Louisiana · Private foundation
The Alta and John Franks 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.
- $8.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 70
- Grants FY2024
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 51 to 62
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $220M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Alta and John Franks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $197k 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 | 70 | $8.7M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $2.3M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $1.5M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 57 | $1.3M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Policy Network | $1,030,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| North Louisiana Economic Partnership Inc | $925,000 | 5 | 18% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $750,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $750,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Red River STEM Inc | $579,813 | 4 | 11% |
| Public Interest Legal Foundation | $570,000 | 4 | 10% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $565,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Greater Shreveport Chamber Foundation | $537,500 | 5 | 75% |
Show all 75 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Alta and John Franks Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation of North Louisiana · The Powers Foundation Inc · Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation · Grayson Foundation Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Noel Foundation Inc · Willis-Knighton Medical Center · Wheless Foundation · Zadeck Family Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · H E Storer Charitable Foundation · The Nelson Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Alta and John Franks Foundation with peer funders
About The Alta and John Franks Foundation
- How much does The Alta and John Franks Foundation give?
- The Alta and John Franks Foundation reported 70 grants totaling $8,651,460 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 62 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Alta and John Franks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Community Improvement (13%), Public Benefit (12%).
- Who are The Alta and John Franks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: State Policy Network ($1.0M), Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation ($1.0M), North Louisiana Economic Partnership Inc ($925k).
- Does The Alta and John Franks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alta and John Franks 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 The Alta and John Franks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Louisiana, The Powers Foundation Inc, Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation.
- Where is The Alta and John Franks Foundation based?
- The Alta and John Franks Foundation is based in LA.
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