Louisiana · Private foundation
McMains 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.
- $213k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of McMains Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Baton Rouge Area Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $213,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $213,000
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Delta Delta Delta Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About McMains Foundation
- How much does McMains Foundation give?
- McMains Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $213,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does McMains Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (97%), Health (1%), Religion (1%).
- Who are McMains Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2019: Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge Inc ($5k), Delta Delta Delta Foundation ($2k), Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation Inc ($2k).
- Does McMains 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 McMains Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is McMains Foundation based?
- McMains Foundation is based in LA.
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