Louisiana · Private foundation
Fidelis 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Fidelis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k 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 | 18 | $275k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $262k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $212k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $216k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $239k | 93% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $18k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health System Inc | $195,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Faith Bible Church | $92,318 | 5 | n/a |
| Upward Community Services | $77,500 | 3 | 13% |
| Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Family Academy | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Webb School of Knoxville | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society of Colonial Wars in Louisiana | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Smoky Mountain Council 557 Boy Scouts of America Trust | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Bible Church of Lafourche Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health System Inc | $195,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Faith Bible Church | $92,318 | 5 | n/a |
| Upward Community Services | $77,500 | 3 | 13% |
| Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Family Academy | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Webb School of Knoxville | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society of Colonial Wars in Louisiana | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Smoky Mountain Council 557 Boy Scouts of America Trust | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Bible Church of Lafourche Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Life Gathering | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knox Area Rescue Ministries Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Nakanawa | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Highlands Emergency Council Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Louisiana Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northlake Crisis Pregnancy Ctr Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($535k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fidelis 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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fidelis Foundation
- How much does Fidelis Foundation give?
- Fidelis Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Fidelis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (43%), Religion (33%), Education (12%).
- Who are Fidelis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University Health System Inc ($195k), Faith Bible Church ($92k), Upward Community Services ($78k).
- Does Fidelis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fidelis 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 Fidelis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Fidelis Foundation based?
- Fidelis Foundation is based in LA.
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