Louisiana · Private foundation
Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 71
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $828
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 53
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $230k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 48 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $152k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $70k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $154k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $104k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $79k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $83k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 53 | $96k | 70% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith House Inc | $81,140 | 6 | 1% |
| The Food Bank of Central Louisiana | $70,512 | 5 | 0% |
| Avoyelles Council on Aging Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Hope House Inc | $70,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Cenla Pregnancy Center Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Stepscenla Inc | $20,266 | 3 | 17% |
| Evergreen Safe House | $8,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Re-Entry Solutions | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The City of Ville Platte | $1,513 | 3 | n/a |
| Open Hands Sharing Gods Love Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith House Inc | $81,140 | 6 | 1% |
| The Food Bank of Central Louisiana | $70,512 | 5 | 0% |
| Avoyelles Council on Aging Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Hope House Inc | $70,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Cenla Pregnancy Center Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Stepscenla Inc | $20,266 | 3 | 17% |
| Evergreen Safe House | $8,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Re-Entry Solutions | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The City of Ville Platte | $1,513 | 3 | n/a |
| Open Hands Sharing Gods Love Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
| East Side Water System Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Emc Water System Inc | $46 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 253 recipients with no EIN on record ($621k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc 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: Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc
- How much does Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc give?
- Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc reported 71 grants totaling $129,636 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Housing & Shelter (22%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
- Who are Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Faith House Inc ($81k), The Food Bank of Central Louisiana ($71k), Avoyelles Council on Aging Inc ($70k).
- Does Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc based?
- Corporate Works of Mercy Foundation Inc is based in LA.
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