Louisiana · Private foundation
Mary Family 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.
- $69k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Mary Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 10 | $69k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $58k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $45k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $17k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $140k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $108k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $96k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $125k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge House Corporation | $83,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Wwoz Inc | $58,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc | $39,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Grace at the Green Light Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| From The Heart Productions | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haiti Mission Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge House Corporation | $83,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Wwoz Inc | $58,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc | $39,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Grace at the Green Light Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| From The Heart Productions | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haiti Mission Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emerald Society of New Orleans | $3,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cbib Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Isidore Newman School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys Town Louisiana Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nola Micro Schools | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Landmarks Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Better Future Inc | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Rescue New Orleans Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($325k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Family 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.
Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Salutare Deum Foundation · Robert E Zetzmann Family Foundation · The Helis Foundation · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Baptist Community Ministries · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Mary Family Foundation
- How much does Mary Family Foundation give?
- Mary Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $69,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mary Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Arts & Culture (18%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Mary Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bridge House Corporation ($84k), Friends of Wwoz Inc ($59k), Covenant House New Orleans ($53k).
- Does Mary Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary Family 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 Mary Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Goldring Family Foundation, The Greater New Orleans Foundation.
- Where is Mary Family Foundation based?
- Mary Family Foundation is based in LA.
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