Louisiana · Private foundation
Charles Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $107k
- Granted FY2019
- 13
- Grants FY2019
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
80% of Charles Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Acadiana, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Charles Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $107k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $21,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 6
- Total assets, FY2019
- $25k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 33% of the organizations Charles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 12 | $85k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $61k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Woodberry Forest School | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Delta Waterfowl Foundation | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hero Hunts Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 18% |
| 232-Help Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 1% |
| University of the South | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ensworth School | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rossview Elementary PTO | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Charles Foundation
- How much does Charles Foundation give?
- Charles Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $106,500 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Charles Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (59%), Philanthropy (34%), Health (2%).
- Who are Charles Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Blood Cancer United Inc ($80k), Woodberry Forest School ($40k), The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc ($20k).
- Does Charles Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Charles Foundation based?
- Charles Foundation is based in LA.
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