Louisiana · Private foundation
Sydney and Walda Besthoff 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.
- $202k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $202,254
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $202,254
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $202k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $962k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $718k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $772k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5.3M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $4.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Museum of Art | $15,533,457 | 8 | 36% |
| Contemporary Arts Center | $75,000 | 1 | 4% |
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About Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation
- How much does Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation give?
- Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $202,254 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: New Orleans Museum of Art ($16M), Contemporary Arts Center ($75k).
- Does Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sydney and Walda Besthoff 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.
- Where is Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation based?
- Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation is based in LA.
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