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The Prudential Foundation

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$170.6M
in grants paid: 610
grants: 236
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.8M
American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2025
Benevity invoice matching gifts & volunteer rewards program
$2.1M
Nonprofit Finance Fund · New York, NY · 2025
To support nonprofit finance fund's efforts to strengthen the financial sustainability and impact of newark's community development corporations.
$1.3M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To sponsor a core exhibit called "a more inclusive america" at the obama presidential center.
$1.2M
Newark Alliance · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support the newark alliance in galvanizing public and private stakeholders to drive inclusive economic growth and expand economic opportunities for all residents of newark.
$1.1M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
To expand the aspen institute's global opportunity youth network to more cities around the world in order to reach and connect one million youth to economic opportunity.
$1.0M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the aspen institute in reimagining work, wealth and capitalism to improve the financial well-being of all workers and reduce the racial wealth gap.
$800,000
Financial Health Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the financial health network in improving the financial health of newark residents and nonprofit workers through research and strategic interventions.
$700,000
Kindred Futures · Atlanta, GA · 2025
To support kindred futures in advancing economic opportunity and asset ownership in the american south.
$670,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
To support unicef's efforts to provide disaster response, preparedness, and mitigation services for vulnerable communities and families across the globe.
$665,000
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation · Newark, NJ · 2025
To advance njpac's strategic priorities to be a premier urban presenter of arts and entertainment and a catalyst for economic development in newark.
$600,000
Project Equity · Oakland, CA · 2025
To support project equity in expanding access to employee ownership, which helps build wealth and improve job quality for workers.
$600,000
Youthbuild Newark Doing Business As Newark Opportunity Youth Network · Newark, NJ · 2025
To strengthen the newark opportunity youth network's capacity to serve more opportunity youth, develop an advocacy agenda and increase the quality of services across the youth workforce system in newark
$575,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the my brothers keeper alliance (mbka), a program of the barack obama foundation, in advancing solutions to improve the life outcomes of boys and young men of color in the united states.
$550,000
Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support the newark small business ecosystem through capital access, technical assistance, and sales advisory services with a focus on downtown micro-businesses and restaurants.
$500,000
United Way of Essex and West Hudson · Newark, NJ · 2025
To launch the newark nonprofit worker wealth project, providing nonprofit workers in newark, nj, with investment accounts and financial education through stackwell to foster long-term wealth-building and financial stabi…
$500,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To support the community foundation of new jersey in managing the 2026 prudential community grants program that provides microgrants to local organizations, residents, and small business owners to support grassroots pro…
$500,000
Center for Community Self-Help · Durham, NC · 2025
To support self-help credit union to enhance its efforts to increase access to affordable and sustainable homeownership among low-income and low-wealth families.
$500,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To support the community foundation of new jersey in managing the capacity strengthening fund to enhance the resilience and impact of nonprofit organizations.
$500,000
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative · Washington, DC · 2025
To support living cities in advancing inclusive wealth-building strategies through shared ownership models, cross-sector collaboration, and systems change initiatives, with a focus on newark.
$500,000
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2025
To support the georgia resilience and opportunity fund to launch an accelerated baby bonds pilot program.
$500,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To provide general operating support to community-based organizations in newark, in lieu of event sponsorship. The objective is to support strategic community partners by strengthening their capacity to delivery vital s…
$500,000
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2025
To support unidosus in expanding latino homeownership through culturally relevant financial services and policy advocacy that combats economic inequities
$500,000
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors · Arlington, VA · 2025
To support the tragedy assistance program for survivors in assisting people grieving the death of a military or veteran loved one.
$475,000
Transform Finance · New York, NY · 2025
To support transform finance in building out the field of community-owned real estate by connecting local leaders and organizations to share knowledge and create collaborative strategies.
$450,000
Invest Newark a Nj Nonprofit Corporation · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support restaurants in newark, with an emphasis downtown, in building resilient businesses through custom training and the promotion of local restaurants to newark offices and institutions. This grant will also assis…
$450,000
Common Future · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To support common future in deepening its investments in community-rooted lending models, strengthening local policy and ownership infrastructure, and expanding narrative strategies that shift public mindsets around eco…
$400,000
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support njisj's policy and advocacy efforts to advance economic justice, criminal justice reform, and democracy and justice in new jersey.
$400,000
Newark Performing Arts Corporation · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support newark symphony hall in driving economic growth in newark by strengthening its infrastructure, providing quality arts education programming, and supporting artists of color.
$400,000
Detroit Development Fund · Detroit, MI · 2025
To support detroit development fund's entrepreneurs of color fund project to provide technical assistance and access to capital to entrepreneurs in detroit.
$400,000
Roc USA Llc · Concord, NH · 2025
To support roc usa in building wealth for residents of manufactured housing communities by expanding community ownership opportunities.
$400,000
The Workers Lab · Oakland, CA · 2025
To support the workers labs investment in worker-centered insights and innovations that expand access to ownership and wealth-building opportunities for all workers.
$400,000
Mypath · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To support mypath in scaling its youth financial capability partnerships and improve the financial well-being of opportunity youth. This is an exit grant.
$379,421
National Fund for Workforce Solutions · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the national fund for workforce solutions to help it connect more workers to quality jobs and achieve financial resiliency.
$350,000
Youthbuild Global · Roxbury, MA · 2025
To strengthen youthbuild usa's international footprint and establish a global standard for high-quality youth training and development programs.
$350,000
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2025
To support social finance to expand its impact first investments practice, which will increase and expand homeownership and employee ownership programs in the us.
$350,000
Renaissance Philanthropy Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
To support and seed renaissance philanthropys housing innovation, supply, & affordability fund, which will back new ideas and early-stage ventures to make housing more affordable and easier to build across the u.s.
$350,000
Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2025
To support ownership works' expansion to japan to reach more investors, companies, and corporate actors who will endorse, support, and grow employee ownership outside of the us.
$350,000
Newark Museum Association · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support the newark museum of art's efforts as an anchor institution in the city that engages diverse audiences and underrepresented creative voices to showcase newark as an epicenter for commerce and culture.
$350,000
National Disability Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the national disability institute in raising awareness of and promoting the use of able accounts, empowering individuals with disabilities to build wealth.
$342,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To strengthen nonprofits capacity to address urgent community needs and adapt to emerging economic and social challenges.
$340,000
Bme Networks · Hollywood, FL · 2025
To support bmes efforts to strengthen the leadership capacities of newark and national nonprofit leaders.
$325,000
Newark Arts Council · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support newark arts council in its role as a key intermediary in newark's arts and culture sector.
$300,000
Grounded Solutions Network · Oakland, CA · 2025
To support grounded solutions network in scaling shared equity homeownership models, which create affordable and accessible pathways to homeownership for low-to-moderate income families.
$300,000
Democracy at Work Institute · San Diego, CA · 2025
To support the democracy at work institute in enhancing ownership culture and job quality in apis & heritage legacy fund portfolio companies that have transitioned to employee ownership as esops.
$300,000
Brazilfoundation · New York, NY · 2025
To support the brazil foundation in managing local organizations to connect opportunity youth with quality training and employment pathways in rio de janeiro.
$300,000
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the improvement and expansion of the elizabeth dole foundations economic mobility programming for military and veteran caregivers.
$300,000
Prosperity Now · Washington, DC · 2025
To support prosperity now to accelerate its programming and impact in los angeles, where it is leading a coalition of cdfis, housing counselors, and nonprofit organizations to combat displacement from the la wildfires b…
$300,000
Rising Tide Capital · Jersey City, NJ · 2025
To support rising tide capitals high-impact entrepreneurship programs throughout new jersey, focusing on strengthening community-based partnerships and increasing access to services for newark entrepreneurs with additio…
$300,000
Up for Growth National Coalition · Washington, DC · 2025
To support up for growth in advancing policies that increase housing supply and affordability, making homeownership more attainable for more americans.
$300,000
Youthbuild Global · Roxbury, MA · 2025
To support the youthbuild-pgim-real estate partnership to drive business and social impact for students, employees, clients and developer partners.
$275,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
To support lisc in providing predevelopment loans, technical assistance and coaching to emerging developers in newark.
$250,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the american red cross disaster responder program which allows the organization to immediately respond to disasters across the united states and internationally.
$250,000
Coordinated Assistance Network · Crystal River, FL · 2025
To support the coordinated assistance network (can) to finalize, accredit, and roll out the certified military financial professional (cmfp) designation, a scalable financial certification program tailored to the unique…
$250,000
Lafayette Square Foundation · District of Columbia, DC · 2025
To support lafayette square institute in advancing inclusive ownership models, such as employee ownership and tenant equity, through enhanced analytical capabilities, continued federal and state policy advocacy, and dee…
$250,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support braven in enhancing the economic mobility and social capital of first-generation, low-income college students at rutgers university-newark.
$250,000
Newark Community Street Team · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support the newark community street team's multi-pronged community-based violence reduction strategy in newark with a focus on crime prevention, crime victim support and housing security
$250,000
Metro Detroit Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
To provide capacity building support to michigan black business alliance (mbba) to strengthen its organizational capacity to increase sustainability, efficiency, and to reach and serve more black-owned micro and small b…
$250,000
Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To support community investment trusts national expansion, helping more residents across the country build wealth and strengthen their communities through inclusive commercial real estate ownership.
$250,000
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders · San Antonio, TX · 2025
To support nalcab's work in increasing homeownership and commercial property ownership in communities with large latino populations.
$250,000
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2025
To support per scholas' newark site in providing holistic tuition-free technology training and career opportunities that expands access to technology careers for residents in the greater newark area.
$250,000
Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2025
To support ownership works in expanding and scaling broad-based employee ownership models, particularly for lower-wage workers and people of color.
$240,000
The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the urban institute in a research study examining how macroeconomic shocks impact the ability of people of color to build and preserve wealth.
$240,000
Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2025
To support the center for community progress in elevating newark's housing voucher program for homeownership nationwide and helping other communities adopt its model, while also continuing to improve and strengthen newa…
$210,000
Asset Funders Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the asset funders network in guiding and informing the philanthropic sector with unique insights on equitable wealth building pathways and solutions for households that have been traditionally underserved.
$200,000
Gi Go Fund · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support gi go fund's efforts to advise veterans in the greater newark area through the process of purchasing a home and increasing the supply of affordable housing.
$200,000
Rutgers the State University · Piscataway, NJ · 2025
To support the newark public safety collaborative (npsc) in developing and implementing data-informed, community-led crime reduction engagement strategies in newark through crime data analysis and stakeholder convenings.
$200,000
Concordance · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
To reduce reincarceration rates by scaling the concordance academy's evidence-based re-entry model to multiple cities across the country.
$200,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To increase equalspaces capacity to offer high quality programming to more entrepreneurs, innovators, and small businesses led by people of color, women, and lgbtqia+ community with state-of-the-art co-working space as …
$200,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
To support the alvin ailey dance foundation in offering year-round dance training to newark youths through programs like aileycamp and aileydance kids newark.
$200,000
Independent Sector · Washington, DC · 2025
To support independent sector in improving the financial health of nonprofit workers and nonprofit organizations through research and advocacy.
$200,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support the boys and girls club of newark in expanding its youth development programs, focusing on wellness services, youth participation, and stem initiatives to serve newark's youth and families.
$200,000
Impact Society Global · New York, NY · 2025
To support the ownership capital lab in raising capital to finance deals for employee-owned companies, supporting families' ability to build generational wealth.
$200,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
To support the opportunity youth forum, under the forum for community solutions at the aspen institute, to ignite a dialogue and movement around integrating financial inclusion and capability into opportunity youth prog…
$200,000
Global Impact Investing Network · New York, NY · 2025
To support global impact investing network in scaling and increasing the effectiveness of the impact investing field.
$195,000
Employee Ownership Expansion Network · Arlington, VA · 2025
To support the employee ownership expansion network in promoting employee ownership transitions by enhancing the capabilities of independent state centers nationwide.
$190,000
Leadership Newark · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support leadership newark's public policy fellowship program to enhance participants' leadership skills and civic engagement. This is an exit grant.
$175,000
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2025
To support morehouse college in expanding employee ownership in the atlanta region and developing a new academic course on employee ownership for its students.
$170,678
Visitorg Philanthropic Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Community engagement volunteer activations
$165,000
Inclusiv · New York, NY · 2025
To support inclusiv in expanding access to homeownership pathways for low-to-moderate income communities by increasing home lending options and reducing barriers to financial services.
$150,935
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2025
To launch and implement the winning on equity in places initiative that will advance policies and practices to achieve greater equity for 100 million people living in poverty.
$150,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2025
To support kids door in providing middle and high school students with educational assistance and support to reach their full potential in sumida ward, tokyo. Myriad usa serves as the fiscal sponsor.
$150,000
New Growth Innovation Network · Miami, FL · 2025
To support new growth innovation network in leading a community wealth building leap to provide newark's community and economic development leaders with insights into effective community and employee ownership models.
$150,000
Clinton Hill Community Action · Newark, NJ · 2025
To strengthen clinton hill community action's organizational effectiveness by increasing staff capacity and support its housing program.
$150,000
Focus Hispanic Center for Community Development · Newark, NJ · 2025
To provide seed capital to launch the newark saves education savings program, which will establish 529 college and post-secondary savings accounts for up to 3,000 eligible kindergarten students in the fall of 2025 with …
$150,000
Trend Community Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support trend community development corporation's buy back the block lab newark, a six-month initiative designed to catalyze inclusive commercial real estate ownership in newark.
$150,000
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support new jersey citizen action education fund in expanding financial coaching services to low-to-moderate income greater newark residents to improve their financial health and maintain housing security.
$150,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support team rubicon's ready reserve program which allows the organization to immediately respond to disasters across the united states and internationally.
$150,000
Expanding Esops · New York, NY · 2025
To support the launch of expanding esops, a new organization focused on improving policy and regulatory frameworks to dramatically scale the number of employee-owned companies in the united states.
$150,000
United Way of Essex and West Hudson · Newark, NJ · 2025
To support newarks response to food insecurity and other primary needs by providing rapid, flexible funding that strengthens local safety nets and ensures residents have consistent access to essential services especiall…
$150,000
Nonprofit Finance Fund · New York, NY · 2025
To support the launch of the nonprofit finance fund's beacon initiative to increase the supply of affordable housing and other community assets and build the capacity of nonprofit and mission-aligned developers in great…
$135,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2025
To support the center for social development at washington universitys examination of early wealth-building initiatives to identify the most impactful and inclusive strategies to promote lifelong wealth building.
$125,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To support the newark summer youth employment in empowering young residents with skills for career success and financial independence.
$125,000
Small Business Majority Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
To strengthen the small business ecosystem in atlanta by advancing policies, providing technical assistance and enhancing coordination within georgias small business ecosystem to secure capital.
$125,000
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2025
To provide a one-year, general operating grant to support new jersey symphony as prudential exits out of the relationship.
$100,000
Meeting Essential Needs With Dignity · Maplewood, NJ · 2025
To support meeting essential needs with dignity (mend) in providing emergency food access for newark residents impacted by the snap benefit disruption through five community hubs, emergency food packs, and grocery gift …
$100,000
Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2025
To support community foodbank of new jerseys workforce development programs, including the food service training academy (fsta) and warehouse logistics training academy (wlta), which provide skill development for unders…
$100,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2025
To support the newark public library's efforts in enhancing educational outcomes and improving the quality of life for newark residents.
$100,000
The Knowledge House Fellowship · Bronx, NY · 2025
To support the knowledge house's innovative tech training fellowship and tech empowerment days in newark to enhance digital skills and career pathways for newark residents.
$100,000
Bridges Outreach · Summit, NJ · 2025
To support bridges outreach by engaging prudential employees in various volunteer activities throughout the year and to expand their capacity for volunteer engagement.
$100,000
Rutgers the State University · Piscataway, NJ · 2025
To launch the "employee ownership applied research lab" at the rutgers university institute for the study of employee ownership and profit sharing, which will produce actionable research, resources, and partnerships tha…

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