Funder directory Virginia PROTEUS FOUNDATION

Private foundation · MIDDLEBURG, VA · EIN 542013543

PROTEUS FOUNDATION

✓ Accepts unsolicited applications

Typical grant

$5,000–$50,000

median $5,000

Giving (latest FY)

$520,000

30 grants · FY2025

Assets

$10,140,713

gives nationally

Science & tech research · 32%Philanthropy · 21%Environment · 21%Education · 15%
How to apply — from their own filing

Application form & materials: WRITTEN REQUEST INCLUDING DETAILS OF PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHED NEED.

Deadlines: NONE

Restrictions: NONE

Contact: CELIA W RUTT · C/O YOUNT HYDE BARBOUR PC PO BOX, WINCHESTER, VA, 22604 · 5406623417

Recent grants (from FY2025 filing)
Grantee Purpose Amount
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MACHINE CONSCIOUSNESS · SAN FRANCISCO, CA SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH $100,000
CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH $50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE · STAUNTON, VA FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS $50,000
FERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER · SEWICKLEY, PA SUPPORT ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS $50,000
SWEETWATER CENTER FOR ARTS · SEWICKLEY, PA SUPPORT ARTS CENTER $37,500
AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER · STAUNTON, PA SUPPORT THEATRE $25,000
GREEN FORESTS WORK · HOPE, IN SUPPORT APPALACHIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS $25,000
THE LINDSAY THEATER · SEWICKLEY, PA SUPPORT THEATER $15,000
TREE PITTSBURGH · PITTSBURGH, PA SUPPORT URBAN FOREST GROWTH $10,000
WVLS ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN RADIO · DUNMORE, WV SUPPORT RADIO STATION $5,500

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file disclosure, fiscal year 2025 (public record under 26 U.S.C. §6104). Filings lag by their nature — verify current priorities and procedures with the foundation before applying. Represent this foundation and see an error? Tell us with the correction and source filing.