Louisiana · Private foundation
Frederick Gisevius 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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $47,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Frederick Gisevius Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 4 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $70k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $55k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $55k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $61k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $54k | 70% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harry Tompson Center Inc | $71,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Loyola University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cabrini High School | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans | $9,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Stuart Hall | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Son of a Saint | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Notre Dame Seminary of New Orleans | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harry Tompson Center Inc | $71,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Loyola University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cabrini High School | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans | $9,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Stuart Hall | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Son of a Saint | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Notre Dame Seminary of New Orleans | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope House Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Central Texas | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($345k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frederick Gisevius 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.
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How this is measured
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About Frederick Gisevius Foundation
- How much does Frederick Gisevius Foundation give?
- Frederick Gisevius Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $63,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Frederick Gisevius Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Education (32%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Frederick Gisevius Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Harry Tompson Center Inc ($71k), Loyola University ($35k), Cabrini High School ($25k).
- Does Frederick Gisevius Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frederick Gisevius 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 Frederick Gisevius Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J Edgar Monroe Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, The Azby Fund.
- Where is Frederick Gisevius Foundation based?
- Frederick Gisevius Foundation is based in LA.
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