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The Greater New Orleans Foundation

New Orleans, LA · EIN 72-0408921. Reported 2,446 grants totalling $131.5M to 997 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

997organizations funded
$21,207median reported grant
$131.5Mgranted, 2021-2024
73%of grantees funded again the next year
3%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For The Greater New Orleans Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T310).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 997 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 73% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $21,207. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,013 and the largest $1,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
547 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
780 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
477 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
327 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
211 grants
$250,000 Or More
104 grants

Every organization it funded

All 997 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundNew Orleans, LA$4,025,842842024
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$2,516,171442024
United Way of Southeast LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$2,168,165442024
Metairie Park Country Day SchoolMetairie, LA$2,151,976442024
New Orleans Opera AssociationNew Orleans, LA$1,692,300442024
Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and AcadianaNew Orleans, LA$1,666,693442024
Trinity Episcopal ChurchNew Orleans, LA$1,605,944642024
University of New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LA$1,533,600542024
Our Lady of Wisdom Church & Catholic Student CenterLafayette, LA$1,500,000112024
Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response CenterBaton Rouge, LA$1,491,327442024
Loyola UniversityNew Orleans, LA$1,400,875442024
Louise S Mcgehee SchoolNew Orleans, LA$1,390,548442024
Isidore Newman SchoolNew Orleans, LA$1,376,043442024
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art IncNew Orleans, LA$1,365,516442024
Childrens Hospital IncNew Orleans, LA$1,323,295442024
University of Louisiana at Lafayette FoundationLafayette, LA$1,306,986222024
Alliance for Choice in EducationGreenwood Vlg, CO$1,223,333332023
Youth Force NolaNew Orleans, LA$1,167,727442024
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNew Orleans, LA$1,159,501442024
Louisiana Philharmonic OrchestraNew Orleans, LA$1,132,645442024
New Orleans Museum of ArtNew Orleans, LA$1,124,256442024
Youth Empowerment ProjectNew Orleans, LA$1,068,232442024
New Orleans Sponsoring Committee -Together New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$1,050,268222022
Jewish Endowment FoundationMetairie, LA$1,007,016442024
City Park ConservancyNew Orleans, LA$963,705222024
New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute IncNew Orleans, LA$936,504442024
Echo CommunityFolsom, LA$926,027222024
Bayou Community FoundationHouma, LA$900,152332024
Son of a SaintNew Orleans, LA$899,409442024
Jewish Federation of Greater New OrleansMetairie, LA$859,646442024
Ochsner Clinic FoundationNew Orleans, LA$859,429442024
Kids Join the FightNashville, TN$845,672112024
Focusing Philanthropy IncSanta Monica, CA$840,713222024
Orleans Parish District AttorneyNew Orleans, LA$827,612442024
Academy of the Sacred Heart New Orleans Foundation IncNew Orleans, LA$774,414442024
Covenant House New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$760,251442024
Team Gleason FoundationNew Orleans, LA$650,756442024
Bridge House CorporationNew Orleans, LA$647,524442024
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts LtdNew Orleans, LA$619,116442024
Clover Nola IncNew Orleans, LA$608,868442024
Dignity Period IncSaint Louis, MO$600,000442024
Feiro Marine Life CenterPort Angeles, WA$600,000112022
Rally Foundation IncSandy Springs, GA$593,757222023
Scholarship America IncSt Peter, MN$581,320442024
St Michael Special SchoolNew Orleans, LA$580,727442024
Ozanam InnNew Orleans, LA$578,266442024
Holy Name of Jesus ParishNew Orleans, LA$571,165542024
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation IncMetairie, LA$565,401442024
Young Mens Christian Association of New Orleans MetropolitanMetairie, LA$552,098442024
Catholic Community Foundation Archdiocese of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$544,935332024
Water Wise Gulf SouthNew Orleans, LA$539,872332024
Uncommon Construction IncNew Orleans, LA$524,081442024
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA IncNew York, NY$516,854442024
Audubon Nature Institute IncNew Orleans, LA$515,028442024
Women Donors NetworkSan Francisco, CA$500,000332024
Contemporary Arts CenterNew Orleans, LA$491,119442024
Community Sailing New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$468,951442024
Spay-Mart IncHarahan, LA$462,550442024
Greater New Orleans Educational Television FoundationNew Orleans, LA$455,820442024
New Orleans Junior Golf FoundationNew Orleans, LA$449,025442024
The Spirit of St Bernard FoundationArabi, LA$448,926442024
Operation RestorationNew Orleans, LA$446,740442024
Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux CarreNew Orleans, LA$441,000442024
Center for the Innovative Training of Youth IncNew Orleans, LA$410,225442024
TraininggroundsincNew Orleans, LA$410,013442024
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity IncNew Orleans, LA$401,673442024
Worldwide Fistula Fund IncSaint Louis, MO$400,000442024
Washington & Lee UniversityLexington, VA$394,000442024
Lukes House - a Clinic for Healing and HopeNew Orleans, LA$390,309442024
The Idea VillageNew Orleans, LA$378,700442024
Friends of Lafitte Corridor IncNew Orleans, LA$376,617442024
New Orleans Women & Childrens Shelter IncNew Orleans, LA$371,945442024
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts FoundationNew Orleans, LA$370,604442024
Magnolia Community Services IncJefferson, LA$363,422442024
Unity of Greater New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$361,249442024
Metropolitan Crime Commission of New Orleans IncMetairie, LA$353,556442024
Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence in Public EducationHouma, LA$352,546442024
Marketumbrella OrgNew Orleans, LA$351,832442024
St Annas Episcopal ChurchNew Orleans, LA$351,278542024
Belltower New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$350,000222022
Reconcile New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$348,577442024
National World War II Museum IncNew Orleans, LA$346,085442024
Innocence Project New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$344,509442024
Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School IncNew Orleans, LA$343,052442024
Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$341,990642024
Operation Smile IncVirginia Bch, VA$341,651442024
Remote Area MedicalRockford, TN$341,651442024
Bastion Community of ResilienceNew Orleans, LA$341,389442024
College BeyondNew Orleans, LA$338,428332024
Teach for America IncNew York, NY$337,652442024
Greater New Orleans Development FoundationNew Orleans, LA$337,238332024
St Georges Episcopal SchoolNew Orleans, LA$334,525442024
Sankofa Community Development CorporationNew Orleans, LA$330,060442024
Bureau of Governmental Research IncNew Orleans, LA$328,314442024
Christ Episcopal SchoolCovington, LA$324,839222022
Thrive New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$324,783442024
Friends of Ben Franklin Charter High SchoolNew Orleans, LA$323,670442024
Friends of City ParkNew Orleans, LA$316,256222022
Hope Ignites New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$315,775442024
No AIDS Task ForceNew Orleans, LA$315,572442024
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast IncHouston, TX$315,075442024
Live Oak Wilderness CampNew Orleans, LA$314,452442024
St Charles Ave Presbyterian ChurchNew Orleans, LA$313,708442024
St Bernard Project IncNew Orleans, LA$313,356442024
Sugar Roots Farm IncNew Orleans, LA$313,299442024
L S U FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$310,050222024
Rebuilding Together New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$304,002442024
Golden Crown Literary SocietyNorthfield, MN$300,000332024
New Orleans Startup Fund IncNew Orleans, LA$300,000332023
Louisiana Center for Childrens RightsNew Orleans, LA$298,997442024
Delgado Community College FoundationNew Orleans, LA$292,467442024
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$292,023442024
Metro Centers for Community AdvocacyNew Orleans, LA$284,523442024
Arts Council of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$276,834442024
Social Entrepreneurs of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$271,762442024
United States Catholic ConferenceWashington, DC$271,613442024
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services CorporationHammond, LA$262,091442024
Saint James School IncHagerstown, MD$261,000222022
Hotel HopeNew Orleans, LA$258,421442024
Ducks Unlimited IncMemphis, TN$255,400442024
Pro Bono Publico FoundationNew Orleans, LA$254,788442024
Pontchartrain ConservancyMetairie, LA$253,697442024
First 72New Orleans, LA$253,174442024
Roots of Music IncNew Orleans, LA$253,130442024
Grow Dat Youth FarmNew Orleans, LA$252,936442024
Corporate Internship Leadership InstituteNew Orleans, LA$251,501442024
NAMI Southeast LouisianaMandeville, LA$250,850442024
Healing Hands of JoyCharlotte, NC$250,000442024
Urban League of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$249,826442024
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association RsdsaMilford, CT$245,000442024
Committee for a Better New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$242,416442024
New Orleans School of Glass Works IncNew Orleans, LA$240,000442024
Kid SmartNew Orleans, LA$234,145442024
Northshore Food BankCovington, LA$233,292442024
St Thomas Community Health Center IncNew Orleans, LA$233,043442024
Song Community Development CorporationNew Orleans, LA$231,179332024
Eden CentersNew Orleans, LA$225,766442024
First Grace Community AllianceNew Orleans, LA$225,566442024
Tigers Unlimited FoundationAuburn, AL$225,000222024
New Orleans Mission IncNew Orleans, LA$223,551442024
Preservation Alliance of New Orleans IncorporatedNew Orleans, LA$218,042442024
Early PartnersNew Orleans, LA$217,991222023
LSU Health Foundation New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$216,838442024
United Way of St CharlesLuling, LA$216,000442024
18TH WardNew Orleans, LA$215,973442024
Trinity Christian Community CenterNew Orleans, LA$215,179442024
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA$215,000112022
St Martins Episcopal SchoolMetairie, LA$214,184442024
Northshore Humane SocietyCovington, LA$212,232442024
River Road Historical SocietyDestrehan, LA$211,914332023
Giving Hope IncNew Orleans, LA$211,328442024
United Houma Nation IncHouma, LA$207,209332024
Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchNorco, LA$207,000442024
Christ School IncArden, NC$201,000332024
Catholic Leadership InstituteMalvern, PA$200,000222024
Safe Toddles IncFishkill, NY$200,000112024
Seasons the Center of CaringMetairie, LA$200,000442024
US Biennial IncNew Orleans, LA$199,438442024
The Coalition to Restore Coastal LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA$197,167442024
Groundwork New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$196,733332023
Health & Education Alliance of LouisianaMetairie, LA$195,200332024
Zeus Rescues IncNew Orleans, LA$191,548442024
Touro Infirmary FoundationNew Orleans, LA$188,879442024
New Orleans Career CenterNew Orleans, LA$188,494332024
Clear Water Wildlife SanctuaryCovington, LA$187,682442024
Lighthouse for the Blind in New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$185,073442024
Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center IncNew Orleans, LA$184,705442024
Bright School Pre-School for the Hearing ImpairedMetairie, LA$184,581442024
Be Loud StudiosNew Orleans, LA$184,537442024
Coastal Communities Consulting IncGretna, LA$183,755442024
Mt Carmel AcademyNew Orleans, LA$183,381442024
NAMI New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$182,125332023
Young Aspirations-Young Artists IncNew Orleans, LA$179,582442024
Foundation for LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$179,100222022
Museum of the Southern Jewish ExperienceNew Orleans, LA$178,884442024
National Performance Network IncNew Orleans, LA$178,629442024
Matthew 25 35 MinistriesDestrehan, LA$174,704442024
Animal Rescue New Orleans IncElmwood, LA$171,619442024
New Orleans Speech & Hearing CenterNew Orleans, LA$171,352442024
New Orleans Ballet AssociationNew Orleans, LA$170,848442024
Healthy GulfNew Orleans, LA$170,759442024
Louisiana Green CorpsNew Orleans, LA$170,247442024
Union for Reform JudaismNew York, NY$170,127542024
Youth Run Nola IncNew Orleans, LA$169,961442024
University of Holy CrossNew Orleans, LA$166,438542024
Louisiana Childrens MuseumNew Orleans, LA$166,146442024
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$165,865442024
Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans Nonprofit CorporationNew Orleans, LA$164,141332023
Center for Resilience IncCovington, LA$163,235222023
Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana IncNew Orleans, LA$162,500442024
New Orleans Youth AllianceNew Orleans, LA$161,963332024
Edward Douglas White Catholic High School Foundation IncThibodaux, LA$161,932222024
New Orleans African American Museum of Art Culture and HistoryNew Orleans, LA$160,846442024
Bayou District FoundationNew Orleans, LA$159,329442024
GobeNew Orleans, LA$157,425332023
House of TulipNew Orleans, LA$156,129332023
Dancing GroundsNew Orleans, LA$154,214442024
Wigged Out IncPhoenix, AZ$154,000442024
CatnipFolsom, LA$153,432442024
Ursuline AcademyNew Orleans, LA$152,343442024
Friends of the New Orleans Fire DepartmentNew Orleans, LA$151,826442024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$150,000222024
Lowlander CenterMany, LA$150,000112023
On RampsMandeville, LA$150,000222023
Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana IncMetairie, LA$149,630442024
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$149,248442024
The Posse Foundation IncNew York, NY$148,832442024
KIPP New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$147,712442024
The Salvation ArmyBrookhaven, GA$147,442442024
Sauls Light FoundationNew Orleans, LA$146,797442024
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music IncNew Orleans, LA$146,198442024
Peoples Housing IncNew Orleans, LA$145,825442024
Daughters Beyond IncarcerationNew Orleans, LA$145,065332023
Bless Your Heart Nonprofit CorporationLarose, LA$145,000332024
Louisiana Museum FoundationNew Orleans, LA$144,800332023
World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC$143,900332024
New Orleans Recreation Development FoundationNew Orleans, LA$142,472442024
Norco Civic AssociationNorco, LA$142,220442024
Efforts of Grace IncNew Orleans, LA$140,044442024
Nola Wesley United MethodistNew Orleans, LA$138,221332024
Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy IncNew Orleans, LA$137,797332024
St Augustine High SchoolNew Orleans, LA$137,476442024
826 New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$137,378442024
St Andrews Episcopal SchoolNew Orleans, LA$136,888442024
College TrackOakland, CA$134,880442024
Greater Treme Consortium IncNew Orleans, LA$134,000332024
New Schools for New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$134,000442024
Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY$133,500332024
Harry Tompson Center IncNew Orleans, LA$132,864442024
Rayne Memorial United Methodist ChurchNew Orleans, LA$131,494442024
Mid-City Ministries IncNew Orleans, LA$129,676442024
Split Second Foundation IncNew Orleans, LA$129,629442024
Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle Orleans the Bilingual School ofNew Orleans, LA$128,156442024
Toups Family Meal IncNew Orleans, LA$127,875112024
Bunny Friend Neighborhoodassociation IncNew Orleans, LA$127,000332024
Urban ConservancyNew Orleans, LA$126,626442024
De La Salle of New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$126,598442024
Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped IncNew Orleans, LA$124,835442024
Brother Martin High SchoolNew Orleans, LA$124,014442024
Childrens Bureau of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$123,948442024
Our Voice Nuestra VozNew Orleans, LA$123,442332023
Longue Vue House and Gardens CorporationNew Orleans, LA$123,294442024
The 1881 Research InstituteNew Orleans, LA$122,231332023
Carrollton Booster ClubNew Orleans, LA$122,193442024
Saint Mary's AcademyNew Orleans, LA$121,538332024
Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education IncNew Orleans, LA$121,494332024
Metro Bicycle Coalition of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$120,922442024
Start the Adventure in Reading IncNew Orleans, LA$120,706442024
Friends of the San JuansFriday Harbor, WA$120,000222024
Libertys KitchenNew Orleans, LA$119,795442024

629 of 997 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

It also reported 4 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 765 of 997 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Education
158 orgs
Arts & Culture
116 orgs
Human Services
88 orgs
Community Improvement
44 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
43 orgs
Environment
36 orgs
Animal Welfare
30 orgs
Health Care
28 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
2021641$31.3M$20,000
2022597$33.2M$22,500
2023585$32.4M$20,716
2024623$34.6M$20,898

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

85% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Louisiana
$112.4M
New York
$2.3M
California
$2.2M
Tennessee
$1.5M
Colorado
$1.3M
District of Columbia
$1.2M
Virginia
$1.1M
Missouri
$1.1M

Down to the city

New Orleans, LA
$87.7M
Metairie, LA
$7.7M
Lafayette, LA
$2.9M
Baton Rouge, LA
$2.7M
New York, NY
$1.9M
Houma, LA
$1.8M

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 Fund190 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc166 shared recipientsBaptist Community Ministries111 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc106 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust96 shared recipientsUnited Way of Southeast Louisiana91 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $21,207 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Greater New Orleans Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 621 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 919 St Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70130.

EIN 72-0408921 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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