Louisiana · Private foundation
Mn Davidson Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $764k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 24% of the organizations Mn Davidson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $24k | 15% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $33k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $13k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $20k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $17k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $32k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $26k | 19% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Beth Israel | $21,500 | 7 | n/a |
| McNeese State University Foundation | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $14,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Temple Sinai | $13,800 | 5 | n/a |
| St John's School | $5,500 | 10 | 0% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| EMERGE Fellowship | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Services of Swla | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Beth Israel | $21,500 | 7 | n/a |
| McNeese State University Foundation | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $14,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Temple Sinai | $13,800 | 5 | n/a |
| St John's School | $5,500 | 10 | 0% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| EMERGE Fellowship | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Services of Swla | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Charles Symphony Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Calcasieu Area Council 209 | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkinson Research Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christus St Patrick Foundation | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Children's Regional Service | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute of Southern Jewish Life | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Carc Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Imperial Calcasieu Museum Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mn Davidson Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Shearman Foundation · Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana · Shell USA Company Foundation · CSE Community Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to Mn Davidson Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Mn Davidson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About Mn Davidson Foundation
- How much does Mn Davidson Foundation give?
- Mn Davidson Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $23,950 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Mn Davidson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (41%), Religion (20%), Health (11%).
- Who are Mn Davidson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Temple Beth Israel ($22k), McNeese State University Foundation ($21k), Union for Reform Judaism ($15k).
- Does Mn Davidson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mn Davidson 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 Mn Davidson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shearman Foundation, Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is Mn Davidson Foundation based?
- Mn Davidson Foundation is based in LA.
Play a game based on Mn Davidson’s filings →