· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALCASIEU AREA COUNCIL | $3,500 |
| CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL | $3,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SWLA | $3,000 |
| KIPP ACADEMY OF HOUSTON | $3,000 |
| MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,850 |
| RICE UNIVERSITY - TX | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON | $1,500 |
| ST JOHN'S SCHOOL - TX | $1,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SULPHUR POLICE | $1,000 |
| CONGREGATION TEMPLE EMANUEL | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| LA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2026 · $21k · revenue +70%
- SJSt John's School10× · 2017–2026 · $6k · revenue +130%
- TWThe Westminster Schools Inc4× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- COCHRISTUS OSCHNER SWLA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $5k
- TCTECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIAone grant, 2017 · $5k
- MAMD ANDERSON - LAone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
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.
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…
Newman inspires individual growth and academic excellence within an inclusive community committed to strong relationships and high expectations.
The council shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of…
The arc of louisiana advocates for and with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…
The louisiana school for math, science, and the arts foundation develops and manages resources to complement the work of the louisiana school for math, science, and the arts. the foundation provides for the educational and cultural welfare…
Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.
Live the words of catholic educator janet erskine stuart,"education is formation, not just information." faculty is dedicated to work with parents to help each child build a foundation for a life centered on a love of learning, desire to…
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
The lsu foundation cultivates and invests in philanthropic partnerships to support and advance lsu's academic priorities.
The mission is to protect, promote, and foster the welfare of louisiana state university and to create and nurture mutually beneficial relationships between the university and its alumni and friends. the association, using the talents and…
To provide summer camps for medically handicap children.
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 50 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds St John's School ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ↗
- Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC ↗
- Who funds EMERGE Fellowship ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SERVICES OF SWLA ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA ↗
- Who funds LAKE CHARLES SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CALCASIEU AREA COUNCIL 209 ↗
- Who funds Parkinson Research Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CHRISTUS ST PATRICK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mn Davidson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mn Davidson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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