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The Lacoste Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$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
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
LOUISIANA MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$1,000
TURNING POINT USA$1,000
HINDMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL$250
LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION$200
MCNEESE FOUNDATION$100
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: $100 → 17%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $200 → 19%MCNEESE FOUNDATION: $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%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 19%LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 19%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA: $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
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

CO
KY
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
FL
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +5% for those 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
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

  • 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
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
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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; 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 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. 15 of the 28 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)
13/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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
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.

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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 Lacoste Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lacoste Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% 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, 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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home