United Way of Southeast Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · EIN 72-0471369. Reported 529 grants totalling $22.5M to 264 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
264organizations funded
$30,000median reported grant
$22.5Mgranted, 2021-2024
67%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:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way of Southeast Louisiana, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 264 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.
- How much its list changes. 67% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,032 and $50,621; the smallest was $5,059 and the largest $303,517. 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.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $3,757 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
All 264 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Bureau of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $717,489 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Empowerment Project | New Orleans, LA | $593,666 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | New Orleans, LA | $587,417 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban League of Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $471,063 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $458,135 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Silence Is Violence | New Orleans, LA | $404,718 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $329,158 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Family Justice Alliance Inc | New Orleans, LA | $327,430 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Plaquemines Community Care Centers Foundation Inc | Belle Chasse, LA | $325,516 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $321,861 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heroes of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $310,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hands on New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $307,411 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans Inc | Metairie, LA | $305,215 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nonprofit Knowledge Works Inc | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Violence Program of St Bernard | Chalmette, LA | $295,652 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of New Orleans Metropolitan | Metairie, LA | $293,954 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Volunteers of America Inc | New Orleans, LA | $291,773 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | Hammond, LA | $277,622 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | $273,417 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $252,394 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ubuntu Village Nola | New Orleans, LA | $252,278 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Health & Education Alliance of Louisiana | Metairie, LA | $250,290 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clover Nola Inc | New Orleans, LA | $250,191 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Entergy Charitable Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross - Se La | New Orleans, LA | $247,683 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Center of St Bernard | Chalmette, LA | $245,906 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Center for Childrens Rights | New Orleans, LA | $236,684 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Force Nola | New Orleans, LA | $233,879 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies | New Orleans, LA | $225,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Youth Alliance | New Orleans, LA | $224,621 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | New Orleans, LA | $221,125 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Public Health Institute | New Orleans, LA | $215,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola University | New Orleans, LA | $209,851 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Tammany | Covington, LA | $207,345 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First 72 | New Orleans, LA | $206,479 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Traininggroundsinc | New Orleans, LA | $200,826 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $198,590 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc | New Orleans, LA | $196,949 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $186,916 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way for South Louisiana | Houma, LA | $179,198 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc | Lake Charles, LA | $178,783 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reconcile New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $177,447 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jefferson Community Foundation | Metairie, LA | $167,615 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Operation Restoration | New Orleans, LA | $167,290 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northlake Homeless Coalition | Slidell, LA | $162,580 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Career Center | New Orleans, LA | $161,320 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lukes House - a Clinic for Healing and Hope | New Orleans, LA | $155,323 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grow Dat Youth Farm | New Orleans, LA | $150,780 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 504HEALTHNET | Metairie, LA | $145,577 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Free Alas | New Orleans, LA | $145,026 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $143,958 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| College Beyond | New Orleans, LA | $143,528 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $140,026 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dancing Grounds | New Orleans, LA | $140,026 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pontchartrain Conservancy | Metairie, LA | $139,280 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $138,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thrive New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $136,274 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Via Link Inc | Covington, LA | $135,516 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Operation Spark | New Orleans, LA | $134,111 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Luke the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church | Slidell, LA | $133,519 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Women & Childrens Shelter Inc | New Orleans, LA | $127,649 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Daily Bread of Tangipahoa | Hammond, LA | $127,425 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giving Hope Inc | New Orleans, LA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Education Foundation I | New Orleans, LA | $122,720 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capital Area United Way | Baton Rouge, LA | $121,305 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dollywood Foundation | Sevierville, TN | $121,171 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | New Orleans, LA | $120,221 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities Inc | New York, NY | $120,010 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | New Orleans, LA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| East St Tammany Rainbow Childcare Center | Slidell, LA | $117,060 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Puentes New Orleans Incorporated | New Orleans, LA | $109,399 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Bogalusa Louisiana | Bogalusa, LA | $109,224 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Louisiana Inc | Covington, LA | $108,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way Miami Inc | Miami, FL | $107,471 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tangipahoa Voluntary Council on Aging Inc | Amite, LA | $107,257 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Son of a Saint | New Orleans, LA | $106,826 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Strive International Inc | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Louisiana First Foundation Inc | Amite, LA | $102,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Metro Centers for Community Advocacy | New Orleans, LA | $102,392 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Arc of Greater New Orleans | Metairie, LA | $95,381 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nextop Inc | Houston, TX | $92,958 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $92,958 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| MY529 | Salt Lake City, UT | $87,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped | Baton Rouge, LA | $87,106 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northshore Disaster Recovery | Slidell, LA | $86,832 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| NAMI Southeast Louisiana | Mandeville, LA | $86,228 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northshore Food Bank | Covington, LA | $84,803 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Father Flanagans Boys Home | New Orleans, LA | $84,714 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $81,491 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor Inc | Robert, LA | $75,405 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center | Terrytown, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $73,364 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Council on Aging | New Orleans, LA | $72,163 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brilliant Mindz Inc | Bogalusa, LA | $71,479 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Split Second Foundation Inc | New Orleans, LA | $71,479 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $71,040 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raphael Village | New Orleans, LA | $69,718 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $69,718 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of St Charles | Luling, LA | $66,717 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 18TH Ward | New Orleans, LA | $66,479 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Covenant House New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $59,869 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $51,270 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saint Joseph Parenting Center | Stamford, CT | $51,133 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Northeast Mississippi Inc | Tupelo, MS | $50,623 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of West Central Ms | Vicksburg, MS | $50,621 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mqvn Community Development Corporation | New Orleans, LA | $50,293 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc | Americus, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Voz De La Comunidad Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | New Orleans, LA | $48,239 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Hispanic Chamer of Commerce Inc | Metairie, LA | $48,239 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Advocacy Services New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $47,264 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Speech & Hearing Center | New Orleans, LA | $47,180 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans East Hospital Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $47,129 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crimestoppers Inc | Metairie, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eden Centers | New Orleans, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Genyouth Inc | Rosemont, IL | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Ignites New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leona Tate Foundation for Change Inc | New Orleans, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Childrens Museum | New Orleans, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation Inc | Metairie, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Schools for New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Wine Development Corporation Inc | La Place, LA | $46,479 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Lee County Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $46,444 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Advocacy Services Inc | Hammond, LA | $43,265 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Efforts of Grace Inc | New Orleans, LA | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Libertys Kitchen | New Orleans, LA | $41,955 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer New Orleans Affiliate | Metairie, LA | $39,714 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Hope Community Development Organization | New Orleans, LA | $39,253 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of the Gulf South Inc | New Orleans, LA | $37,391 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Starc of Louisiana Inc | Slidell, LA | $36,640 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Louisiana Association of United Ways Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $36,609 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rock of Ages Baptist Church | New Orleans, LA | $36,533 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John United Way | Reserve, LA | $36,222 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope Community Health Center | New Orleans, LA | $35,739 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Fellowship Full Gospel Baptist Church | New Orleans, LA | $35,159 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc | Metairie, LA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Hospitality Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $34,848 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Little Rock Baptist Church | Zachary, LA | $32,439 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Zion Baptist Church | New Orleans, LA | $32,078 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No AIDS Task Force | New Orleans, LA | $31,504 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eternal Seeds Inc | New Orleans, LA | $31,239 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Reach Alliance | Mandeville, LA | $30,689 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity St Tammany West | Mandeville, LA | $29,896 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | Metairie, LA | $28,739 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc | Danbury, CT | $28,715 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trinity Christian Community | New Orleans, LA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Center | New Orleans, LA | $26,145 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast La Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,755 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brothers Empowered to Teach Initiative | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camelback Ventures Inc | New Orleans, ID | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crimestoppers of Tangipahoa Inc | Hammond, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries Inc | Haughton, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glam U Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jericho Road Episcopal Housinginitiative LLC | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Green Corps | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Pride Center | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prominent Youth Foundation | Braithwaite, LA | $24,224 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Lazarus | New Orleans, LA | $23,876 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redefine Mentorship | New Orleans, LA | $23,484 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Lakeview Inc | New Orleans, LA | $23,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blessed to Be a Blessing International Ministries Inc | Destrehan, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elaine P Nunez Community College Foundation | Chalmette, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Play Trumpets Too | New Orleans, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Outreach Development | Tickfaw, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Her Institute | Luling, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana 4-H Foundation | Edgard, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation Inc | New Orleans, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| S M C L Foundation & Associates Inc | New Orleans, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Bernard Autism Awareness Krewe Inc | Braithwaite, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Start the Adventure in Reading Inc | New Orleans, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Descendants Project | Vacherie, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training | New Orleans, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Winston Rhea Scholars | New Orleans, LA | $23,239 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Give a Wish Inc | Kinder, LA | $22,215 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Educare New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $21,935 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $21,932 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor | Mandeville, LA | $20,874 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arise Academy | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dinerral Shavers Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Generation Success | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reaching for the Stars Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeah Yoga | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Mid & South Jefferson County | Port Arthur, TX | $19,159 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Lafitte Corridor Inc | New Orleans, LA | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc | Memphis, TN | $18,515 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hammond Youth Education Alliance Inc | Hammond, LA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jesus Project Ministries | New Orleans, LA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gretna United Methodist Church | Gretna, LA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kedila Family Learning Center | New Orleans, LA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Directed Initiatives for Youth Inc | Slidell, LA | $16,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Living School Inc | Richmond, VA | $16,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milne Inspiration Center | New Orleans, LA | $16,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upturn Arts | New Orleans, LA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loop Nola | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Institute for Children in Families Inc | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whole Village Art Therapy Inc | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Knox County Inc | Galesburg, IL | $13,998 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| About Family and Community Engagement | New Orleans, LA | $13,243 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc | Bowling Green, KY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Howard Lee Consulting LLC | New Orleans, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peace of Serenity Massage Wellness | New Orleans, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive Nola Spa | New Orleans, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Aspirations-Young Artists Inc | New Orleans, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeast Spouse Abuse Program | Hammond, LA | $11,137 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Grand Isle Inc | Grand Isle, LA | $10,223 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Algiers Economic Development Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bard College | Annandale, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Educators for Quality Alternatives | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exceptional Athletes of St Bernard | Meraux, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Rescue US | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater New Orleans Development Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Level Up Campaign | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muhsen | Oakbrook, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nola Business Alliance | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| On Ramps | Mandeville, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So Craftee LLC | Slidell, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spirit of Charity Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Bernard Economic Development Foundation | Chalmette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Beautiful Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Miller Group Consulting | Kenner, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uncommon Construction Inc | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westbank Business & Industry Association | Gretna, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lafourche Parish School Board | Thibodaux, LA | $9,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Grace Community Alliance | New Orleans, LA | $9,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Metairie, LA | $9,267 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crescent City Baptist School | Metairie, LA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Links Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $8,870 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terrebonne Parish School Board | Houma, LA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Danny's Creole Kitchen LLC | New Orleans, LA | $8,279 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Science and Math Education Inc | New Orleans, LA | $8,219 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Initiative | New Orleans, LA | $8,219 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Touches By Tircuit | New Orleans, LA | $8,001 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Afri Modiste | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Braids By Denise LLC | Slidell, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christiel Holistic Healing Center | Gretna, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cultivating Youth | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Domango Training Inc | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Electric Girls | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faubourg St Roch | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the New Orleans Public Library | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| His Grace Enterprises LLC | Ponchatula, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Day Properties LLC | Slidell, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paparazzi Cam Photo Booth & Photograpy | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perfectly Vinyl Prints By D&b LLC | Angie, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
121 of 264 (46%) 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 63 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.
- Children's Bureau of New Orleans
GRANT FUNDING AND DESIGNATED GIFTS - Second Harvest Food Bank
GRANT FUNDING & DESIGNATED GIFTS - Howard Lee Consulting LLC
THRIVING AFRICAN AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS GRANT & SMALL BIZ DEVELOPMENT GRANT - Peace of Serenity Massage Wellness
THRIVING AFRICAN AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS GRANT - Danny's Creole Kitchen LLC
THRIVING AFRICAN AMERICAN SMALL BUISNESS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 184 of 264 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 138 | $4,606,738 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 117 | $4,014,867 | $25,684 |
| 2023 | 114 | $5,515,360 | $39,699 |
| 2024 | 160 | $8,369,646 | $37,367 |
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
92% 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.
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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.
The Greater New Orleans Foundation147 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund83 shared recipientsBaptist Community Ministries78 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc64 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc60 shared recipientsNew Orleans Community Support Foundation54 shared recipients
How to approach this grantmaker
- 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.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- 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 United Way of Southeast Louisiana'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 155 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 5 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: 2401 Canal St, New Orleans, LA, 70119.
EIN 72-0471369 · 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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