Louisiana · Private foundation
J Edgar Monroe Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 76
- Grants FY2024
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 62 to 89
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations J Edgar Monroe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 76 | $1.0M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $1.1M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 89 | $965k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 71 | $825k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $669k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 72 | $646k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 70 | $614k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 62 | $559k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola University | $1,604,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans | $211,500 | 7 | 1% |
| St Michael Special School | $151,270 | 8 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites New Orleans | $102,660 | 8 | 2% |
| The Pro Bono Project | $97,600 | 8 | 4% |
| Bayou District Foundation | $96,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $86,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jefferson Performing Arts Society | $84,440 | 5 | 1% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 85 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 92 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
J Edgar Monroe Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 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: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Goldring Family Foundation · The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · Patrick F Taylor Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust · Angel Wings Foundation · The Azby Fund
How this is measured
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About J Edgar Monroe Foundation
- How much does J Edgar Monroe Foundation give?
- J Edgar Monroe Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $1,030,784 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 89 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does J Edgar Monroe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (13%), Religion (11%).
- Who are J Edgar Monroe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Loyola University ($1.6M), Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans ($212k), St Michael Special School ($151k).
- Does J Edgar Monroe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Edgar Monroe Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J Edgar Monroe Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, Goldring Family Foundation.
- Where is J Edgar Monroe Foundation based?
- J Edgar Monroe Foundation is based in LA.
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