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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 FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20192024.

Philanthropy$29kReligion$12kHealth$11kHuman Services$11kInternational$5kPublic Benefit$2kCrime & Legal$1kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$386k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISCELLANEOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS$9,067
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
MANRESA RETREAT HOUSE$3,000
TURNING POINT USA$1,000
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
LOUISIANA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$1,000
HINDMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL$250
LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION$200
MCNEESE FOUNDATION$100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TURNING POINT USA: $1k → 11%JUDICIAL WATCH: $500 → 14%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $250 → 17%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5k → 21%ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY: $67 → 10%CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING: $500 → 15%MANRESA RETREAT HOUSE: $4k → 16%SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 17%LSU AG CENTER: $100 → 18%LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' HONORARY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: $75 → 19%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $250 → 20%ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS: $2k → 23%OUR LADY OF THE OAKS RETREAT HOUSE: $4k → 28%HINDMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL: $250 → 29%MANRESA RETREAT HOUSE: $3k → 16%SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 17%LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' HONORARY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: $50 → 19%LOUISIANA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $6k → 23%OUR LADY OF THE OAKS RETREAT HOUSE: $4k → 28%SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 17%LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' HONORARY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: $50 → 19%LSU HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 23%OUR LADY OF THE OAKS RETREAT HOUSE: $2k → 28%SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 17%LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' HONORARY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: $27 → 19%LOUISIANA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1k → 23%OUR LADY OF THE OAKS RETREAT HOUSE: $720 → 28%CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFFS PROGRAM: $1k → 17%LOUISIANA SHERIFFS' HONORARY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: $22 → 19%LSU MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $500 → 23%MCNEESE FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $200 → 19%MCNEESE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: $100 → 17%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA: $200 → 19%MCNEESE FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $150 → 19%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 19%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA: $100 → 19%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 19%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 19%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $50 → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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KY
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$58k · 11 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +10% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

11 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$58k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+5%

Still filing today

36%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPublic BenefitEmploymentCrime & LegalAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LS
    LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSN
    6× · 2019–2024 · $700 · revenue +62%
  • IA
    INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS A-0017
    2× · 2019–2020 · $300 · revenue +10%
  • LS
    LOUISIANA SHERIFFS HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
    5× · 2019–2023 · $224 · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • ZL
    ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • LH
    LSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +5%
  • CP
    CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFFS PROGRAM
    one grant, 2019 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Louisiana State Medical Society

The society's exempt purpose is to extend medical knowledge, advance medical science, elevate the standards of medical education and training, enforce just medical laws and regulations, promote dialogue and cooperation among physicians and…

2
Louisiana State Medical Society Educational and Research Foundation

The primary purpose of the foundation is to engage in and carry out scientific research in the fields of medical science, medical economics, public health, sociology, and related areas for the benefit of the interested public, medical…

Health
3
Missouri State Medical Association

Msma's mission is to serve its members through promotion of the science & art of medicine, protection of the health of the public & betterment of the medical profession in missouri.

4
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
5
Lsu Alumni Association

The mission is to protect, promote, and foster the welfare of louisiana state university and to create and nurture mutually beneficial relationships between the university and its alumni and friends. the association, using the talents and…

6
Louisiana State University School of Med in New Orleans Faculty Group Practice

The patient-centered healthcare team of the lsu healthcare network will provide the highest quality, comprehensive medical care with compassion and professionalism, while maintaining our commitment to academic excellence

Health
7
Louisiana State Bar Association

The mission of the louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the…

8
Loma Linda University

Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…

Education
9
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The society is a multidisciplinary professional medical organization dedicated to improving human health by advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy.

Health
10
New Orleans Geological Society Memorial Foundation
Education
11
Mississippi State Medical Association

A physician organization serving as an advocate for its members, their patients and the public health. the association promotes ethical, educational and clinical standards for the medical profession and the enactment of just medical laws.

12
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (Ashp)

The mission of pharmacists is to help people achieve optimal health outcomes. ashp helps its members achieve this mission by advocating and supporting the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory care…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc and the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MISCELLANEOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS — $28,869 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONSOUR LADY OF THE OAKS RETREAT HOUSE — $9,920 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE OAKS RETREAT HOUSELOUISIANA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $7,000 · OtherLOUISIANA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONMANRESA RETREAT HOUSE — $6,500 · OtherMANRESA RETREAT HOUSESALVATION ARMY — $4,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYZION LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS — $2,200 · Other+11 more — $4,160 · Other+11 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $5,000 · ReligionLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS — $2,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $250 · HealthLSU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW ORLEANS MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC — $500 · EducationHINDMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL INC — $250 · EducationMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $200 · EducationJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $500 · Public BenefitINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS A-0017 — $300 · EmploymentLOUISIANA SHERIFFS HONORARY MEMBERSHIP — $224 · Crime & LegalLOUISIANA WILDLIFE AGENTS ASSOCIATION INC — $150 · Animals
Other$62,649Religion$5,000Health$3,250Education$950Public Benefit$500Employment$300Crime & Legal$224Animals$150

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSN — $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLSU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW ORLEANS MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS A-0017 — $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHINDMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA SHERIFFS HONORARY MEMBERSHIP — $224 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA WILDLIFE AGENTS ASSOCIATION INC — $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALCASIEU PARISH MEDICAL SOCIETY — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY — $67 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA3.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Lacoste Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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