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Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation

Accepts applications New Orleans, Louisiana · EIN 721432468

Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation is a private foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. In tax year 2025 it gave $12,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $5,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $10,000 the year before.

50% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$19,5006$164,241
2024$10,0006$170,960
2025$12,0004$205,115

How to apply

ContactAshley Lykes Geary
30 Audubon Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone or email(504) 866-6980

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Louisiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Louisiana2$6,000
North Carolina1$3,000
Tennessee1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Academy of the Sacred Heart
New Orleans, LA
Operating expense$5,000
Christ School
Arden, NC
Operating expense$3,000
Baylor School
Chattanooga, TN
Operating expense$3,000
Bright School for the Deaf
New Orleans, LA
Operating expense$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation give?

$12,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Ashley Lykes Geary (President) and Cyril P Geary (Secr/Treas).

What does Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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