Foundations that fund nonprofits in New Orleans, LA
1,326 private foundations reported 5,055 grants to organizations in New Orleans, Louisiana, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $253.8M in all. 125 of them are based in New Orleans.
Foundations1,326
Based in New Orleans125
Grants on record5,055
Their typical grant$5,000
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Foundations based in New Orleans
10 of the 125 local foundations that reported grants to New Orleans organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.
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Gave $10.6M in 2024
Baptist Community Ministries
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2024- Agenda for Children - Early childhood education$873,294
- New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary - Core funding$500,000
- Baptist Community Health Services - Core funding$250,000
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Gave $2.4M in 2024
The Helis Foundation
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Ogden Museum of Southern Art - Support of General Operating Expenses, Support of the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibitions and Other…$554,486
- New Orleans Museum of Art - General, Operating Expenses, Free Admission for Art & A/C, Free Admission for LA Residents$254,000
- United Way of Southeast Louisiana - Blueprint for Prosperity$125,000
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Gave $1M in 2025
The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2025- Jesuit High School - Chapel Renovation$90,500
- University of Holy Cross - Operations$70,000
- St Pius X Church St Vincent de Paul - Operations$30,000
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Gave $3.7M in 2024
Patrick F Taylor Foundation
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2024- Holy Name of Jesus School - Other charitable purpose$300,000
- Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Other charitable purpose$300,000
- Manning Family Children's - Other charitable purpose$156,000
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Gave $793K in 2024
German Protestant Orphan Asylum Association
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2024- Covenant House New Orleans - Children and youth services$28,000
- Ellis Marsalis Center for Music - Neighborhood centers$25,000
- STEM Library Lab - Human services$25,000
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Gave $1M in 2025
Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2025- Louise McGehee School - To fulfill exempt purpose$100,000
- Audubon Nature Institute - To fulfill exempt purpose$62,500
- St George's Episcopal School - To fulfill exempt purpose$56,250
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Freeman-Woollam Foundation
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2025- Greater New Orleans Foundation - Support the organization's general purpose$22,000
- Silence Is Violence - Support medical programs$20,000
- Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans - Support cultural programs$10,000
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Cahn Family Foundation
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2024- Preservation Hall Foundation - For general purposes of grantee$50,000
- St George's Episcopal School - For general purposes of grantee$30,000
- City Park Conservancy - For general purposes of grantee$25,000
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The Azby Fund
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2025- The Friends of West End - Civic - darlington fountain$99,000
- Tulane University - Educational$85,000
- Mount Carmel Academy - Education$55,000
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Gave $3.5M in 2025
The Booth-Bricker Fund
New Orleans, LA · latest return: tax year 2025- New Schools for New Orleans - Support operations in new orleans and support accelerator grants$750,000
- Crescent City Schools - Support constellations program for K-4 intellectually impaired children$200,000
- Bricolage Academy - Support the multi-tier student support program and brave course$190,000
Other foundations giving most in New Orleans
Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to New Orleans organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Take Paws Rescue - General support$6,530
- Animal Rescue New Orleans - General support$4,427
- Team Gleason Foundation - General support$4,351
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Shell USA Company Foundation
Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- United Way of Southeast Louisiana$88,000
- United Way of Southeast Louisiana$46,463
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans an$42,459
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Gave $11.1M in 2025
Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation
Metairie, LA · latest return: tax year 2025- Ochsner Clinic Foundation - To support the mission of the organization$2,500,000
- Catholic Community Foundation - To support the mission of the organization$1,268,900
- Greater New Orleans Foundation - To support the mission of the organization$525,000
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Gave $303.9M in 2024
W K Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Foundation for Louisiana - Promise of an Equitable Future$579,000
- Covenant House New Orleans - Jobs and Family Economic Security$450,000
- Foundation for Louisiana - Promise of an Equitable Future$400,000
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Gave $170M in 2024
The Kresge Foundation
Troy, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Womens Foundation of the South - Project support grant for ongiong support for collective health, wealth and power across 13 states.$475,000
- Water Wise Gulf South - Project support to aid movement for community ownership of green infrastructure in new orleans communities$315,000
- The Greater New Orleans Foundation - Project support grant is to strengthen the nonprofit sector in greater new orleans to be more impactful,…$300,000
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Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans Inc - In support of neighborhood revitalization$500,000
- New Orleans Startup Fund Inc - In support of underserved small business expansion$175,000
- Broad Community Connections Inc - In support of neighborhood revitalization$150,000
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Power Coalition for Equity and Justice - General support and core support for institutional strengthening$500,000
- Resilience Force - General support and core support for institutional strengthening$500,000
- Resilience Force - Recoverable core support grant for its resilience works initiative to train and employ resilience workers$500,000
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund - Just Societies$500,000
- Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies - Families and Communities$450,000
- Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc - Families and Communities$450,000
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The Pfizer Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Jesuit High School of New Orleans - Matching gifts$5,000
- Xavier University of Louisiana - Matching gifts$1,750
- The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund - Matching gifts$1,400
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Gave $287.7M in 2024
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Beloved Community - To support the equity at work hospitality project, an employer engagement effort to recruit and retain young…$750,000
- The Greater New Orleans Foundation - To provide capacity building and nonprofit leadership development for opportunity youth-serving organizations…$555,000
- Childrens Bureau of New Orleans - To implement a new peer-to-peer healthcare career pathway for opportunity youth in new orleans that will…$510,000
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Continuing to build rwjf's partners for advancing health equity program as a trusted leader in resources…$2,102,023
- Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies - Building community power to hold public health systems accountable for addressing structural racism and…$1,536,728
- Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Inc - Supporting the gulf water justice and climate policy project to expand gulf communities' capacity for…$900,000
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Edward Jones Foundation
St. Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana - Support n.e.c.$10,000
- Culture Aid Nola - Arts, culture and humanities$500
- Leading Educators Inc - Educational institutions and related activities$500
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Gave $555M in 2024
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- US Biennial Inc - To support a selection of monumental works at prospect.6$1,750,000
- Friends of Joe W Brown Memorial Park & Louisiana Nature Center - To continue support for a large-scale sculpture in new orleans east$1,200,000
- Antenna - To support increased organizational and programmatic capacity$750,000
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Gave $22.8M in 2024
Ray and Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust
Paducah, KY · latest return: tax year 2024- Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater No - Capital & programming support$1,500,000
- The Harry Tompson Center - Capital support$200,000
- The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc - Operating support$75,000
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Walton Family Foundation Inc
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- 40 Schools - To train emerging education leaders through an entrepreneurial-focused fellowship program.$1,000,000
- The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana - To support CRCL's participation in the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.$732,000
- Pelican Institute for Public Policy - To support general operations.$375,000
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Annie E Casey Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · latest return: tax year 2024- Families and Friends of Louisianas Incarcerated Children - Support for implementation of Louisiana's Juvenile Justice Reform Act$100,000
- New Orleans Youth Alliance - Support NOYA's youth and young adult local and state policy advocacy development work$65,000
- Agenda for Children Inc - Support various KIDS COUNT activities$60,000
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Gave $22.6M in 2024
Texas Instruments Foundation
Dallas, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- Jesuit High School of New Orleans - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$1,500
- Answer Als - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$1,100
- The National Wwii Museum Inc - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$640
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Gave $25.8M in 2024
Public Welfare Foundation Inc
Washington, DC · latest return: tax year 2024- Foundation for Louisiana - Support for louisiana justice fund$500,000
- Operation Restoration - Support for continuing to meet the needs of our community$300,000
- Voice of the Experienced - General support$300,000
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Gave $6.3B in 2024
Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- Catalyst Education Inc - K-12 education$1,000,000
- Catalyst Education Inc - Postsecondary education$701,068
- Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund the - Family planning$600,000
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Gave $17.7M in 2024
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated
Winstonsalem, NC · latest return: tax year 2024- Power Coalition for Equity and Justice - General operating/regranting$1,080,000
- Step Up Louisiana - General operating/ organizational development$330,000
- Women's Foundation of the South - General operating$205,000
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New Orleans organizations several of these foundations fund
Organizations in New Orleans that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| The National World War II Museum | 11 | $564,256 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | 10 | $2,185,200 |
| Covenant House | 9 | $983,386 |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | 9 | $405,200 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | 8 | $3,396,530 |
| City Park Conservancy | 8 | $80,741 |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | 7 | $2,599,046 |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | 7 | $1,017,030 |
| Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana | 7 | $810,109 |
| New Orleans Career Center | 7 | $722,529 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations with a New Orleans, LA address. Local foundations often give mostly close to home and are usually the most realistic first prospects for a small nonprofit; large national foundations listed here may fund only a few institutions in the city. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Open a profile for all of a funder's grants and any application instructions.
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