- pruittfoundation.org
Applying to The Pruitt Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (703) 631-2217
- Leesburg, VA
- pruittfoundation.org