Florida · Private foundation
Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation
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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $879k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $43k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $59k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $61k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $36k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $37k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Christian Campus Fellowship Inc | $81,500 | 5 | 4% |
| St Mark Lutheran Church | $27,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of Albert Whitted Airport Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Life Christian Church | $17,512 | 3 | n/a |
| Air Force Academy Foundation | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stmarks Lutheran Church | $13,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation
- How much does Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation give?
- Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (9%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emory Christian Campus Fellowship Inc ($82k), St Mark Lutheran Church ($27k), Friends of Albert Whitted Airport Inc ($20k).
- Does Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis P & Lela Busch 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 P & Lela Busch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation based?
- Louis P & Lela Busch Foundation is based in FL.
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