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Michael Bright White Family Foundation at a glance

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Michael Bright White Family 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.

$140k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$952kHealth$166kArts & Culture$68kCrime & Legal$40kPhilanthropy$11kRecreation & Sports$10kReligion$10kScience & Tech$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $105k
$7,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Bright School$13,900
Longue Vue House & Gardens$11,500
University of Virginia$10,000
Vineyard Preservation Trust$10,000
The Hyperbaric Institute$10,000
Metairie Park Country Day School$10,000
Sartor Research Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Children's Hospital$10,000
LOUISIANA LANDMARK SOCIETY$10,000
Greater New Orleans Foundation$7,500
Clark County Historical Society$5,000
Georgetown University$5,000
Cardigan Mountain School$5,000
CITY PARK CONSERVANCY$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Kingsley House: $1k → 23%The Hyperbaric Institute: $10k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
RI
VA
TN
DC
LA
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 15 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$1.2M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+15%

Still filing today

53%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BS
    BRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
    5× · 2020–2025 · $130k · revenue +178%
  • PB
    PRO BONO PUBLICO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $40k · revenue +28%
  • CM
    CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $9k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • GU
    Georgetown University-Louis Angioletti Scholarship
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TR
    T Rodney Crowley Memorial Scholarship
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • GS
    Good Shepherd Parish
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
2
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
3
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

The louisiana endowment for the humanities is a non-profit organization whose mission is to partner with communities, institutions, and individuals to explore louisiana's past, reflect on our present, and imagine our future.

Arts & Culture
4
New Orleans Public Library Foundation

Support of the city of new orleans library system and city wide literacy efforts through parnter organizations, community organizations and initiatives including fundraising and expending funds to supplement library operations.

Education
5
Louisiana State Bar Association

The mission of the louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the…

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6
New Orleans Town Gardeners Inc

The new orleans town gardeners' shared appreciation of horticulture, floral design, garden history and design, and conservation all find ways to flourish, not only in our fellowship but also by enriching the environment of our historic…

Philanthropy
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Louisiana Art & Science Museuminc

Louisiana art & science museum seeks to enhance the understanding and appreciation of art and science for general audiences and students by presenting unique, educational and entertaining programming that encourages discovery, inspires…

Arts & Culture
9
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
10
New Orleans and Company

The mission of new orleans & company is to inspire, promote and encourage travel to our city for the economic, social and community benefit of new orleans and its people. through marketing, public relations, direct sales to leisure…

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11
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

To further the interest in the history of pharmacology and promote its further development for the benefit of the general public.

Arts & Culture
12
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Woman's Exchange Dba Hermann-Grima Gallier Historic House; the most unlike its peers is Heart of Passion Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Virginia: $762,500 · OtherUniversity of VirginiaBRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $130,215 · OtherBRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAFUniversity of Texas: $100,000 · OtherUniversity of TexasIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · Other+23 more: $158,907 · Other+23 morePRO BONO PUBLICO FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLONGUE VUE HOUSE & GARDENS: $11,500 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMETAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $8,500 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $6,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthHEART OF PASSION INC: $2,500 · HealthTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $10,833 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyTHE HYPERBARIC INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCLOVER NOLA INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$1,196,622Public Safety & Disaster$40,000Arts & Culture$40,000Education$29,500Health$12,500Philanthropy$11,083Human Services$11,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $130,215 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetPRO BONO PUBLICO FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $10,833 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HYPERBARIC INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMETAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $6,965 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY PARK CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CITY PARK: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF PASSION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLOVER NOLA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE DBA HERMANN-GRIMA GALLIER HISTORIC HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI NEW ORLEANS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE CABILDO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Gustaf Westfeldt McIl…Baptist Community Min…Eugenie & Joseph Jone…Gayle and Tom Benson …The Greater New Orlea…The Almar Foundationd…Zemurray FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Thomas B Favrot Jr Fa…Freeman-Woollam Found…J Edgar Monroe Founda…Shlenker Family Found…
Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family FoundaFL34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Baptist Community Ministries · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · Zemurray Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Thomas B Favrot Jr Family Fund · Freeman-Woollam Foundation · J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Shlenker Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michael Bright White Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael Bright White Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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