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George Helen and Harold Wainer Foundat Foundation at a glance

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George Helen and Harold Wainer Foundat 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.

$532k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$645kPhilanthropy$440kArts & Culture$278kHuman Services$125kRecreation & Sports$50kEducation$30kAnimals$15kFood & Nutrition$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$6,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION GATES OF PRAYER$300,000
JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA$150,000
MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE$25,000
STEM LIBRARY LAB$20,000
TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND CENTER FOR K-12 STEM EDUCATION$10,000
NORTHSHORE FOOD BANK$6,000
FOREKIDS FOUNDATION$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS$5,000
FIRST LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI INC$5,000
THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS SCIENCE FAIR INC$5,000
RACEMD$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 15%STEM LIBRARY LAB: $20k → 15%STEM LIBRARY LAB: $15k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $5k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $5k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $5k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $5k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $5k → 15%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 16 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
4

Total granted

$1.5M
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+21%

Still filing today

50%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FF
    FOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +54%
  • JC
    JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +13%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +37%
  • LF
    LSU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -16%
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
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Core Element Greater New Orleans Stem I

To educate and prepare k-12 students in the greater new orleans region in science, technology, engineering and math stem through teacher professional development, inquiry based science and mathematics curricula, and material scholarly…

Education
3
Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans

The jewish federation of gno's mission is to inspire community members to explore and share their jewish identities through a variety of channels.

Philanthropy
4
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
5
New Orleans Startup Fund Inc

The new orleans startup fund is a seed capital fund established by the greater new orleans businesses and financial leaders to accelerate the growth of early-stage, innovative businesses into venture-ready companies. the startup funds'…

Community Improvement
6
Northwest Louisiana Food Bank

Nw la food bank's mission is to be the primary resource for fighting hunger in northwest louisiana.

Food & Nutrition
7
New Orleans Geological Society Memorial Foundation
Education
8
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

The mission of the coalition to restore coastal louisiana (crcl) is to unite people in action to achieve a thriving, sustainable louisiana coast for all.

Environment
9
Friends of South Louisiana Wetlands

The mission of south la wetlands discovery center is to revolutionize the way we think, teach, and learn about louisianas disappearing coast. we are currently raising funds to further our mission.

Arts & Culture
10
The Greater New Orleans Foundation

The greater new orleans foundation's mission is to advance charitable giving, strengthen nonprofits, and lead transformative civic projects in the 13 parish region of southeast louisiana. we seek to create a thriving, sustainable and just…

Philanthropy
11
University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation Inc

-To support any and all programs, facilities, research, and educational opportunities offered by the University of New Orleans and the University of Louisiana System.-To encourage teaching, research, scholarship, and services, and increase…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lsu Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Southern Storm Softball Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION GATES OF PRAYER: $620,000 · OtherCONGREGATION GATES OF PRAYERJEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA: $440,000 · OtherJEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANAMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $244,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE+9 more: $65,500 · OtherNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesSTEM LIBRARY LAB: $35,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $30,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesFOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS: $40,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $34,000 · Arts & CultureLSU FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationFIRST LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI INC: $5,000 · EducationWOAH NELLIE GREAT DANE RESCUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsSOUTHERN STORM SOFTBALL INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,369,500Human Services$125,000Philanthropy$40,000Arts & Culture$34,000Education$15,000Animals$15,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTEM LIBRARY LAB: $35,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN STORM SOFTBALL INC: $10,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetWOAH NELLIE GREAT DANE RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetNorthshore Food Bank: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 Usdin-Weil Founda…Louis & Lillian Glaze…Goldring Family Found…Shlenker Family Found…Luther and Zita Templ…Baptist Community Min…Shell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Usdin-Weil FoundationLA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Usdin-Weil Foundation · Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · Shlenker Family Foundation · Luther and Zita Templeman Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 George Helen and Harold Wainer Foundat Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George Helen and Harold Wainer Foundat Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

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    How do I get to George Helen and Harold Wainer Foundat Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to George Helen and Harold Wainer Foundat 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 23 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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