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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1586470

The Prufrock Foundation

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $109,881 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $109,881

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,979,629
  • Tax year 2024

    $110,164

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,946,253
  • Tax year 2023

    $110,258

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,920,098
  • Tax year 2022

    $129,758

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $1,955,038
  • Tax year 2021

    $109,758

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $1,884,912
  • Tax year 2020

    $102,845

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,800,015
  • Tax year 2019

    $102,346

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,819,867
  • Tax year 2018

    $101,376

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $1,863,948

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Saint Louis Art Museum FoundationSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $29,000
  2. Great Rivers Greenway FoundationSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $20,000
  3. United Way FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating funds

    $20,000
  4. John Burroughs SchoolSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $10,000
  5. United Nations Foundation Inc - Human Rights CouncilWashington, DC

    General operating funds

    $10,000
  6. Micds (mary Institute of St Louis County Day School)St Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $5,000
  7. Forest Park ForeverSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $2,500
  8. Saint Louis Service BureauSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $2,500
  9. Contemporary Art Museum Saint LouisSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $2,000
  10. Saint Louis Zoo FoundationSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $1,500
  11. Saint Louis Public Library FoundationSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $1,200
  12. Carnahan Policy CenterWilmington, NC

    General operating funds

    $1,000
  13. Dimensions Dance CompanySaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $1,000
  14. St Louis Children's Hospital FoundationSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $1,000
  15. Catholic Charities of STLSt Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $1,000
  16. Missouri Botanical GardensSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $600
  17. St Louis Area Food BankBridgeton, MO

    General operating funds

    $581
  18. Friends of Kwmu IncSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $500
  19. St Louis Education FundSaint Louis, MO

    General operating funds

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development1 grant $20,00053% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $10,00027% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $2,5007% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $1,5004% of the total
  5. Arts and culture2 grants $1,5004% of the total
  6. Health1 grant $1,0003% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $1,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri16 grants $78,881
  2. New York1 grant $20,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Lisa R CarnahanPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas S CarnahanTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Charles A LowenhauptSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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