Collins C Diboll Private Foundation
New Orleans, LA · EIN 72-6126376. Reported 83 grants totalling $3,259,120 to 34 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Collins C Diboll Private Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $490,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $1,350,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans, LA | $480,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Studio in the Woods | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $190,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wyes | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bayou District Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Educare | New Orleans, LA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Public Affairs Research Council | Baton Rouge, LA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Posse Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| STEM Library Lab | Metairie, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola University | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raphael Village | New Orleans, LA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tulane University School of Public Health | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Joseph Abbey | Saint Benedict, LA | $27,620 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deep South Today | Reidgeland, MS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jefferson Performing Arts Society | Metairie, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bureau of Governmental Research | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hermann-Grima House | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eden House | New Orleans, LA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cafe Reconcile | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diboll Booster Club | Diboll, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lowerlineorg | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Crime Commission Inc | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reconcile New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edenhouse | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lowernineorg | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make Music Nola | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tulane University Administrators of Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Administrators of Tulane Education Fund | New Orleans, LA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 34 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Tulane University
DISCRETIONARY - ANNUAL FUND - A Studio in the Woods
MULTIPURPOSE: STUDIO BUILDING - New Orleans Museum of Art
Collins C. DibollPlaza - SculptureGarden Expansion - Wyes
INNOVATION CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL MEDIA - Greater New Orleans Foundation
Greater Together forRacial Equity - Educare
CLOSING THE QUALITY GAP IN EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $793,490 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $829,775 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $777,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $858,355 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Collins C Diboll Private Foundation has 17 of them, worth $2,240,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $1,000,000 |
| A Studio in the Woods | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 |
| Wyes | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | New Orleans, LA | $80,000 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $75,000 |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 |
| Loyola University | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 |
| Bayou District Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 |
| Educare | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 |
| Hermann-Grima House | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 |
| Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Collins C Diboll Private Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 201 St Charles Ave 50TH Floor, New Orleans, LA, 70170. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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