Mississippi · Private foundation
Fortier Foundation Inc
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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,643
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $105k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Fortier Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $38k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $50k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $168k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $54k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $73k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $54k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $48k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $41k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Methodist Church | $145,843 | 3 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $123,959 | 6 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of America Natchez Trace Council | $45,740 | 5 | 3% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tippah County Good Samaritan Center Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Conservation Force Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $16,700 | 4 | 0% |
| The Columns Tippah County Interpretive Center | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Gideons International | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Methodist Church | $145,843 | 3 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $123,959 | 6 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of America Natchez Trace Council | $45,740 | 5 | 3% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tippah County Good Samaritan Center Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Conservation Force Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $16,700 | 4 | 0% |
| The Columns Tippah County Interpretive Center | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Gideons International | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Baddour Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sigma Nu Educational Foundation Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Enrichment Inc | $135 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($168k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fortier 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: Brevard Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fortier Foundation Inc
- How much does Fortier Foundation Inc give?
- Fortier Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $38,243 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fortier Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Fortier Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: First Methodist Church ($146k), First United Methodist Church ($124k), Boy Scouts of America Natchez Trace Council ($46k).
- Does Fortier Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fortier Foundation Inc 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 Fortier Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brevard Family Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Fortier Foundation Inc based?
- Fortier Foundation Inc is based in MS.
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