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The Booth-Bricker Fund

New Orleans, LA · EIN 72-0818077. Reported 283 grants totalling $11.7M to 144 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,880median grant
$11.7Mgranted, 2021-2024
144organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$74.9Massets, 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. The Booth-Bricker Fund 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 $2,880. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $1,300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
69 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
92 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
15 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
21 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
27 grants
$100,000 and Up
40 grants

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
New Schools for New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$4,120,000442024
Teach for America - Greater NoNew Orleans, LA$530,000332023
The Center for Learner EquityNew York, NY$500,000222024
Center for Resilience IncNew Orleans, LA$495,000442024
Bricolage AcademyNew Orleans, LA$480,000332024
Louisiana Association of Public Charter SchoolsMetairie, LA$400,000442024
Youthforce NolaNew Orleans, LA$350,000222024
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$343,000842024
Lyceum Schools IncNew Orleans, LA$317,100332023
Special Education Leader FellowshipNew Orleans, LA$300,000332023
Xavier University of LaNew Orleans, LA$250,000222022
City Year IncNew Orleans, LA$200,000442024
Education Reform Now-LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$200,000442024
KIPP New Orleans SchoolsNew Orleans, LA$200,000112021
New Orleans Career CenterNew Orleans, LA$200,000222024
The New Teacher ProjectBoston, MA$200,000222022
Firstline SchoolsNew Orleans, LA$160,000222022
Science Teachers Equipment Lending LibraryMetairie, LA$156,000332024
Educators for Quality AlternativesNew Orleans, LA$145,000222023
Crescent City SchoolsNew Orleans, LA$108,000112024
Children's Bureau of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$100,000112023
Relay Graduate School of EducationNew York, NY$100,000112021
Renew Therapeutic ProgramNew Orleans, LA$100,000112024
Rooted SchoolNew Orleans, LA$100,000222022
Elan AcademyNew Orleans, LA$90,000112022
Associated Professional Educators of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA$80,000112021
College Track New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$75,000332024
KidsmartNew Orleans, LA$75,000332024
Living School IncNew Orleans, LA$75,000112023
National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools IncHanover, NH$75,000112021
Metairie Park Country DayMetairie, LA$64,600442024
New Orleans Museum of ArtNew Orleans, LA$58,000442024
Trinity Episcopal SchoolNew Orleans, LA$56,800742024
Woodberry Forrest SchoolWoodberry Forest, VA$55,000332023
Foundation for Science and Mathematical EducationNew Orleans, LA$50,000112021
Foundation of Science and MathNew Orleans, LA$50,000112023
Leading Educators IncNew Orleans, LA$50,000112021
Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$50,000112021
Pro Bono Public FoundationNew Orleans, LA$48,000442024
Louisiana Museum FoundationNew Orleans, LA$43,750112021
French & Montessori Education IncNew Orleans, LA$40,000112024
Marillac Community Health CentersNew Orleans, LA$40,000112021
University of New Orleans WwnoNew Orleans, LA$30,500442024
Educare New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$30,000112021
The Third Way Foundation IncWashington DC, DC$30,000112024
Stand for Children Leadership CenterNew Orleans, LA$25,000112021
Young Aspirationsyoung ArtistsNew Orleans, LA$25,000112023
Portsmouth Abbey SchoolPortsmouth, RI$22,900442024
Deocrative Arts TrustMedia, PA$22,500222022
Louisiana Architecture FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$22,500222024
The Decorative Arts TrustMedia, PA$20,250112024
The LensNew Orleans, LA$20,000222022
Voices of International Business & EducationNew Orleans, LA$20,000112021
Warren Easton High SchoolNew Orleans, LA$20,000112024
International High School New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$17,000112023
Live Oak Wilderness CampNew Orleans, LA$17,000442024
Mount Carmel AcademyNew Orleans, LA$17,000442024
Operation SmileVirginia Beach, VA$14,960442024
St Jude's Children's HospitalMemphis, TN$14,530442024
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA$10,500442024
Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH$10,000112023
Vieux Carre Property OwnersNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA$8,000112023
Stanford University Hoover InstitutionStanford, CA$8,000222022
The Bright SchoolNew Orleans, LA$8,000332023
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA$8,000442024
Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MI$7,000222022
Louisiana SPCANew Orleans, LA$7,000222022
Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation - WyesNew Orleans, LA$6,910222022
Louisiana Philharmonic OrchestraNew Orleans, LA$6,500222024
Amelia Plantation ChapelAmelia Island, FL$5,725442024
St Vincent Depaul SocietyNorth Falmouth, MA$5,050222023
City Park ConservancyNew Orleans, LA$5,000112024
Philanthropy RoundtableWashington, DC$5,000332023
Ranfurly Home for ChildrenParkland, FL$5,000112022
Town of Little Compton 40 CommonsLittle Compton, RI$5,000112021
Zeus's RescuesNew Orleans, LA$5,000222022
Friends of City ParkNew Orleans, LA$4,500222022
Louise S Mcgehee SchoolNew Orleans, LA$4,500332024
Isidore Newman SchoolNew Orleans, LA$4,400222022
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of NoNew Orleans, LA$4,000442024
Community Sailing New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$4,000332024
Woodson CenterWashington, DC$4,000112021
Bureau of Governmental ResearchNew Orleans, LA$3,750332024
Trinity Episcopal ChurchNew Orleans, LA$3,700112024
Pan-Mass Challenge IncNeedham, MA$3,150332024
United Way of Southeast LousianaNew Orleans, LA$2,775222024
US Constitution Scholarship FdnFernandina Beach, FL$2,500112024
Wyes-Greater New Orleans Educational Television FoundationNew Orleans, LA$2,500112023
Preservation Resource Center of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$2,400442024
United Way of Souteast LousianaNew Orleans, LA$2,375222022
Early PartnersNew Orleans, LA$2,000112023
New Orleans Opera AssociationNew Orleans, LA$2,000222022
St Catherine of Siena SchoolMetairie, LA$2,000112022
Washington & Lee UniversityLexington, VA$2,000222022
YMCA of Greater NoMetairie, LA$2,000222022
Hermann-Grima Historic HouseNew Orleans, LA$1,150222022
Servants of MaryNew Orleans, LA$1,100222024
Academy of the Sacred HeartNew Orleans, LA$1,000112022
American Legislative Exchange CouncilArlington, VA$1,000112022
LSU Health Sciences Center Department of PsychiatryNew Orleans, LA$1,000222022
New Orleans Hispanic Heritage FoundationNew Orleans, LA$1,000112022
Raintree Services IncNew Orleans, LA$1,000222022
The Friends of New Orleans LibraryNew Orleans, LA$1,000112024
Unite the World With AfricaWellesley, MA$1,000112022
US Constitution Scholarship FoundationFernandina Beach, FL$1,000112021
All Saints Episcopal ChurchCarmel, CA$900112021
Navy Seal FoundationVirginia Beach, VA$750222024
New Orleans Speech and HearingNew Orleans, LA$700112024
Brett Thomas Doussan FoundationNew Orleans, LA$600222024
Hitchcock FoundationLebanon, NH$500112021
Monterey Bay AquariumMonterey, LA$500112022
Multiple Myeloma ResearchBoston, MA$500112022
New Orleans Speech & Hearing CenterNew Orleans, LA$500112021
Tarahumara Children's HospitalNew Orleans, LA$500112021
Little Farms UccRiver Ridge, LA$420112021
St Dominic ChurchNew Orleans, LA$380442024
Harry Tompson CenterNew Orleans, LA$350332023
New Orleans Police and Justice FoundationNew Orleans, LA$350112022
University of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$300332023
Eden HouseNew Orleans, LA$250112022
St Anthony of Padua ChurchNew Orleans, LA$250112024
Holy Cross SchoolNew Orleans, LA$200112022
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY$200112022
Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX$200112024
Virginia Episcopal SchoolLynchburg, VA$200112024
Cross Catholic OutreachBoca Raton, FL$150222022
Kids Join the FightNashville, TN$150112024
Komenka Ethinic Dance EnsembleNew Orleans, LA$125222024
Children's Hospital New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$100112022
Greater New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LA$100112022
No One Fights Alone NolaMarrero, LA$100112024
The Nest a Woman's CenterJacksonville, FL$100112024
UnboundKansas City, KS$100222024
The MothNew York, NY$75112024
Back Bay MissionBiloxi, MS$50112024
Children's Health FundNew York, NY$50112022
Covenant HouseNew Orleans, LA$50112021
Mt Gilead Food PantryMt Gilead, NC$50112021
Second Harvest Food Bank NoNew Orleans, LA$50112021
Southern Dominican Province USAMetairie, LA$50112021
St Elizabeth University ParishLubbock, TX$50112023
United Church of ChristCleveland, OH$50112022
University Foundation Radio IncCharlotte, NC$50112022

72 of 144 (50%) 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 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 136 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
78 grants
Arts & Culture
17 grants
Human Services
14 grants
Community Improvement
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Mental Health
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202179$2,432,830$3,400
202282$3,213,730$2,000
202360$3,002,585$9,000
202462$3,054,730$2,250

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. The Booth-Bricker Fund has 6 of them, worth $3,285,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
New Schools for New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$1,250,000
New Schools for New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$1,200,000
New Schools for New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$650,000
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$85,000
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$75,000
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$25,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% 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
$10.6M
New York
$600K
Massachusetts
$220K
New Hampshire
$86K
Virginia
$82K
Pennsylvania
$43K
District of Columbia
$39K
Rhode Island
$28K

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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.

The Greater New Orleans Foundation53 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc46 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund43 shared recipientsBaptist Community Ministries31 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust31 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program26 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,880. 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 The Booth-Bricker Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 509 Octavia Street Suite a, New Orleans, LA, 70115. 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 72-0818077 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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