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The Fertel Foundation

THE FERTEL FOUNDATION was organized specifically as a support organization of the greater new orleans foundation, a non profit organization exempt under 501(c)3.

$81k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$340kPublic Benefit$210kCommunity Improvement$58kEducation$18kEnvironment$11kPhilanthropy$7kFood & Nutrition$5k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $35,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $81,100 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $46,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$35,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION$35,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERISTY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION: $13k → 12%CHEZ PANISSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FILM COLLABORATIVE: $12k → 14%LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $10k → 13%THE NATION INSTITUTE: $84k → 17%PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $20k → 14%THE KENYON REVIEW: $13k → 12%AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $6k → 4%AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $5k → 7%GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $7k → 23%PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $160k → 8%LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $10k → 13%THE NATION INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $5k → 14%EFFORTS OF GRACE INC: $5k → 23%TYPE MEDIA: $29k → 17%GOAT IN THE ROAD PRODUCTIONS: $10k → 23%THE PUBLIC THEATER: $10k → 17%ANTENNAPRESS STREET: $5k → 23%JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $13k → 17%KREWE OF RED BEANS: $5k → 23%THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%WWNO RADIO: $5k → 23%THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION: $19k → 17%LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATIONNEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM: $50k → 23%THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10k → 23%THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10k → 23%LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10k → 23%WWOZ: $5k → 23%MARKET UMBRELLA: $8k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$534k · 6 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$534k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+21%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitScience & TechOther
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

  • PC
    PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $75k · revenue +53%
  • LA
    LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +376%
  • AC
    AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM
    2× · 2020–2023 · $11k · revenue +495%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +713%
  • TK
    THE KENYON REVIEW
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +18%
  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +20%
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
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
2
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
3
New Orleans Museum of Art

The mission of the new orleans museum of art is to inspire the love of art; to collect, preserve, exhibit and present excellence in the visual arts; to educate, challenge and engage a diverse public.

Arts & Culture
4
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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5
Us Biennial Inc

Prospect New Orleans is a citywide contemporary art triennial. Every three years, we bring new art to an old city by inviting artists from all over the world to create projects in a wide variety of venues spread throughout New Orleans.…

Arts & Culture
6
Arts Council of New Orleans

The Arts Council of New Orleans dba Arts New Orleans is a private, nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status dedicated to supporting arts and culture in the city.

Arts & Culture
7
Createlouisiana

#CreateLouisiana champions Southern talent in the film + media space, supports the entertainment industries that are integral to the region, and fosters a sustainable creative economy for a homegrown cultural workforce. Through…

Arts & Culture
8
The Conversationalist
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9
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
10
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
11
Tennessee WilliamsNew Orleans Literary Festival

The Festival's mission is threefold; to serve the community through educational, theatrical, literary, and musical programs to nurture, support and showcase regional, national, and international writers, actors, musicians and other artists.

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12
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jazz At Lincoln Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Edible Schoolyard Project dba the Alice Waters Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TYPE MEDIA CENTER INC: $162,750 · Arts & CultureTYPE MEDIA CENTER INCLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUMTHE KENYON REVIEW: $12,500 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureGOAT IN THE ROAD PRODUCTIONS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 morePROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $185,100 · Public BenefitPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT …PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementPUBLIC CONCERN…MARKETUMBRELLAORG: $7,500 · Community ImprovementMARKETUMBRELLA…The Louisiana Museum Foundation: $80,000 · OtherThe Louisiana…UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · EducationThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $5,000 · EducationAntenna: $5,000 · EducationUniversity of New Orleans Foundation: $5,000 · EducationAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $11,000 · Science & TechTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$254,750Public Benefit$185,100Community Improvement$82,500Other$80,000Education$28,000Science & Tech$11,000Philanthropy$6,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $185,100 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTYPE MEDIA CENTER INC: $162,750 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetPUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KENYON REVIEW: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOAT IN THE ROAD PRODUCTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARKETUMBRELLAORG: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEFFORTS OF GRACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKREWE OF RED BEANS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAntenna: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of New Orleans Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Ruth U Fertel Foundat…The Greater New Orlea…Ella West Freeman Fou…Arts Council of New O…Foundation for Louisi…The Ford FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ruth U Fertel FoundationLA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ruth U Fertel Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Ella West Freeman Foundation · Arts Council of New Orleans · Foundation for Louisiana · The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Fertel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fertel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

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    How do I get to The Fertel Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Fertel 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 20 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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