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Private foundation (trust)EIN 542013543Est. 2003-07

PROTEUS FOUNDATION

WINCHESTER, VA 22604

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Total Assets

$10.1M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$416K

FY 2023

Grants Made

27

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$15K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$5K–$88K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

To support local charities in highland county, virginia, staunton, virginia, and pittsburgh, pennsylvania. To promote conservation programs and activities. Computer programming in support of academic research in the area of complex adaptive systems. Once complete, proteus plans to publish scientific papers on these findings.

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$1.2M

Total Expenses

$525K

Qualifying Distributions

$416K

Distributable Amount

$464K

Min. Investment Return

$479K

Undistributed Income

$21K

Payout rate 90%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.90%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

27 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $5K to maximum $88K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2023. Peak $479K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

118 grants

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE
$668K
5 grants
SANTA FE INSTITUTE
$175K
5 grants
CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE
$150K
5 grants
SWEETWATER CENTER FOR ARTS
$143K
3 grants
GREEN FORESTS WORK
$100K
3 grants
CIVILIZATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE CP
$100K
2 grants
MEDIATORS FOUNDATION
$75K
2 grants
MIT BRAIN AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
$75K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

118 grants

<$10K
77
grants
$10–50K
36
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M—
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

10 states

Virginia
$1.2M
52% of total
Pennsylvania
$367K
16% of total
New Mexico
$210K
9% of total
Massachusetts
$175K
8% of total
California
$125K
6% of total
Colorado
$75K
3% of total
Indiana
$75K
3% of total
Kentucky
$25K
1% of total
West Virginia
$16K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$10K
0% of total

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