Louisiana · Public charity
Pro Bono Publico Foundation
To enhance the quality of life in greater new orleans area.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 59
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 57 to 73
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations Pro Bono Publico Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 59 | $1.1M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 61 | $1.1M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $878k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $913k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 73 | $902k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 70 | $1.0M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $965k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 61 | $993k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach for America Inc | $490,000 | 9 | 0% |
| New Schools for New Orleans Inc | $475,667 | 7 | 1% |
| Kipp of New Orleans Inc | $387,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Inspirenola Charter Schools | $300,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Firstline Schools Inc | $237,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Louisiana Association of Public Charter | $225,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Collegiate Academies | $222,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Crescent City Schools | $187,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Renew - Reinventing Education | $180,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bricolage Academy | $150,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 105 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pro Bono Publico 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: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · New Schools for New Orleans Inc · The Gpoa Foundation · The Booth-Bricker Fund · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Keller Family Foundation · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans · Goldring Family Foundation · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Agenda for Children
How this is measured
About Pro Bono Publico Foundation
- How much does Pro Bono Publico Foundation give?
- Pro Bono Publico Foundation reported 59 itemized grants totaling $1,079,300, out of $1,119,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 73 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pro Bono Publico Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (85%), Arts & Culture (4%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Pro Bono Publico Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Teach for America Inc ($490k), New Schools for New Orleans Inc ($476k), Kipp of New Orleans Inc ($388k).
- Does Pro Bono Publico Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pro Bono Publico Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, New Schools for New Orleans Inc.
- Where is Pro Bono Publico Foundation based?
- Pro Bono Publico Foundation is based in LA.
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