Louisiana · Private foundation
Ruth U Fertel Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $671k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2024
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $62,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 46
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Ruth U Fertel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 39 | $671k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $716k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $742k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $652k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $623k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son of a Saint | $310,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Marys Dominican High School | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of Wwoz Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Michael Special School | $130,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Louisiana Museum Foundation | $113,750 | 4 | 4% |
| St Martins Episcopal School | $108,750 | 5 | n/a |
| National Performance Network Inc | $107,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Reconcile New Orleans Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth U Fertel 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 · Goldring Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · Ella West Freeman Foundation · Keller Family Foundation · Freeman-Woollam Foundation · J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Luther and Zita Templeman Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ruth U Fertel Foundation
- How much does Ruth U Fertel Foundation give?
- Ruth U Fertel Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $670,933 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 46 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ruth U Fertel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (21%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Ruth U Fertel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Son of a Saint ($310k), St Marys Dominican High School ($250k), Friends of Wwoz Inc ($140k).
- Does Ruth U Fertel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth U Fertel 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 Ruth U Fertel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Goldring Family Foundation, The Usdin-Weil Foundation.
- Where is Ruth U Fertel Foundation based?
- Ruth U Fertel Foundation is based in LA.
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