Louisiana · Private foundation
The MDV 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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $404k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The MDV Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 15 | $28k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $33k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $21k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $26k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWG Nation Hockey Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Team Gleason Foundation | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Life Counseling Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWG Nation Hockey Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Team Gleason Foundation | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Life Counseling Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Abraham's Tent Association | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Margaret Catholic School | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Power Pump Girls Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Front Yard Bikes | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverfield Academy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The MDV 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The MDV Foundation
- How much does The MDV Foundation give?
- The MDV Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $28,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The MDV Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Religion (13%), Health (12%).
- Who are The MDV Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: DAWG Nation Hockey Foundation ($15k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($8k), Team Gleason Foundation ($7k).
- Does The MDV Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The MDV 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 MDV Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The MDV Foundation based?
- The MDV Foundation is based in LA.
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