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Southern Eye Bank Foundation

The SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION supports the greater new orleans foundation (gnof), a community foundation, and other public charities that promote and achieve the goals of gnof, which goals include the enrichment of life in the greater new orleans (continued on sch.

$370k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$230k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$610kInternational$270kArts & Culture$238kEducation$184k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $280k
$32,375
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADVANCING SIGHT NETWORK$230,000
INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE$50,000
OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION$32,375
ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$23,725
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$8,512
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $50k → 10%ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CE: $39k → 10%ADVANCING SIGHT NETWORK: $230k → 16%: $100k → 15%CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ACADIANA: $5k → 17%LOUISIANA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $42k → 23%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $50k → 10%ADVANCING SIGHT NETWORK: $130k → 16%LEGACY DONOR FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%LOUISIANA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $30k → 23%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $20k → 10%OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $32k → 15%LOUISIANA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $30k → 23%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $20k → 10%OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $31k → 15%ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $25k → 23%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $10k → 10%ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $24k → 23%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $10k → 10%ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CT: $15k → 23%INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE: $10k → 10%ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CT: $15k → 23%ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CT: $15k → 23%HEALTH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE: $9k → 23%WRBH FM RADIO FOR THE BLINDPRINT HANDICAPPED: $131k → 23%ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $151k → 23%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 23%TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $9k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Southern Eye Bank Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Southern Eye Bank Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 7 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
4

Total granted

$1.1M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+61%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther
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

  • AS
    ADVANCING SIGHT NETWORK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $360k · revenue +12%
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $159k · revenue +16%
  • ST
    ST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $133k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • LD
    LEGACY DONOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -1%
  • SA
    SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • HA
    HEALTH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF LOUISIANAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $9k · revenue +151%
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
Lafayette General Foundation Inc

The lafayette general foundation was created to support lafayette general health (lgh), acadiana's only community-owned, nonprofit health system. we exist to help fulfill lgh's mission, to restore, maintain, and improve health. our role is…

Health
2
Louisiana State Medical Society

The society's exempt purpose is to extend medical knowledge, advance medical science, elevate the standards of medical education and training, enforce just medical laws and regulations, promote dialogue and cooperation among physicians and…

—
3
Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center Foundation

To improve health status through access to information, education, & health services.

Health
4
Lafayette General Health System Inc

The organization was organized for the benefit and support of its related 501(c)(3) health care entities which provide medical care to restore, maintain and improve the health of the community in which it serves.

Health
5
Louisiana Rural Health Association

The mission of the association is to promote rural health as a distinct concern in louisiana; to serve as a forum for a unified voice for healthcare providers, public officials, healthcare workers, educators, and consumers working to…

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6
Acadia General Hospital Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
Lsu Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Faculty Group Practice

No board approved mission statement

Health
8
Lafayette General Medical Center Inc

To restore, maintain, and imprive health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Ochsner Health System

We serve, heal, lead, educate and innovate. ochsner will be a global medical and academic leader who will save and change lives. we will shape the future of healthcare through our integrated health system, fueled by the passion and…

—
10
Pinnacle Family Health Inc

The mission of pinnacle family health is that we strive to provide affirming and inclusive care that is affordable and comprehensive for children and adults in northeast louisiana.

Health
11
Louisiana Perinatal Justice Allianc

The purpose and mission of the louisiana perinatal justice alliance is to improve the reproductive care and health outcomes for all louisiana families, to promote evidence-based maternal and infant care, to advocate for parenting families,…

Health
12
Louisiana Children's Research Center Development & Learning Inc

We advance literacy and learning through evidence-based practices in the classroom, home, and community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Thomas Community Health Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Radio for the Blind & Print Handicapped. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 11 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADVANCING SIGHT NETWORK: $360,000 · OtherADVANCING SIGHT NETWORKSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $25,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCRadio for the Blind & Print Handicapped: $151,000 · Arts & CultureRadio for the Blind & Pr…LOUISIANA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $101,500 · Arts & CultureLOUISIANA CHILDRENS MUSE…+1 more: $5,025 · Arts & CultureST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $132,635 · HealthST THOMAS COMMUNITY …OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $63,575 · HealthOCHSNER CLINIC FOUND…LEGACY DONOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthLEGACY DONOR FOUNDAT…INTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL EY…THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $159,122 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRAT…HEALTH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF LOUISIANA: $9,000 · EducationHEALTH AND EDUC…
Other$385,000Arts & Culture$257,525Health$221,210International$170,000Education$168,122

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 budgetADVANCING SIGHT NETWORK: $360,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $159,122 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRadio for the Blind & Print Handicapped: $151,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetST THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $132,635 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOUISIANA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $101,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $63,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY DONOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetHEALTH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF LOUISIANA: $9,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ACADIANA: $5,025 over 1y, 1.3% 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…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 Southern Eye Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southern Eye Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Southern Eye Bank Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Southern Eye Bank 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.

    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 11 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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