Proteus Fund Inc
Waltham, MA · EIN 04-3243004. Reported 1,117 grants totalling $90.8M to 575 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
575organizations funded
$30,000median reported grant
$90.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
44%of grantees funded again the next year
16%of dollars to its largest recipient
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Proteus Fund Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 575 distinct organizations, with 16% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 44% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $56,620; the smallest was $5,348 and the largest $7,750,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
368 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $19.0M in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
All 575 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voter Registration Project | Washington, DC | $14.3M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $5,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Proteus Action League | Waltham, MA | $2,717,410 | 10 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rethink Media Inc | San Francisco, CA | $2,615,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unidosus | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voter Registration Project Education Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nonprofit Vote Inc | Somerville, MA | $1,300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grassroots International Inc | Boston, MA | $1,030,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| State Innovation Exchange | Madison, WI | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $963,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $935,700 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $907,045 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $850,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $825,375 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $762,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reframe | Harrisonburg, VA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $746,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $653,600 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $612,748 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sister Song Inc | Atlanta, GA | $540,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $515,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & Genocide | Atlanta, GA | $515,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $510,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Public Interest Research Inc | Boston, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peoples Solar Energy Fund | Pittsfield, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voto Latino Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Defending Rights and Dissent Inc | Washington, DC | $468,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lgbt Plus Center Orlando Inc | Orlando, FL | $458,070 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haser Inc | San Juan, PR | $439,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $433,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | Arcata, CA | $406,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| State Leadership Project | Raleigh, NC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gender Justice | Saint Paul, MN | $385,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roderick and Solange Macarthur Justice Center | Niles, IL | $381,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Third World Organizing | Oakland, CA | $362,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arab American Association of Ny Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $337,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Muslim Voter Project | Atlanta, GA | $335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bold Futures Nm | Albuquerque, NM | $333,332 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sikh Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $330,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equality Foundation of Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | $323,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of St Thomas | St Paul, MN | $320,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Social Policy and Understanding | Dearborn, MI | $306,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwest Film Forum | Seattle, WA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Drum-Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc | Jackson Heights, NY | $295,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $295,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | San Diego, CA | $283,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $277,612 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel Inc | Little Rock, AR | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Arab American Institute Foundation | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peer Support Space Inc | Orlando, FL | $272,790 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miracle of Love Inc | Orlando, FL | $269,226 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Intercultural Organizing | Portland, OR | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Asian Americans Leading Together | Silver Spring, MD | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Dakota Voices for Peace | Sioux Falls, SD | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Pa Project Education Fund | West Chester, PA | $257,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arab American Civic Council | Anaheim, CA | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Na Ah Illahee Fund | Seattle, WA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance | Flagstaff, AZ | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taproot Earth | Slidell, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Open Mind Legacy Project Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outfront Minnesota Community Services | Saint Paul, MN | $248,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico Foundation | Albuquerque, NM | $248,334 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Civic Policy | Albuquerque, NM | $248,334 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jews for Racial and Economic Justice | New York, NY | $243,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loyola University | New Orleans, LA | $241,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Center for Justice | Jackson, MS | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Parole Project Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $232,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $231,253 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manara West | Orange, CA | $231,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Oakland, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith Roots Reproductive Action | Albuquerque, NM | $216,586 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deaf Abused Women Network | Washington, DC | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Generation Patient Inc | Greenwood, IN | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf | Washington, DC | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Community Center Inc | Apopka, FL | $211,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Political Research Associates | Somerville, MA | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peace Development Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $209,625 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio Voice | Columbus, OH | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Action | Saint Paul, MN | $204,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $203,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bold Training Institute Inc | Hawkinsville, GA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canticle Farm | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition for D C Representation Education Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Embodiment Institute Incorporated | Durham, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoples Fund | Honolulu, HI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Weber Renew | Providence, RI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voter Formation Project | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woven Collective Inc | Honolulu, HI | $199,146 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund | St Paul, MN | $198,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pillars of the Community | San Diego, CA | $192,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative | Alta Loma, CA | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Prosper | Apopka, FL | $185,000 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Organization of Resource | Billings, MT | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Court Watch Nola | New Orleans, LA | $183,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ayada Leads | Minneapolis, MN | $177,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights Inc | New York, NY | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Center for Not-for- Profit Law Inc | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keep Kansas Courts Impartial | Lawrence, KS | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Justice Fund Northwest | Seattle, WA | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Justice Project Inc | Miami, FL | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic Democracy | Jamaica Plain, MA | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Democracy Maine | Portland, ME | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Waltham, MA | $163,568 | 7 | 1 | 2021 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Civil Justice Fund | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sex Workers Outreach Project | Walnut, CA | $159,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lgbt Center Intercultural Collective Inc | Jackson Heights, NY | $157,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Collective Inc | Miami, FL | $157,174 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment | Minneapolis, MN | $153,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Faith in Action Network | Oakland, CA | $150,520 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Sacred Passing | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African Communities Together | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Music Entrepreneurship Incubator | Oakland, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lavender Rights Project | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Muslim Advocates | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Restoration | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Recycle Hawaii | Hilo, HI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart Women & Girls Project | Chicago, IL | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering | Birmingham, AL | $145,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women With a Vision | New Orleans, LA | $143,775 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coalition for Open Democracy | Concord, NH | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Carolina for the People | Durham, NC | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ole Education Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ruth Ellis Center Inc | Highland Park, MI | $140,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Community Stewardship Inc | Madison, WI | $137,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith for Justice | Saint Louis, MO | $131,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fanm Saj | Miami, FL | $130,325 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Council of American Jewish Museums | Jackson, MS | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Isaiah | Saint Paul, MN | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nc Survivors Union Inc | Greensboro, NC | $129,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Participatory Politics Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| State Power Fund | Youngstown, OH | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Disability Power Bloc | Oakland, CA | $120,938 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puerto Rico Community Foundation Inc | San Juan, PR | $120,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Zepp Wellness Corp | Orlando, FL | $120,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florida Rising Together Inc | Miami, FL | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Muslim Justice League Inc | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progressive Maryland Eduction Fund Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeastern Transgender Center | Norfolk, VA | $118,750 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $118,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $113,650 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| I Am Human Foundation | Ellenwood, GA | $113,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Intransitive Tm Inc | Mabelvale, AR | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nc for the People Action | Raleigh, NC | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Voice | Jackson, MS | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Look Project | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $108,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $105,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equal Justice USA Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just Vision Inc | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Organize Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $104,854 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Come Out With Pride Inc | Orlando, FL | $104,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progress Florida Education Institute | Saint Petersburg, FL | $103,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $102,175 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for a Just Society | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc | Caguas, PR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charitable Ventures of Orangecounty Inc | Santa Ana, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colectivo Ile Corporacion | Caguas, PR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council on American Islamic Relations of Arizona | Chandler, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| De-Serving Life | Albuquerque, NM | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Demand Justice Initiative | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gathering Roots Wellness | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Power Project | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Niles Edge Healing Arts Center | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Potlatch Fund | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rvc Seattle | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safehouse | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shunpike | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unkitawa | Kent, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild West Access Fund of Nevada | Reno, NV | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Type Media Center Inc | New York, NY | $99,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Health Commission | Sanford, FL | $97,070 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Orlando Youth Alliance Inc | Orlando, FL | $96,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wespac Foundation Inc | White Plains, NY | $95,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $95,165 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Freedom School | Chicago, IL | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Documentary Association Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kansas Values Institute | Lawrence, KS | $95,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Say Something | Florence, AL | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $92,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mayfaire Medical Inc | Miami, FL | $91,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Decarceration Collective | Chicago, IL | $90,270 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| March on Harrisburg Education Fund | Cheltenham, PA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Good Nation Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Western States Center Inc | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Poder in Action Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $86,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network Inc | Lincoln, NE | $85,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Translatin Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $85,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nomenus Inc | Portland, OR | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Re Power Fund | St Paul, MN | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Phillips Black Project a Public Interest Non Profit Law Office | Oakland, CA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unspoken Treasure Society | Gainesville, FL | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund Inc | Charleston, WV | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Media Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $84,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $84,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | $82,370 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Greater New Haven Inc | New Haven, CT | $80,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Legal Aid and Defender Association | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Think Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Woodhull Freedom Foundation | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Red Salmon Arts | Austin, TX | $79,925 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together in Service | Los Angeles, CA | $78,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Orlando, FL | $76,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valley Beit Midrash | Scottsdale, AZ | $75,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beam Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Movement Builders Inc | Stone Mtn, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Plains Resource Council | Billings, MT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reform for Illinois | Evanston, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Louis Queer Plus Support Helpline | Saint Louis, MO | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Hp Alliance | Binghamton, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of South Florida Research Foundation Inc | Tampa, FL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Bus Education Fund | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Inc | Chicago, IL | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Swop Behind Bars Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $71,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Descolonizarte Teatro Inc | Orlando, FL | $71,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Ithaca, NY | $71,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zebra Youth Inc | Orlando, FL | $70,573 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adc Research Institute | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dont Shoot Portland | Portland, OR | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc | Madison, WI | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Voter Education | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transformations Youth Group | Kansas City, MO | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Uptown Peoples Law Center | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Greater Portland | Gresham, OR | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Northampton, MA | $65,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emancipate Nc Inc | Durham, NC | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Forward Mt Foundation | Missoula, MT | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Justice Not Politics Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mi Familia Vota Education Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women Make Movies Inc | New York, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
260 of 575 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
It also reported 1 group of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 505 of 575 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 368 | $19.0M | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 239 | $29.3M | $35,000 |
| 2023 | 291 | $20.9M | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 219 | $21.6M | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
33% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Proteus Fund Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 303 Wyman Street 300, Waltham, MA, 02451.
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