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Thomas B Favrot JR Family Fund

Covington, LA · EIN 72-1318567. Reported 163 grants totalling $190,034 to 93 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$190,034granted, 2021-2024
93recipients, as named on its returns
59%of grantees funded again the next year
$702,464assets, 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. Thomas B Favrot JR Family 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $206 and $1,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $16,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
120 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
32 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
St Charles Ave Presbyterian ChurchNew Orleans, LA$34,231442024
American Red CrossNew Orleans, LA$25,500442024
Greater New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LA$17,300332024
Trinity School of MidlandMidland, TX$12,758442024
Gladney CenterFt Worth, TX$12,700222023
Children's Hospital of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$7,955442024
Edna Gladney CenterFt Worth, TX$5,000112024
St Michael Episcopal SchoolDallas, TX$4,275442024
Friends of the CabildoNew Orleans, LA$3,550332024
Junior League of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$2,560442024
United Way of New Orleans LaNew Orleans, LA$2,500112021
Friends of City ParkNew Orleans, LA$2,371332024
Second Harvest Food BankNew Orleans, LA$2,250332024
La Children's MuseumNew Orleans, LA$2,118442024
Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolMandeville, LA$2,057442024
BastianNew Orleans, LA$2,000112023
Bastian Community of ResilienceNew Orleans, LA$2,000112024
Habitat for HumanityNew Orleans, LA$2,000222024
La SPCANew Orleans, LA$2,000222024
Louise S Mcgehee SchoolNew Orleans, LA$2,000112021
La Methodist Children's HomeLoranger, LA$1,982222024
National World War II MuseumNew Orleans, LA$1,800442024
New Orleans Police and Justice FoundationNew Orleans, LA$1,500332024
Wyes TvNew Orleans, LA$1,500112021
Audubon Nature InstituteNew Orleans, LA$1,477332024
American Cancer SocietyNew Orleans, LA$1,250332024
Hermann-Grima HouseNew Orleans, LA$1,153222024
Kids Join the FightNashville, TN$1,100112024
Vietnam Veterans of AmericaSilver Spring, MD$1,100112024
Cafe ReconcileNew Orleans, LA$1,000222024
GoodwillNew Orleans, LA$1,000112024
Make a Wish LaMetairie, LA$1,000222024
Metro Crime CommissionNew Orleans, LA$1,000222024
Preservation Resource CenterNew Orleans, LA$1,000222024
Pro Bono Publico FoundationNew Orleans, LA$1,000112024
Safe Place Permian BasinMidland, TX$1,000112023
StairNew Orleans, LA$1,000222024
Team GleasonNew Orleans, LA$1,000222024
The Bright SchoolMetairie, LA$1,000222024
WyesNew Orleans, LA$1,000222024
Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity PreschoolMidland, TX$818112023
Jewish Family ServicesMetairie, LA$800222024
Ozanam InnNew Orleans, LA$700222024
1820 House MuseumNew Orleans, LA$675112022
St Martins SchoolMetairie, LA$650222024
Tchefuncte Middle SchoolMandeville, LA$650222023
Covenant HouseNew Orleans, LA$600222024
Crescent City StageNew Orleans, LA$600222024
La Cancer Research CenterNew Orleans, LA$600322024
Volunteers of AmericaNew Orleans, LA$600222024
St JudeMemphis, TN$575222024
Seek First MidlandMidland, TX$505112023
A Safe Place Permian BasinMidland, TX$500112024
Alzheimers AssociationChicago, IL$500112023
Austerlitz Baptist ChurchNew Orleans, LA$500112022
Cafe HopeMarrero, LA$500222024
End It for GoodRidgeland, MS$500112023
LmchNew Orleans, LA$500112024
Midland Young LifeMidland, TX$500112023
Renew SchoolsNew Orleans, LA$500222024
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of South LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$500112024
TulaneNew Orleans, LA$500112024
Northshore Families Helping FamiliesCovington, LA$400222024
Quail CoalitionDallas, TX$400222022
Sibley Nature CenterMidland, TX$400222022
Zeus RescueNew Orleans, LA$400222024
First Prebyterian Church MidlandMidland, TX$318112023
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VA$300112024
Childs Wish of LouisianaMetairie, LA$300112024
Friends of the New Orleans Fire DepartmentNew Orleans, LA$300112024
Methodist Children's HomeLoranger, LA$300112022
Academy of the Sacred Heart SchoolNew Orleans, LA$250112021
Children Advocacy CenterHuntsville, AL$250112024
Childs WishMetairie, LA$250112023
Humane SocietyNew Orleans, LA$250112023
Boy Scouts of AmericaMetairie, LA$206112024
Hail Mary RescueThibodaux, LA$200112024
Historic HousesNew Orleans, LA$200112024
MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX$200112024
Tensas AcademySt Joseph, LA$200112021
Museum of the SouthwestMidland, TX$125112022
Easterseals LaNew Orleans, LA$100112023
First Baptist Church of MidlandMidland, TX$100112022
Holy Trinity Catholic ChurchCovington, LA$100112021
Munholland Methodist ChurchMetairie, LA$100112024
Ruple Baptist ChurchHomer, LA$100112021
Special OlympicsWashington, DC$100112024
United WayAlexandria, VA$100112024
Zoo to DoNew Orleans, LA$100112023
Permian Basin Petroleum MuseumMidland, TX$75112022
Christ Episcopal ChurchCovington, LA$50112024
Christ United Methodist ChurchChapel Hill, NC$50112023
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$50112021

44 of 93 (47%) 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 59%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 71 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.

Education
9 grants
Human Services
8 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Animal Welfare
8 grants
Community Improvement
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
5 grants
Health Care
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202124$28,474$275
202222$40,395$275
202354$56,476$500
202463$64,689$500

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

77% 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.

Louisiana
$146K
Texas
$40K
Tennessee
$2K
Maryland
$1K
Illinois
$500
Mississippi
$500
Virginia
$400
Alabama
$250

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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.

The Greater New Orleans Foundation26 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund24 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust15 shared recipientsBaptist Community Ministries15 shared recipientsEugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Thomas B Favrot JR Family Fund'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: 800 S America St, Covington, LA, 70433. 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 72-1318567 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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