Louisiana · Private foundation
Tesson 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.
- $188k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Tesson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 32 | $188k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $166k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $105k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $104k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $138k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $95k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $132k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $121k | 85% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern Mississippi | $72,675 | 6 | n/a |
| Educare New Orleans | $60,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Son of a Saint | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Angelus Inc | $49,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Start the Adventure in Reading Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Archbishop Hannan High School | $44,860 | 5 | n/a |
| Starc of Louisiana Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 18th Ward | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $23,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern Mississippi | $72,675 | 6 | n/a |
| Educare New Orleans | $60,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Son of a Saint | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Angelus Inc | $49,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Start the Adventure in Reading Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Archbishop Hannan High School | $44,860 | 5 | n/a |
| Starc of Louisiana Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 18th Ward | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $23,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Stuart Hall | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Michael Special School | $16,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $12,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Krewe Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge House Corporation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis King of France School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Friends Closet | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Harry Tompson Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | $1,700 | 3 | 0% |
| The Al Copeland Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of St Alphonsus | $600 | 1 | 3% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Smile Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Priests of the Sacred Heart | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| St Labre Indian School | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Corps | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($561k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tesson 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 · Shell USA Company Foundation · J Edgar Monroe Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · Pro Bono Publico Foundation · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Salmen Family Foundation · James P Raymond Jr Foundation · The Azby Fund · Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans · Patrick F Taylor Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tesson Foundation
- How much does Tesson Foundation give?
- Tesson Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $187,785 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tesson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Youth Development (10%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Tesson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Southern Mississippi ($73k), Educare New Orleans ($60k), Son of a Saint ($50k).
- Does Tesson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tesson 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 Tesson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, J Edgar Monroe Foundation.
- Where is Tesson Foundation based?
- Tesson Foundation is based in LA.
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