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The Prudential Foundation

The Prudential Foundation

Prudential Plz.

751 Broad St., 15th Fl.

Newark, NJ 07102-3777

Telephone: (973) 802-4791

Contact: Lata N. Reddy, V.P. and Secy.

E-mail: [email protected]

URL: http://www.prudential.com/view/page/public/12182

 
Giving primarily in areas of company operations, with emphasis on Phoenix, AZ, Los Angeles, CA, Hartford, CT, Jacksonville, FL, Dubuque, IA, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Newark, NJ, New York, NY, Philadelphia and Scranton, PA, Dallas and Houston, TX, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan; giving also to national organizations.

 

No support for discriminatory organizations or veterans', labor, religious, fraternal, or athletic organizations.

 

No grants to individuals, or for advertising, fundraising, or disease-specific general operating support; no capital campaigns, annual fund drives, or endowments.

 

Purpose and Activities

The foundation supports organizations involved with education; economic development; and arts and civic infrastructure.

 

Area(s) of interest:

 

Arts and Civic Infrastructure

The foundation supports programs designed to promote arts as an economic engine and quality of life issue; and capacity-building activities for nonprofit organizations to ensure sustainability and growth.

 

Economic Development

The foundation supports programs designed to train and place individuals in demand occupations; business development opportunities to create and grow businesses; and community development programs, with an emphasis on strengthening community development corporations.

 

Education - Educational Leadership

The foundation supports programs designed to promote reform in public education through a capacity increase of educators, parents, and community residents. The foundation also supports organizations that adapts best practices and researched-based approaches to support instruction and learning in schools.

 

Education - Youth Development

The foundation supports programs designed to foster skills and competencies for young people to be productive citizens. Special emphasis is directed towards programs designed to expand arts education opportunities, and effective out-of-school-rime programs for young people.

 

Employee Matching Gifts

The foundation matches contributions made by full-time employees, retirees, agents, and directors of Prudential and its subsidiaries to nonprofit organizations on a two-for-one basis from $25 to $100 and on a one-for-one basis from $100 to $5,000 per employee, per year.

 

Fund For Families

The foundation supports select social service organizations delivering front-line services, including food pantries, shelters, and those providing emergency assistance. Special emphasis is directed toward national organizations responding to the needs of military families. The program is designed to help families affected by the economic downturn.

Prudential CARES Volunteer Grants

 

The foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations with which employees, retirees, and agents of Prudential volunteer at least 40 hours per year.

 

Fields of Interest

Arts

Arts education

Children/youth, services

Community/economic development

Economic development

Education

Education, reform

Elementary/secondary education

Employment, training

Food services

Homeless, human services

Housing/shelter

Human services

International relief

Leadership development

Military/veterans' organizations

Recreation, parks/playgrounds

Youth development

 

International Interests

Brazil

Japan

Mexico

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

 

Geographic Focus

Arizona

California

Connecticut

Florida

Illinois

Iowa

Minnesota

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

Texas

 

Types of Support

Emergency funds

Employee-related scholarships

Employee matching gifts

General/operating support

Program-related investments/loans

Program development

Seed money

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