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Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation at a glance

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Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$921k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$11MEducation$3.3MHuman Services$130kReligion$58kHousing & Shelter$25kArts & Culture$21kFood & Nutrition$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $618k
  • $250k+1 grant · $921k
$42,957
Median grant
1
States reached
$72M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ORLEANS SPEECH & HEARING CENTER$920,797
LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER$234,818
TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$137,023
OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION$126,771
THE BRIGHT SCHOOL$69,753
NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF OPTHALMOLOGY$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS$42,957
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY HEALTH CLINIC$29,121
METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM$25,000
HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL$10,000
THE TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$10,000
ST MICHAEL SPECIAL SCHOOL$10,000
WRBH RADIO FOR THE BLIND$1,000
SOUTHERN EYE BANK$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%THE BRIGHT SCHOOL: $73k → 23%THE BRIGHT SCHOOL: $70k → 23%The Bright School: $69k → 23%The Bright School: $31k → 23%Payments to Medical Providers: $424k → 15%Payment for Medical Supplies: $423k → 15%Payment for Medical Supplies: $412k → 15%Payment for Medical Supplies: $398k → 15%Payments to Medical Providers: $377k → 15%Payments to Medical Providers: $372k → 15%Payment for Medical Supplies: $358k → 15%Payments to Medical Providers: $344k → 15%NEW ORLEANS SPEECH & HEARING CENTER: $980k → 23%NEW ORLEANS SPEECH & HEARING CENTER: $921k → 23%New Orleans Speech and Hearing Cent: $830k → 23%New Orleans Medical Mission: $43k → 15%New Orleans Speech and Hearing Cent: $761k → 23%New Orleans Speech and Hearing Cent: $723k → 23%New Orleans Speech and Hearing Cent: $535k → 23%Ochsner Clinic Foundation: $1.3M → 15%OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $666k → 15%Ochsner Clinic Foundation: $326k → 15%Ochsner Clinic Foundation: $323k → 15%Ochsner Clinic Foundation: $303k → 15%DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY HEALTH CLINIC: $363k → 23%OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $127k → 15%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS: $90k → 23%New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmolog: $50k → 23%NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF OPTHALMOLOGY: $50k → 23%NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF OPTHALMOLOGY: $50k → 23%New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmolog: $50k → 23%New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmolog: $50k → 23%Daughters of Charity Health Clinic: $30k → 23%Tulane Educational Fund: $1.0M → 23%TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $893k → 23%Tulane Educational Fund: $546k → 23%Louisiana State University Health C: $361k → 23%LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER: $235k → 23%LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER: $202k → 23%TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $137k → 23%Louisiana State University Health C: $53k → 23%University of Holy Cross: $82k → 23%University of Holy Cross: $79k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS: $77k → 23%University of Holy Cross: $77k → 23%University of Holy Cross: $64k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS: $43k → 23%Good Shepherd School: $37k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 20 repeat orgs$296k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
11

Total granted

$16M
$271k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+15%

Still filing today

45%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +57% · 45% of their budget
  • OC
    OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +43%
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $90k · revenue +4%
  • NO
    New Orleans Medical Mission
    one grant, 2022 · $43k
  • GS
    GOOD SHEPHERD NATIVITY MISSION SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $37k · revenue +36%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Orleans Foundation

The University of New Orleans Foundation's mission is to promote the well-being and advancement of the University of New Orleans and all the colleges, schools, departments, and divisions comprising it, and to develop, expand, and improve…

Education
2
Ochsner Health System

We serve, heal, lead, educate and innovate. ochsner will be a global medical and academic leader who will save and change lives. we will shape the future of healthcare through our integrated health system, fueled by the passion and…

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3
Isidore Newman School

Newman inspires individual growth and academic excellence within an inclusive community committed to strong relationships and high expectations.

Education
4
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

American college of occupational and environmental medicine (acoem) provides leadership to promote optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces and environments by: educating health professionals and the public; stimulating research;…

Arts & Culture
7
New Orleans Public Library Foundation

Support of the city of new orleans library system and city wide literacy efforts through parnter organizations, community organizations and initiatives including fundraising and expending funds to supplement library operations.

Education
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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10
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans

The mission of the foundation is to inspire donors to invest in the lsu health sciences center - new orleans ("hsc-no") and its future, to properly steward those contributions, and to help meet the ever evolving needs of the lsuhsc-no by…

Health
11
Ochsner Lsu Health System of North Louisiana

No board approved mission statement

Health
12
Louisiana State University School of Med in New Orleans Faculty Group Practice

The patient-centered healthcare team of the lsu healthcare network will provide the highest quality, comprehensive medical care with compassion and professionalism, while maintaining our commitment to academic excellence

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology; the most unlike its peers is Eicosanoid Research Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW ORLEANS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER: $4,750,035 · OtherNEW ORLEANS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $1,592,040 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPayments to Medical Providers: $1,516,658 · OtherPayments to Medical ProvidersDAUGHTERS OF CHARITY HEALTH CLINIC: $477,872 · OtherLSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER: $436,808 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS: $421,741 · OtherLouisiana State University Health C: $414,181 · Other+16 more: $711,115 · Other+16 moreOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $3,088,926 · HealthOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDA…+1 more: $25,000 · HealthTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,618,166 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS…+2 more: $127,272 · EducationNEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY: $250,000 · Arts & CultureOZANAM INN: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $18,500 · Food & NutritionSOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Philanthropy
Other$10,320,450Health$3,113,926Education$2,745,438Arts & Culture$250,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Food & Nutrition$18,500Philanthropy$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW ORLEANS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER: $4,750,035 over 6y, 45% of budgetOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $3,088,926 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,618,166 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS: $421,741 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $263,092 over 5y, 12% of budgetNEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY: $250,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $89,872 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $66,062 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD NATIVITY MISSION SCHOOL INC: $37,400 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEICOSANOID RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetOZANAM INN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NEW ORLEANS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ↗
  • Who funds NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD NATIVITY MISSION SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds EICOSANOID RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OZANAM INN ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Greater New Orlea…Baptist Community Min…J Edgar Monroe Founda…Louise H Moffett Fami…Gustaf Westfeldt McIl…Eugenie & Joseph Jone…Goldring Family Found…Shell USA Company Fou…Edward G Schlieder Ed…Salmen Family Foundat…The Vincent Saia Foun…Patrick F Taylor Foun…
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Edward G Schlieder Educational Foundation · Salmen Family Foundation · The Vincent Saia Foundation · Patrick F Taylor Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Eye Ear Nose & Throat Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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    The unnamed billions
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    The regranting layer
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    The endowment market
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    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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    where grant money is based, and what stays home