Louisiana · Private foundation
The Cason 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.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $140k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Cason Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 14 | $153k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $214k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $709k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $10.0M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $5.3M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $3.7M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $6.6M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $4.1M | 24% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | $11,957,645 | 6 | n/a |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | $5,611,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Louisiana Christian University | $4,680,900 | 8 | 5% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $2,892,327 | 7 | n/a |
| Fairview Baptist Church | $2,866,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ratio Christi Inc | $895,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | $225,587 | 3 | n/a |
| Salam in the Holy Land Inc | $116,500 | 7 | 20% |
| Southland Christian Ministries Inc | $68,605 | 3 | 3% |
| East Texas Baptist University | $62,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | $11,957,645 | 6 | n/a |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | $5,611,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Louisiana Christian University | $4,680,900 | 8 | 5% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $2,892,327 | 7 | n/a |
| Fairview Baptist Church | $2,866,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ratio Christi Inc | $895,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | $225,587 | 3 | n/a |
| Salam in the Holy Land Inc | $116,500 | 7 | 20% |
| Southland Christian Ministries Inc | $68,605 | 3 | 3% |
| East Texas Baptist University | $62,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Nehemiah Project Inc | $62,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Storyline Church Inc | $62,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Abbie Lane Retreat Ministry Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Two Bridges Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cross Family Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Realm Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Church in the Wild Inc | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Impact Church of Fredericksburg | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Citywalk Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Valley Lights Church | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Roots Community Church | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Life Community Church | $33,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Citizens Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pathfinder Church Inc | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reality Church Miami | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Baptist Church | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Authenticity Church Inc | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of the Harbor | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Canal Street Church | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eden Church | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $21,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Redemption Hill Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chapel on the Campus Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benedictine College | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Restoration City Church | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redemption Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Crucified Fellowship | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connect Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Impact Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whitefield Academy Inc | $11,993 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Outreach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Board | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mississippi College | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Greenville University | $1,692 | 1 | 0% |
| Epic Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cason 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: Woman's Missionary Union Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Cason Foundation
- How much does The Cason Foundation give?
- The Cason Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $153,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Cason Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (83%), Education (16%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are The Cason Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary ($12M), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ($5.6M), Louisiana Christian University ($4.7M).
- Does The Cason Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cason 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 Cason Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Woman's Missionary Union Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Cason Foundation based?
- The Cason Foundation is based in LA.
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