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Shlenker Family Foundation at a glance

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Shlenker 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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$43kHealth$21kReligion$19kRecreation & Sports$13kAnimals$9kPhilanthropy$8kHuman Services$6kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$216k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW ORLEANS$5,000
TEMPLE SINAI$3,080
NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM$1,500
LOW COST ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$1,500
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART$1,500
WYES$1,500
CITY PARK CONSERVANCY$1,500
TOUPS FAMILY MEAL$1,000
NEW VOICES NEW ORLEANS$1,000
COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS$1,000
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS$1,000
HOGS FOR THE CAUSE$1,000
DEUTSCHES HAUS$1,000
TENNESSE WILLIAMS THEATER COMPANY OF NOLA$1,000
RACE MDHOTTER THAN HELL MARATHON$750
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, 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.

area typical 12%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $1k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $900 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $600 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $600 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $600 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $400 → 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.
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.
$119k · 29 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
19

Total granted

$119k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+8%

Still filing today

69%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • CP
    CITY PARK CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +14%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +52%
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS CITY PARK
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CITY PARK
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue 0%
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS CULINARY & HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -3%
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 Orleans Gay Mens Chorus Inc
Arts & Culture
2
Musical Arts Society of New Orleans

Masno's vision is to be a primary source in establishing new orleans as a vital and vibrant center for the musical arts recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally. masno's mission is 1) to create opportunities to hear,…

Arts & Culture
3
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
4
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
5
University of New Orleans Foundation

The University of New Orleans Foundation's mission is to promote the well-being and advancement of the University of New Orleans and all the colleges, schools, departments, and divisions comprising it, and to develop, expand, and improve…

Education
6
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
7
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation Inc

Support of the new orleans police department and orleans parish criminal justice system along with crime prevention activities with the public. nopjf helps the nopd initiate innovative programs that make new orleans a safer place to live,…

Crime & Legal
8
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
9
New Orleans Ballet Inc Dba New Orleans Ballet Theatre

The mission of new orleans ballet theatre (nobt) is to be the premier resident ballet company of the gulf south internationally renowned for world-class performances, innovative choreography, and outstanding professional training,…

Arts & Culture
10
New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council

Cultural exchange and home hospitality.

International
11
University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation Inc

-To support any and all programs, facilities, research, and educational opportunities offered by the University of New Orleans and the University of Louisiana System.-To encourage teaching, research, scholarship, and services, and increase…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Lazarus; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

34 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. 34 of the 52 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
17/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE SINAI: $16,863 · OtherTEMPLE SINAIJEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW ORLEANS: $8,100 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDENS: $4,000 · OtherNEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDENSMAGNOLIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3,800 · OtherMAGNOLIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INCNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN-NEW ORLEANS: $2,500 · OtherPRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER: $2,400 · OtherRACE MDHOTTER THAN HELL MARATHON: $2,250 · OtherNEW ORLEANS CITY PARK: $2,000 · Other+19 more: $14,800 · Other+19 moreTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM …NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $7,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ARTDEUTSCHES HAUS INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureDEUTSCHES HAUS INCGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Arts & CultureGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL T…NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE A…LONGUE VUE HOUSE & GARDENS: $3,200 · Arts & CultureLONGUE VUE HOUSE & GARDENSTHE NOLA PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NOLA PROJECT INCNEW VOICES NEW ORLEANS INC: $1,800 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,700 · Arts & Culture+3 morePROJECT LAZARUS: $4,400 · HealthPROJECT L…LSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $4,000 · HealthLSU HEALT…THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC: $1,900 · HealthTHE LIGHT…KARNIVAL KREWE DE LOUISIANE INC: $500 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $450 · Health+1 more: $300 · HealthCITY PARK CONSERVANCY: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsNEW ORLEANS ROWING CLUB LTD: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsLOW COST ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,500 · AnimalsAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $4,000 · Animals+1 more: $150 · AnimalsCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $4,100 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $3,800 · Human ServicesHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $1,800 · Philanthropy
Other$56,713Arts & Culture$39,700Health$11,550Recreation & Sports$9,000Animals$8,650Human Services$7,900Philanthropy$1,800

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCITY PARK CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDEUTSCHES HAUS INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOW COST ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER NEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT LAZARUS: $4,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $4,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAGNOLIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $3,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLONGUE VUE HOUSE & GARDENS: $3,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NOLA PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC: $1,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VOICES NEW ORLEANS INC: $1,800 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CITY PARK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThreadhead Cultural Foundation: $1,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEW ORLEANS CULINARY & HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS ROWING CLUB LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRACE MD: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Orleans Advocates for GLBT Elders: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMETAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKARNIVAL KREWE DE LOUISIANE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArts Council of New Orleans: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAKE PAWS RESCUE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZEUS' RESCUES INC: $150 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Greater New Orlea…Shell USA Company Fou…Baptist Community Min…The Almar Foundationd…Louis & Lillian Glaze…Keller Family Foundat…The Azby FundGustaf Westfeldt McIl…Eugenie & Joseph Jone…Gayle and Tom Benson …Goldring Family Found…Michael Bright White …
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA32.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation · Keller Family Foundation · The Azby Fund · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · Michael Bright White 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 Shlenker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shlenker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 52 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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