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Gulf Coast B&T Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$174k
Granted FY2022
22
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2022.

Religion$91kYouth Development$68kHuman Services$55kCrime & Legal$43kPublic Benefit$37kFood & Nutrition$35kHousing & Shelter$35kCommunity Improvement$26kOther$0
02FY2022 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k10 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ORLEANS WOMEN AND CHILDRENS SHELTER$15,000
NEW ORLEANS MISSION$10,007
THE MISSION CHURCH$10,000
KINGSLEY HOUSE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH$10,000
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS$10,000
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY OF BATON ROUGE$10,000
OPERATION SPARK$10,000
THE FIRST 72$10,000
COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS$10,000
EQUINE REFLECTIONS$10,000
FIRST BAPTIST NEW ORLEANS$7,000
YMCA$6,000
IGNATION VOLUNTEER CORPS$5,725
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–22, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%JAMES SAMARITAN: $5k → 11%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $10k → 23%BAYOU DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5k → 23%THRIVE NOLA: $16k → 23%THRIVE NOLA: $10k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $10k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $10k → 23%THE FIRST 72: $10k → 23%THE FIRST 72: $10k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$316k · 16 repeat orgs$219k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
22

Total granted

$316k
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+12%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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 WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $30k · revenue +19%
  • TN
    THRIVE NEW ORLEANS
    2× · 2020–2021 · $26k · revenue +174%
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS MISSION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -12%
  • EN
    EDUCARE NEW ORLEANS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -50%
  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER NEW ORLEANS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -53%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants
International
2
New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium

Delivery of higher educational services to the public.

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3
Roots of Renewal Nola

Roots of renewal is committed to holistic solutions for the root causes of violence so that forgotten neighborhoods can reach their full potential. the purpose of roots of renewal is to address the educational, economic, and racial…

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4
Rebuilding Together New Orleans

Rebuilding together new orleans helps low to moderate income greater new orleans area homeowners repair and rehabilitate their homes. rtno stabilizes and revitalizes neighborhoods and improves health and safety in our communities.

Philanthropy
5
Heroes of New Orleans

Heroes of New Orleans is a grassroot 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to inspiring and empowering youth and families. Our mission is to elevate underprivileged youth and families who face poverty or its risks, through a…

Youth Development
6
Casa - New Orleans

Casa - new orleans trains volunteers to become court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children in the juvenile justice system.

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7
Turning Tables

Turning tables was built by industry mentors and introduced to new orleans with its first graduating class of externs in 2019. what we found that year was a thirst for community within the hospitality industry among black and brown…

Employment
8
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation Inc

Support of the new orleans police department and orleans parish criminal justice system along with crime prevention activities with the public. nopjf helps the nopd initiate innovative programs that make new orleans a safer place to live,…

Crime & Legal
9
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans Inc

Neighborhood housing services of new orleans, inc. revitalizes communities by increasing the number of homeowners and transforming vacant or substandard properties into sustainable homeownership. we improve quality of life through informed…

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10
Orleans County Child Advocacy Center Inc
Health
11
Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless

The Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless (CAAH) holds the fundamental belief that everyone, no matter how deprived in circumstances of housing and necessities is valued, entitled to dignity and respect, and deserving of community…

Community Improvement
12
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits

To strengthen, promote, and build the capacity of louisiana's nonprofit sector through education, advocacy, and member services.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Reconcile New Orleans Inc and the most unlike its peers is Operation Spark. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%0%<5yr16%8%5–10yr20%25%10–20yr17%13%20–35yr10%21%35–55yr13%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%38%10–20yr17%7%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr13%28%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
18%
865/4,865

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST BAPTIST NEW ORLEANS — $48,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS MISSION INC — $20,007 · OtherNEW ORLEANS MISSION INCBUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INC — $20,000 · OtherBUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INCYOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY OF BATON ROUGE — $20,000 · OtherYOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY OF BATON ROUGEVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA — $20,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICAEQUINE REFLECTIONS — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE — $10,000 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL — $10,000 · OtherNEW ORLEANS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherTHE MISSION CHURCH — $10,000 · OtherCANCER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEAN — $10,000 · Other+17 more — $74,725 · Other+17 moreTHRIVE NEW ORLEANS — $26,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE NEW ORLEANSCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS — $20,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE NEW…The First 72 — $20,000 · Human ServicesThe First 72CLOVER NOLA INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCLOVER NOLA INCJAMES SAMARITAN — $5,000 · Human ServicesJAMES SAMARITANBAYOU DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesBAYOU DISTRICT FOU…Operation Spark — $20,000 · EducationEDUCARE NEW ORLEANS — $10,000 · EducationNEW ORLEANS MILITARY AND MARITIME ACADEMY INC — $10,000 · EducationNEW ORLEANS WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC — $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCROSSROADS — $4,000 · Housing & ShelterCAFE HOPE INC — $20,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA — $10,000 · Food & NutritionLONGUE VUE HOUSE & GARDENS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMITTEE FOR A BETTER NEW ORLEANS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCLOSE UP FOUNDATION — $7,000 · Arts & CultureSON OF A SAINT — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentRECONCILE NEW ORLEANS INC — $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$292,732Human Services$86,000Education$40,000Housing & Shelter$34,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Arts & Culture$27,000Youth Development$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEW ORLEANS WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHRIVE NEW ORLEANS — $26,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MISSION INC — $20,007 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Spark — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCAFE HOPE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe First 72 — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSON OF A SAINT — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCARE NEW ORLEANS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLONGUE VUE HOUSE & GARDENS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR A BETTER NEW ORLEANS — $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MILITARY AND MARITIME ACADEMY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLOVER NOLA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEAN — $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCLOSE UP FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJAMES SAMARITAN — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRECONCILE NEW ORLEANS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAYOU DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCrimestoppers Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCROSSROADS — $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Baptist Community Min…The Greater New Orlea…The Gpoa FoundationGoldring Family Found…United Way of Southea…Shell USA Company Fou…Eugenie & Joseph Jone…New Orleans Community…Ella West Freeman Fou…Oscar J Tolmas Charit…J Edgar Monroe Founda…Gustaf Westfeldt McIl…
Baptist Community MinistriesLA46.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baptist Community Ministries · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · The Gpoa Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Shell USA Company Foundation · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Ella West Freeman Foundation · Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust · J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Gulf Coast B&T Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Gulf Coast B&T Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Gulf Coast B&T 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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