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Crawford Foundation

Baton Rouge, LA · EIN 72-6027718. Reported 63 grants totalling $34,860 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50median grant
$34,860granted, 2021-2023
47organizations funded
38%of grantees funded again the next year
$252,792assets, latest filing

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. Crawford 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $50. Half of everything it gave fell between $50 and $100; the smallest was $25 and the largest $5,080. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
54 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Family of FaithBaton Rouge, LA$13,055332023
Trinity Baptist ChurchTurkey Creek, LA$10,575332023
First Baptist ChurchBaton Rouge, LA$7,200332023
The Heritage FoundationWashington, DC$325222022
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$300222022
Lakeshore Lions ClubBaton Rouge, LA$280332023
My Faith VotesParker, CO$200332023
Haggai InternationalAtlanta, GA$150222023
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenTampa, FL$150222023
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$150112023
American Diabetes AssociationMerrifield, VA$100222023
American Foundation for SuicideNew York, NY$100112022
American Heart AssociationChicago, IL$100222023
American Red CrossBaton Rouge, LA$100112021
Baking Memories 4 KidsValley Cottage, NY$100112021
Care Gift CenterMerrifield, VA$100112022
Citizens United FoundaitonWashington, DC$100112022
Cystic Fibrosis FoundationWashington, DC$100112022
Fostering Hope LouisianaPrarieville, LA$100112021
John Haggai InstituteAtlanta, GA$100112021
Miracle at Manchester FdnDel Mar, CA$100112023
Parkview Baptist ChurchBaton Rouge, LA$100112023
University United MethodistBaton Rouge, LA$100112023
Alzheimers AssociationAlexandria, LA$50112021
American Cornerstone InstWashington, DC$50112023
Arthritis FoundationWashington, DC$50112021
Billy Graham Evangelistic AssociationCharlotte, NC$50112023
Capital Area Animal WelfareBaton Rouge, LA$50112022
Capital Research CenterWashington, DC$50112022
Greater Baton Rouge Food BankBaton Rouge, LA$50112022
Habitat for HumanityAmericas, GA$50112022
Hospice Ministries IncRidgeland, MS$50112022
Judicial WatchWashington, DC$50112021
Macular Degeneration ResearchClarksburg, MD$50112023
MaddTopeka, KS$50112021
MD Anderson CenterHouston, TX$50112021
National Diabetes FundMerrifield, VA$50112023
National Police AssociationBaton Rouge, LA$50112023
Peace for the PersecutedMilford, NH$50112023
Rediscovering God in AmericaAltamonte Springs, FL$50112022
St Jude Research HospitalMemphis, TN$50112022
Susan G Komen for the CureWashington, DC$50112023
Turning Point USAPhoenix, AZ$50112021
US Deputy Sheriff AssociationWichita, KS$50112023
World Assembly a FamilyOakland, CA$50112022
Wounded Warrior's ProjectTopeka, KS$50112021
International Fellowship of Christians and JewsWashington, DC$25112022

11 of 47 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 38%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 16 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Animal Welfare
1 grant
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$12,160$100
202224$11,480$75
202321$11,220$50

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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in Louisiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Louisiana
$32K
District of Columbia
$800
New York
$350
North Carolina
$350
Georgia
$300
Virginia
$250
Colorado
$200
Florida
$200

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc7 shared recipientsRaymond James Charitable Endowment Fund7 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program6 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $50. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Louisiana.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Crawford Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3639 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806. 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.

EIN 72-6027718 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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