Louisiana · Public charity
Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc
The mission of unity of greater new orleans is to coordinate community partnerships to prevent, reduce and end homelessness.
- $28M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $381,727
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,632,790
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $25M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $17M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $20M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $19M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $18M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $10M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $15M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $13M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| START Corporation | $25,427,995 | 9 | 13% |
| Noaids Task Force | $16,712,520 | 9 | 5% |
| Responsibility House Inc | $15,428,154 | 9 | 63% |
| Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans | $13,154,814 | 9 | 77% |
| New Orleans Family Justice Alliance | $9,438,910 | 9 | 46% |
| Ozanam Inn | $7,185,056 | 8 | 49% |
| Nami New Orleans Inc | $7,028,779 | 9 | 34% |
| Odyssey House Louisiana Inc | $6,957,834 | 9 | 8% |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $4,791,336 | 9 | 12% |
| Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana Inc | $4,176,271 | 9 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · Goldring Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Keller Family Foundation · New Orleansartists Against Hunger and Homelessness · Junior League of New Orleans Inc · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Methodist Health System Foundation Inc · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda
How this is measured
About Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc
- How much does Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc give?
- Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc reported 31 itemized grants totaling $25,292,059, out of $28,076,441 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (86%), Human Services (6%), Health (5%).
- Who are Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: START Corporation ($25M), Noaids Task Force ($17M), Responsibility House Inc ($15M).
- Does Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, United Way of Southeast Louisiana.
- Where is Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc based?
- Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc is based in LA.
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