The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work is medical research, public health, hospital support, healthcare access, hospital management or direct-care medical projects in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with priority for Greater Cleveland, it is worth approaching, and the foundation strongly favours specific direct-care projects serving under-served populations.
- Most of its grants are modest: half of its grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $12,500 and $250,000, a typical band rather than a limit, since its largest grant was $1,000,000.
- Applications go through its online portal by May 15 for the June meeting or November 15 for the December meeting, it prefers commitments of three years or less, and multi-year payments depend on satisfactory annual progress reports, so close any outstanding grant with it first because a new grant will not be approved until its final report is accepted.
- The filing shows that 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so repeat relationships matter a great deal, but a new applicant can still apply.
- Do not apply for national fundraising campaigns or to national charitable organisations, for local chapters of national organisations unless the request states that all money granted will remain local, for individuals, for endowment funds, for other foundations, or for surveys, assessments, studies, planning, lobbying, legal expenses or acquisition of information systems.
Overview
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, PNC Bank N A, in Pittsburgh, PA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Foundation supports healthcare, primarily in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. Its objectives encompass medical and surgical research; the advancement and dissemination of medical and surgical knowledge; activities promoting public health; aid to hospitals and health institutions in Cuyahoga County; better hospital management; and programmes that make competent hospital and medical care available to people of all classes, especially those on low incomes. It strongly favours specific medical, direct care-oriented projects, particularly those serving under-served populations. Requests must fall within these objectives, and its grants support organisations, including hospitals and health institutions organised for public, charitable purposes.
Themes
- Medical research
- Public health
- Hospital support
- Healthcare access
- Hospital management
- Direct-care medical projects
Geographic Focus
Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Priority: Greater Cleveland, Ohio area.
What They Don't Fund
- National fundraising campaigns or to national charitable organizations
- Surveys
- Assessments
- Studies
- Planning activities
- Lobbying activities
- Legal expenses
- Acquisition of information systems for healthcare organizations
- Grants to any individual for scholarships, grants-in-aid or other personal purposes, no matter how worthy they may be
- Endowment funds
- Other Foundations
- Local chapters of national organizations whose request does not state that all money granted will remain local
How to apply
Organisations submit applications through the Prentiss Foundation's online portal.
Deadlines: Applications are due by May 15 for the June meeting and by November 15 for the December meeting.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% 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 142 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Requests must fall within one of the Foundation's stated categories to be considered by the Board.
- The Foundation strongly favours specific medical, direct care-oriented projects, especially those serving under-served populations.
- It prefers requests for commitments of three years or less.
- Multi-year grant payments are conditional on satisfactory annual progress reports.
- A new grant will not be approved until a final report for any outstanding grant is accepted and that grant is closed.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss 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 47 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University Hospitals Health System · Eye institute$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Hospice of the Western Reserve · Patient-centered 24/7 immed$400,0002024 tax year
- Case Western Reserve University · Strong heart program,$400,0002024 tax year
- Bellefaire JCB · Support for bluestone$250,0002024 tax year
- Mercy Health · Mammogram van$250,0002024 tax year
- DDC Clinic · Genetic cardiac conditions$200,0002024 tax year
- MetroHealth Foundation · Supporting the autism$200,0002024 tax year
- Saint Martin de Porres High School · Support for center of$150,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, PNC Bank N A.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,834,880 | $4,592,500 | $90,695,918 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,844,420 | $4,681,500 | $99,552,440 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,092,992 | $4,776,000 | $103,414,127 | 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
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At a glance
Applying to The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation?
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Contact
- esprentissfoundation@pnc.com
- Pittsburgh, PA (office of its trustee, PNC Bank N A)
- esprentissfoundation.org
Applying to The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- esprentissfoundation@pnc.com
- Pittsburgh, PA (office of its trustee, PNC Bank N A)
- esprentissfoundation.org