Missouri · Private foundation
Ladd James B Trust
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.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,564,714
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,564,714
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Ladd James B Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.1M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $9.2M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $309k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $389k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $327k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $302k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $338k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $389k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lodge of Af & Am of Minnesota | $660,326 | 4 | 24% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
About Ladd James B Trust
- How much does Ladd James B Trust give?
- Ladd James B Trust reported 2 grants totaling $2,566,016 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ladd James B Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Membership Benefit (92%), Religion (8%), Arts & Culture (0%).
- Who are Ladd James B Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Grand Lodge of Af & Am of Minnesota ($660k).
- Does Ladd James B Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ladd James B Trust 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.
- Where is Ladd James B Trust based?
- Ladd James B Trust is based in MO.
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