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Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
75
Grants FY2024
77
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$270,000
Organizations funded a year
60 to 77
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$20M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationCrime & LegalHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving73$910k16%
FY202377$907k17%
FY202270$976k30%
FY202169$1.1M49%
FY202060$866kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.2MPhilanthropy$985kAnimals$690kCrime & Legal$690kEnvironment$475kArts & Culture$367kHealth$350kHousing & Shelter$223kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pro Bono Publico Foundation$500,000510%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$475,00050%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$236,00050%
Stuart Hall$140,00051%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$130,00050%
National Presbyterian School Inc$110,0001n/a
New Orleans Women & Children's Shelter Inc$99,00042%
The National World War II Museum Inc$80,00040%
Metropolitan Crime Commission Inc$80,00053%
Son of a Saint$66,25050%
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All grantees of Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pro Bono Publico Foundation$500,000510%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$475,00050%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$236,00050%
Stuart Hall$140,00051%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$130,00050%
National Presbyterian School Inc$110,0001n/a
New Orleans Women & Children's Shelter Inc$99,00042%
The National World War II Museum Inc$80,00040%
Metropolitan Crime Commission Inc$80,00053%
Son of a Saint$66,25050%
Bureau of Governmental Research Inc$65,00052%
Raphael Village$65,00053%
The Rectory School Inc$61,00030%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation$60,00020%
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation Inc$55,00024%
Bright School for the Deaf$55,00044%
The Island School Inc$52,50051%
The Louisiana Museum Foundation$52,50041%
Audubon Nature Institute Inc$50,00040%
Hogs for the Cause Inc$50,00031%
STEM Library Lab$45,00034%
Blood Cancer United Inc$40,00030%
Community Sailing New Orleans$40,00032%
Louisiana Childrens Museum$40,00041%
City Park Conservancy$37,50030%
Children's Hospital Inc$35,00020%
Crimestoppers Inc$35,00041%
Bayou District Foundation$32,50050%
Options Inc$30,00050%
Metairie Park Country Day School$30,00050%
Habitat for Humanity St Tammany West$26,00040%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$25,00010%
Youth Empowerment Project$25,00011%
Junior Achievement$25,00052%
Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc$25,00030%
Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc$25,00030%
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Foundation$25,00031%
Bridge House Corporation$25,00020%
Cashiers Historical Society Inc$22,00042%
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights$20,00040%
The Chartwell Consortium Special Educ Assistance and Development Center$20,00041%
Eden Centers$20,00042%
Trinity Episcopal Church$20,0004n/a
The Louise S McGehee School$20,00040%
The Harry Tompson Center Inc$20,00041%
Childrens Museum of Acadiana$19,00051%
Friends of a Studio in the Woods$15,00022%
Cops 8 Inc$15,00013%
Gasparilla Isl Conser & Improve Assn$12,00020%
Southern Univerty System$11,50320%
NextOp Inc$10,00011%
Public Affairs Research Council of Icic A$10,00011%
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation$10,00011%
Krewe of Red Beans$10,00011%
Coffeen Land Trust Inc$10,00017%
Isidore Newman School$10,00020%
The Emerge School for Autism Inc$10,00011%
Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville$10,00010%
The Friends of the Cabildo Inc$10,00021%
Ozanam Inn$10,00010%
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities$10,00020%
Loop Nola$7,50013%
Wetlands America Trust Inc$7,41020%
Boca Grande Woman's Club Inc$6,00021%
St Andrews Episcopal School$5,0001n/a
Pontchartrain Conservancy$5,0001n/a
Children's Bureau of New Orleans$5,00010%
Friends of Baton Rouge Zoo$5,00011%
Rebuilding Together New Orleans$5,00010%
Project Lazarus$5,00010%
Legacy Donor Foundation$5,00012%
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity$5,00010%
Kids Join the Fight$5,00010%
Crcl Inc$5,0001n/a
Clover Nola Inc$5,00010%
Jesuit High School of New Orleans$5,0001n/a
The Paper Bear Inc$5,00011%
Make Music Nola$5,00012%
Disability New Beginning Not End$5,0002n/a
Restore or Retreat$5,00014%
Friends of Beauregard-Keyes House Inc$5,00021%
Festival International de Louisiane$5,00010%
Nous Foundation Inc$4,00023%
Arts Council of New Orleans$2,50010%
Louisiana Landmarks Society Inc$2,50011%
The Woman's Exchange Dba Hermann-Grima Gallier Historic House$2,50010%
Chattooga Conservancy$2,00020%
Longue Vue House & Gardens$1,50010%
United Cajun Navy$1,01010%
Algiers Charter School Association$1,00010%
Greater New Orleans Iris Society Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPro Bono Publico Foundation: $500,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $475,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $236,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStuart Hall: $140,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $130,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNew Orleans Women & Children's Shelter Inc: $99,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Crime Commission Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSon of a Saint: $66,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBureau of Governmental Research Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetRaphael Village: $65,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetThe Rectory School Inc: $61,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOchsner Clinic Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Orleans Police and Justice Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetBright School for the Deaf: $55,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetThe Island School Inc: $52,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $52,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHogs for the Cause Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSTEM Library Lab: $45,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Sailing New Orleans: $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetLouisiana Childrens Museum: $40,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCity Park Conservancy: $37,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrimestoppers Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBayou District Foundation: $32,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOptions Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMetairie Park Country Day School: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity St Tammany West: $26,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Empowerment Project: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJunior Achievement: $25,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetAcadiana Center for the Arts Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGood Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNew Orleans Center for Creative Arts Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBridge House Corporation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCashiers Historical Society Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetLouisiana Center for Children's Rights: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chartwell Consortium Special Educ Assistance and Development Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEden Centers: $20,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetThe Louise S McGehee School: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harry Tompson Center Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetChildrens Museum of Acadiana: $19,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFriends of a Studio in the Woods: $15,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCops 8 Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetGasparilla Isl Conser & Improve Assn: $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Univerty System: $11,503 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 83.

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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 Greater New Orleans FoundationLA89.8× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Ella West Freeman Foundation · Patrick F Taylor Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation

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.

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About Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda

How much does Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda give?
Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda reported 75 grants totaling $1,185,313 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 77 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Philanthropy (18%), Animals (13%).
Who are Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pro Bono Publico Foundation ($500k), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($475k), Ducks Unlimited Inc ($236k).
Does Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation.
Where is Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda based?
Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda is based in FL.

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 142 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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