Louisiana · Private foundation
Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2023
- 130
- Grants FY2023
- 109
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 73 to 109
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Total assets, FY2023
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 109 | $5.5M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 104 | $5.4M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 104 | $5.4M | 53% |
| FY2020 | 73 | $5.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Health System Foundation | $1,425,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Silliman Institute Inc | $1,015,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation | $792,771 | 4 | 10% |
| United Cajun Navy | $621,560 | 1 | 71% |
| Mission Heart Inc | $576,000 | 4 | 46% |
| Louisiana Symphony Association Dba Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra | $527,500 | 4 | 20% |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $485,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Emerge Center Inc | $411,000 | 4 | 21% |
| Slaughter Community Charter School | $400,000 | 4 | 3% |
| North Delta Schools Inc | $325,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 100 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Baton Rouge Area Foundation · The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · Pennington Family Foundation · The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation · Capital Area United Way · Albemarle Foundation · The Merice Boo Johnston Grigsby Foundation · The Charles Lamar Family Foundation · Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation with peer funders
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About Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation
- How much does Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation give?
- Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation reported 130 grants totaling $5,544,032 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 109 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (25%), Health (20%), Education (12%).
- Who are Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: General Health System Foundation ($1.4M), Silliman Institute Inc ($1.0M), Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation ($793k).
- Does Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Irene W and C B Pennington 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 Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baton Rouge Area Foundation, The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation, Pennington Family Foundation.
- Where is Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation based?
- Irene W and C B Pennington Foundation is based in LA.
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