Louisiana · Private foundation
The Lacoste 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,067
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $386k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Lacoste Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 9 | $21k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $21k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $5k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $4k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana State Troopers Assn | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lsu School of Medicine New Orleans Medical Alumni Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| International Association of Firefighters A-0017 | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Hindman Settlement School Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana State Troopers Assn | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lsu School of Medicine New Orleans Medical Alumni Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| International Association of Firefighters A-0017 | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Hindman Settlement School Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Sheriffs Honorary Membership | $224 | 5 | 0% |
| McNeese State University Foundation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana Wildlife Agents Association Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Calcasieu Parish Medical Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | $67 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lacoste 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lacoste Foundation
- How much does The Lacoste Foundation give?
- The Lacoste Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $20,617 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Lacoste Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Religion (17%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Lacoste Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Samaritan's Purse ($5k), Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans ($2k), Turning Point USA Inc ($1k).
- Does The Lacoste Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lacoste 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 Lacoste Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Lacoste Foundation based?
- The Lacoste Foundation is based in LA.
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