Louisiana · Private foundation
Drago's 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.
- $500
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 90%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $35k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 90% of the organizations Drago's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $48k | 90% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $108k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $21k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Hospitality Foundation | $5,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mt Carmel Academy | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Al Copeland Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Police Association of Lafayette | $1,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Drago's Foundation
- How much does Drago's Foundation give?
- Drago's Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Drago's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (47%), Education (27%), Crime & Legal (9%).
- Who are Drago's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Louisiana Hospitality Foundation ($5k), Ochsner Clinic Foundation ($5k), Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc ($4k).
- Does Drago's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Drago's 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 Drago's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Drago's Foundation based?
- Drago's Foundation is based in LA.
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