Prometheus Charitable Trust
Houston, TX · EIN 20-1074874. Reported 123 grants totalling $1,605,975 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Prometheus Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $14,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $140,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mendcenter Foundation the Mendcenter Foundation | Houston, TX | $389,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Houston University of Houston | Houston, TX | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Music Health Alliance Music Health Alliance | Nashville, TN | $84,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Area Women's Center Houston Area Women's Center | Houston, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ishida Dance Company Ishida Dance Company | Austin, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shanti Bhavan Children's Project Shanti Bhavan Children's Project | Bellevue, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Innocence Project Innocence Project | New York, NY | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musicares Musicares | Nashville, TN | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet Tech Foundation Ballet Tech Foundation | New York, NY | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| W O Smith Music School W O Smith Music School | Nashville, TN | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Medicine After the Holoc Center for Medicine After the Holocaust | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fidelity Charitable Trust Fidelity Charitable Trust | Cincinnati, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council Americana Roots Music Council Americana Roots Music | Crawford, TN | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Elijah Rising Elijah Rising | Houston, TX | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society Phi Beta Kappa Society | Washington, DC | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| KIPP Academy Nashville KIPP Academy Nashville | Nashville, TN | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Sky Bravery Big Sky Bravery | Bozeman, MT | $33,475 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Ten United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wendy Wagner Foundation for Funding Wendy Wagner Foundation for Funding Creativity | Houston, TX | $28,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healthcare for the Homeless Healthcare for the Homeless | Houston, TX | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rothko Chapel Rothko Chapel | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walden's Puddle Wildlife Rehabilita Walden's Puddle Wildlife Rehabilitation and Educat | Joelton, TN | $24,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fisk University Jubilee Singers Fisk University Jubilee Singers | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shanti Bhavan Children's Proj Shanti Bhavan Children's Proj | Boonton, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Texas Children's Hospital | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Assessment Center Children's Assessment Center | Houston, TX | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Inprint Inc Inprint Inc | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Jung Center the Jung Center | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fam Intentional Community Fam Intentional Community | Houston, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faith Christian Academy Faith Christian Academy | Pasadena, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Houston Eye Associates Foundation Houston Eye Associates Foundation | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Last Wishes Fund Last Wishes Fund | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Helio Foundation the Helio Foundation | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Georgia Warnell Schoo University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry | Athens, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Transplant Initiative Children's Transplant Initiative | Spring, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Give An Hour Give An Hour | Clarksburg, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preserva Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Henry's Heart Iggy Rescue Henry's Heart Iggy Rescue | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nashville Peacemakers Nashville Peacemakers | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sofab Institute Sofab Institute | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Music for People With Di Center for Music for People With Disabilities | Missoula, MT | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bewell in School Bewell in School | Nashville, TN | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art & Environmental Architecture Art & Environmental Architecture | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fayetteville Community Center & Per Fayetteville Community Center & Peformance Theater | Fayetteville, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lift Memorial Lift Memorial | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Elementary PTO Memorial Elementary PTO | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scorpions Baseball Club Scorpions Baseball Club | Spring, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moonlight Community Foundation Moonlight Community Foundation | Big Sky, MT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Phillip's School and Community St Phillip's School and Community Center | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Phillip's School St Phillip's School | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Upper Misouri Waterkeeper Inc | Bozeman, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Benefit Big Sky Benefit Big Sky | Big Sky, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Sky Community Organization Big Sky Community Organization | Big Sky, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gallatin River Task Force Gallatin River Task Force | Big Sky, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kpft Pacifica Radio Foundation Kpft Pacifica Radio Founation | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund Palestin Children's Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws of Glenwood Paws of Glenwood | Glenwood, AR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Point Arena Joint Union High School Point Arena Joint Union High School | Point Arena, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Gleason Foundation Team Gleason Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
28 of 59 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $400,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $378,000 | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $428,475 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $399,500 | $6,250 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 59% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Prometheus Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF 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: 5535 Memorial Dr Ste F560, Houston, TX, 77007. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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