Minnesota · Private foundation
Louis 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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Louis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $300k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $310k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $280k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $245k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $237k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $202k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $264k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Inc | $546,500 | 8 | 6% |
| The Headwaters Academy Inc | $437,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Otherworld Children's Media | $401,000 | 8 | 90% |
| Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc | $177,496 | 6 | 15% |
| Museum of the Rockies Inc | $101,250 | 2 | 1% |
| One Montana | $30,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Belwin Conservancy | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.
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: David Winton Bell Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Louis Foundation
- How much does Louis Foundation give?
- Louis Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Louis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Youth Development (28%), Arts & Culture (26%).
- Who are Louis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Thrive Inc ($547k), The Headwaters Academy Inc ($438k), Otherworld Children's Media ($401k).
- Does Louis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis 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 Louis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David Winton Bell Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Louis Foundation based?
- Louis Foundation is based in MN.
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