Jerome V Bruni Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an invitation should not send a cold application; the first step is to find a route to an invitation.
- Its grants are mainly humanitarian in the filing, so a humanitarian programme is the closest fit on the recorded record, but no geographic focus is stated, so an organisation outside Maine, Colorado or District of Columbia should not assume it is excluded.
- If an invitation comes, a modest request fits its record: about 8 in 10 of its 100 grants to organisations fall between $3,000 and $50,000, and the median grant is $5,500, although the largest was $550,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- In its latest filing, 68% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, which suggests its giving is largely relationship-led.
Overview
Jerome V Bruni Foundation is a US private foundation based in Colorado Springs, CO.
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
Across the filings, humanitarian grants predominate; smaller recorded purposes include economic research and education and education. The recipients include community health and hospice providers, housing and family-support services, food banks, humanitarian relief organisations, colleges and other educational bodies. The grant record also includes organisations working on economic research and education. Giving is spread among organisations in several states, with the largest shares of recorded dollars going to Maine and Colorado. Recipients in Colorado include health, housing and family-support services as well as educational organisations. These are the recorded purposes and recipient types, rather than a stated account of the foundation's general funding priorities.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Humanitarian
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Maine, Colorado and District of Columbia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 68% 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 100 grants to organisations were $5,500 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: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 37% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 68% of grant dollars went to organisations Jerome V Bruni Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 38 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $6,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine · Humanitarian$500,0002024 tax year
- Penrose-Saint Francis Health Foundation · Humanitarian$100,0002024 tax year
- American Council of Trustees and Alumni · Economic research and education$100,0002024 tax year
- Pikes Peak State College Foundation · Education$63,5742024 tax year
- Ic Health Memorial Hospital Foundation · Humanitarian$50,0002024 tax year
- Air Force Acedemy Foundation · Education$40,0002024 tax year
- Partners in Housing · Humanitarian$39,2502024 tax year
- Convoy of Hope · Humanitarian$35,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- John R Brock — Executive Director
- Pamela S Bruni — Director
- Jerome V Bruni — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,122,164 | $1,085,000 | $20,822,848 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,884,477 | $1,796,000 | $27,894,508 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,250,440 | $1,171,574 | $31,621,358 | 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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Contact
- Colorado Springs, CO