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Prosperity Now
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1141804. Reported 90 grants totalling $18.0M to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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 Prosperity Now, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S31Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 72 distinct organizations, with 33% 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. 9% 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 $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $13,125 and $85,000; the smallest was $5,098 and the largest $5,491,647. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets Under Movement | Washington, DC | $5,991,647 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Future | San Francisco, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pacific Community Ventures | Oakland, CA | $1,909,214 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entrepreneur Ready Inc | Edmonds, WA | $1,900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Economic Development Association | Minneapolis, MN | $1,255,657 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Prosperity Now | Washington, DC | $860,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City First Enterprises Inc | Washington, DC | $535,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bbcdc Inc | Orlando, FL | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community First Fund | Lancaster, PA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veteran Business Project Inc | Naperville, IL | $333,218 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East L a Community Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Development Center | Minneapolis, MN | $173,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ampac Tri-State Cdc Inc | Ontario, CA | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Jamaica Development Corp | Jamaica, NY | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Koreatown Youth and Community Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $151,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation | Tahlequah, OK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Business Action Network | San Jose, CA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Office of the Treasurer City of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $69,431 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Collegiate Directions Incorporated | Bethesda, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Enterprise Center | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington DC | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lift Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marshall Heights Community Development Organization | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| My Sisters Place Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Safe Sisters Circle | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont-Slauson Ldc Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Branches Inc | Miami, FL | $40,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Association for Human Services Inc | Hartford, CT | $40,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc | Boston, MA | $40,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of the Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $40,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Future City | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nonprofit Knowledge Works Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African American Leadership Forum | Minneapolis, MN | $23,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| White Center Community Development Association | Seattle, WA | $23,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Manna Inc | Washington, DC | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City and County of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $21,355 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Africatown Community Land Trust | Seattle, WA | $21,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Build Wealth Mn Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $21,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities Rise | Seattle, WA | $21,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northside Economic Opportunity Network | Minneapolis, MN | $21,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban Impact | Seattle, WA | $21,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catalyst Miami Inc | Mikami, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ceiba Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chn Housing Partners | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood Improvement Association Inc | Savannah, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Central New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridging Communities Inc | Detroit, MI | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Latino Veterans Association | Herndon, VA | $17,238 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation | Dallas, TX | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation | Chicago, IL | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Community Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inspiring Tomorrows Leaders Inc | Dallas, TX | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Chicago, IL | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spanish Coalition for Housing | Chicago, IL | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle | Seattle, WA | $13,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Douglass Community Land Trust | Washington, DC | $11,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County | Sn Bernrdno, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community College Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant La Inc | North Miami, FL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Unity of Florida Inc | Hollywood, FL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership Inc | Detroit Lakes, MN | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Alamance County Inc | Burlington, NC | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Georgia Inc | Macon, GA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wateree Community Actions Inc | Columbia, SC | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $7,124 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springboard to Opportunities | Jackson, MS | $7,124 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mississippi Community Financial Access Coalition | Greenwood, MS | $5,098 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
16 of 72 (22%) 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.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
TO PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION & EXPAND ITS REACH TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 of 72 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 | 28 | $4,795,169 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $4,560,750 | $20,150 |
| 2023 | 15 | $6,542,085 | $11,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | $2,111,452 | $92,500 |
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
43% 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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Funders that support the same organizations
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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 $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Prosperity Now'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.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 4 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1200 G Street Nw 400, Washington, DC, 20005.
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