Foundations

Private foundations in Louisiana

Foundations that fund causes in Louisiana

• Education
  $139 million from 1,006 foundations
• Faith communities
  $52.8 million from 621 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $39.9 million from 508 foundations
• Health
  $35.8 million from 345 foundations
• Youth programs
  $34.4 million from 375 foundations
• Community development
  $20.6 million from 163 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $19.0 million from 197 foundations
• Science and research
  $16.9 million from 157 foundations
• Human services
  $15.6 million from 262 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $5.9 million from 172 foundations
• Veterans
  $3.9 million from 50 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $3.4 million from 104 foundations
• International
  $2.9 million from 71 foundations
• Animals
  $2.8 million from 130 foundations
• Disability
  $1.2 million from 78 foundations
• Seniors
  $843,980 from 41 foundations

These count grants to recipients in Louisiana, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in Louisiana

• New Orleans
  190 foundations · $81.2 million
• Metairie
  56 foundations · $44.6 million
• Baton Rouge
  54 foundations · $23.0 million
• Shreveport
  62 foundations · $21.0 million
• Lafayette
  30 foundations · $12.8 million
• Monroe
  16 foundations · $2.9 million
• Thibodaux
  6 foundations · $2.5 million
• Ruston
  10 foundations · $2.2 million
• Alexandria
  6 foundations · $1.9 million
• Covington
  15 foundations · $1.7 million
• Lake Charles
  18 foundations · $1.5 million
• Minden
  5 foundations · $1.2 million
• Slidell
  7 foundations · $805,100
• Mandeville
  10 foundations · $631,905
• Bossier City
  8 foundations · $537,511
• Houma
  6 foundations · $303,664

Louisiana foundations that accept applications

• Entergy Charitable Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $12.1 million a year · typical grant $12.1 million
• Baptist Community Ministries · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $11.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $9.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• Goldring Family Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $7.0 million a year · typical grant $7,000 · Education
• Stuller Family Foundation · Lafayette
  Accepts applications $6.0 million a year · typical grant $2.4 million
• The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $5.8 million a year · typical grant $40,050 · Housing and homelessness
• Patrick F Taylor Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $8,000 · Education
• Edward G Schlieder Educational Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $333,333 · Education
• The Booth-Bricker Fund · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $4,054 · Faith communities
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $33,333 · Education
• Rosamary Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $2.9 million a year · typical grant $1.4 million
• The Helis Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $16,750 · Arts and culture
• H & B Young Foundation · Morgan City
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $12,200 · Education
• The Keith and Ginger Myers Family F Foundation · Sunset
  Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $2.2 million
• Grayson Foundation Inc · Shreveport
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $26,000 · Education
• Donald Palmer Charitable Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Science and research
• Pennington Family Foundation · Denham Springs
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $15,750 · Arts and culture
• Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture
• Lincoln Health Foundation · Ruston
  Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $36,606 · Health
• Woldenberg Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation · Shreveport
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Youth programs
• Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $36,039 · Health
• The Mary & Al Danos Family Foundation · Gray
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $65,000 · Education
• The Charles Lamar Family Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $20,780 · Youth programs
• Lorio Foundation · Thibodaux
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $1.4 million
• The Usdin-Weil Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $100 · Education
• J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $12,500 · Education
• Frazier Foundation Inc · Minden
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million
• The Lupin Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million
• The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $4,000 · Education
• Coughlin-Saunders Foundation Inc · Alexandria
  Accepts applications $999,050 a year · typical grant $499,525
• Lucia de Conz Foundation · Madisonville
  Accepts applications $979,941 a year · typical grant $979,941 · Community development
• Keller Family Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $969,500 a year · typical grant $969,500
• The Peltier Foundation · Thibodaux
  Accepts applications $870,458 a year · typical grant $870,458
• Collins C Diboll Private Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $858,355 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• John W and Bertie Murphy Deming Foundation · Alexandria
  Accepts applications $852,356 a year · typical grant $852,356
• The Gpoa Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $793,450 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Youth programs
• Noel Foundation Inc · Shreveport
  Accepts applications $724,915 a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• Wheless Foundation · Shreveport
  Accepts applications $688,500 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Rockhold Family Foundation Inc · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $574,800 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Youth programs
• Board of Trustees of the Libby Dufour · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $518,000 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Huie-Dellmon Trust · Forest Hill
  Accepts applications $512,020 a year · typical grant $512,020
• The Merice Boo Johnston Grigsby Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $480,781 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Wallace Landry Family Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $460,350 a year · typical grant $3,300 · Education
• B A and E W Steinhagen Benevolent Trust · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $435,940 a year · typical grant $13,250 · Human services
• Raymond A Eckstein Jr & Roslyn S Eckstein Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $368,000 a year · typical grant $31,500
• Thistlewood Foundation · Lafayette
  Accepts applications $357,000 a year · typical grant $32,000 · Arts and culture

Largest foundations in Louisiana

• Entergy Charitable Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $12.1 million a year · typical grant $12.1 million
• Baptist Community Ministries · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $11.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $9.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• The Alta and John Franks Foundation · Shreveport
  Preselected only $8.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture
• Goldring Family Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $7.0 million a year · typical grant $7,000 · Education
• Zemurray Foundation · New Orleans
  Preselected only $7.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Stuller Family Foundation · Lafayette
  Accepts applications $6.0 million a year · typical grant $2.4 million
• The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $5.8 million a year · typical grant $40,050 · Housing and homelessness
• Marshall Legacy Foundation · Metairie
  Preselected only $5.6 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• The Joe W and Dorothy D Brown Foundation · Metairie
  Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $5.5 million
• Arlene & Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation Inc · Violet
  Preselected only $4.7 million a year · typical grant $9,000 · Arts and culture
• The Marshall Heritage Foundation · Metairie
  Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Education
• Patrick F Taylor Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $8,000 · Education
• Edward G Schlieder Educational Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $333,333 · Education
• The Booth-Bricker Fund · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $4,054 · Faith communities
• Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust · Metairie
  Preselected only $3.1 million a year · typical grant $33,000 · Faith communities
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $33,333 · Education
• The Edward L Rispone Family Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Preselected only $2.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities
• Rosamary Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $2.9 million a year · typical grant $1.4 million
• The Helis Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $16,750 · Arts and culture
• H & B Young Foundation · Morgan City
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $12,200 · Education
• The Keith and Ginger Myers Family F Foundation · Sunset
  Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $2.2 million
• Grayson Foundation Inc · Shreveport
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $26,000 · Education
• Donald Palmer Charitable Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Science and research
• The Ben E Factor Foundation · St Martinville
  Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $12,000 · Faith communities
• Pennington Family Foundation · Denham Springs
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $15,750 · Arts and culture
• Richard C Adkerson Family Foundation · Laplace
  Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture
• Lincoln Health Foundation · Ruston
  Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $36,606 · Health
• Woldenberg Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation · Shreveport
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Youth programs
• Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $36,039 · Health
• The Mary & Al Danos Family Foundation · Gray
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $65,000 · Education
• The Charles Lamar Family Foundation · Baton Rouge
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $20,780 · Youth programs
• Lorio Foundation · Thibodaux
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $1.4 million
• The Stephen and Sandy Rosenthal Family Foundation · New Orleans
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $130,000 · Education
• Ella West Freeman Foundation · New Orleans
  Preselected only $1.3 million a year · typical grant $635,013
• Como Charitable Foundation Inc · Winnsboro
  Preselected only $1.2 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Youth programs
• The Usdin-Weil Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $100 · Education
• Pugh Family Foundation · Lafayette
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $3,000
• The Azby Fund · New Orleans
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Community development
• Carl E Panebiango Family Foundation · Gretna
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• James D Moncus Family Foundation · Lafayette
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Health
• Jean and Saul A Mintz Foundation Inc · Monroe
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million
• J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $12,500 · Education
• Frazier Foundation Inc · Minden
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million
• The Lupin Foundation · Metairie
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million
• The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · New Orleans
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education

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