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The Hall Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Hall Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$19k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Health$53kArts & Culture$27kEducation$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kAnimals$3kPhilanthropy$3k
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$198
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ORLEANS BALLET ASSOCIATION$6,000
LAS COMPANAS SCHOLARSHIP FUND$5,000
NEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND$5,000
LE PETIT THEATER DU VIEUX CARRE$2,500
02The need
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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 (FY19–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%CANDLELIGHTERS: $3k → 8%HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%THE LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $1k → 12%ESPANOLA HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 18%METAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10k → 15%NEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 23%PRO BONO PUBLICO: $3k → 23%PRO BONO PUBLICO: $2k → 23%NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $3k → 23%LE PETIT THEATER DU VIEUX CARRE: $3k → 23%NEW ORLEANS BALLET ASSOCIATION: $6k → 23%NEW ORLEANS BALLET ASSOCIATION: $5k → 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.
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 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
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Musical Arts Society of New Orleans

Masno's vision is to be a primary source in establishing new orleans as a vital and vibrant center for the musical arts recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally. masno's mission is 1) to create opportunities to hear,…

Arts & Culture
4
Performing Arts Houston

We connect audiences with exceptional artists through diverse performances and learning experiences. we ignite and cultivate passion for the performing arts to create community, inspire dialogue and enrich our world.

Arts & Culture
5
New Orleans Public Library Foundation

Support of the city of new orleans library system and city wide literacy efforts through parnter organizations, community organizations and initiatives including fundraising and expending funds to supplement library operations.

Education
6
New Orleans Opera Association

The mission of the new orleans opera association (nooa) is to enrich the lives of all people by producing opera of the highest artistic quality and providing education opportunities through traditional and innovative approaches. the…

Arts & Culture
7
New Orleans Ballet Inc Dba New Orleans Ballet Theatre

The mission of new orleans ballet theatre (nobt) is to be the premier resident ballet company of the gulf south internationally renowned for world-class performances, innovative choreography, and outstanding professional training,…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
New Orleans Friends of Music

New Orleans Friends of Music is dedicated to promoting the performance and appreciation of fine chamber music. The Organization has a responsibility to the community to bring music to the youth of the city and the cultivate the…

Arts & Culture
10
Northeast Louisiana Arts Council

To provide cultural enhancement in northeast louisiana through concerts, art, and similar projects.

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11
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Foundation

Nocca foundation champions the new orleans center for creative arts. we build philanthropic, lasting partnerships. we invest in young artists, their mentors and the community through programs that encourage educational and cultural…

Arts & Culture
12
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Opera theatre's mission is to shape a vibrant future for opera by connecting, inspiring, and entertaining our communities through the power and beauty of the art form; to foster the next generation by empowering a diverse group of artists,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Orleans Museum of Art; the most unlike its peers is New Orleans Ballet Association. 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

8 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. 8 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONNEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $10,000 · OtherNEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAG…LAS COMPANAS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $5,000 · OtherLAS COMPANAS SCHOLARSHIP FUN…Individual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientESPANOLA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 · OtherESPANOLA HUMANE SOCIETYLE PETIT THEATRE DU VIEUX CARRE: $2,500 · OtherLE PETIT THEATRE DU VIEUX CA…CANDLELIGHTERS: $2,500 · OtherCANDLELIGHTERSNew Orleans Ballet Association: $11,000 · Arts & CultureNew Orleans Ballet …NEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS HISPANI…NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM …METAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationMETAIRIE P…SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyLENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $1,200 · Philanthropy
Health$50,000Other$27,000Arts & Culture$18,500Education$10,000Philanthropy$3,700

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Orleans Ballet Association: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMETAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetLE PETIT THEATRE DU VIEUX CARRE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $1,200 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.

Gayle and Tom Benson …National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable FoundationLA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Hall Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hall Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 13 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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