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Grant Funders in New Orleans, LA

Bespoke Grants indexes 105 grant-making foundations headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana — together $636.2M in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports education, health care, arts & culture and higher education. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a New Orleans nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

105
Foundations in New Orleans
$636.2M
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
LA
State

Foundations headquartered in New Orleans

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$254.8M2023
2The Greater New Orleans Foundation$36.6M2024
3Agenda for Children$35.1M2024
4Sugar Bowl$18.0M2024
5Sun Belt Conference$15.9M2024
6Xavier University$14.1M2023
7Baptist Community Ministries$10.8M2024
8Louisiana State University School of Med$10.3M2022
9Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc$10.1M2024
10Our Lady of Wisdom Facility Corporation$9.8M2017
11Entergy Charitable Foundation$9.5M2024
12Louisiana Bar Foundation$8.7M2024
13Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans$8.4M2025
14Firstline Schools Inc$8.2M2025
15New Schools for New Orleans Inc$8.0M2024
16Ascension Depaul Services$7.1M2023
17Bayou District Foundation$7.0M2023
18United Way of Southeast Louisiana$6.9M2025
19Giving Hope Inc$6.7M2019
20National Network of Public Health$5.9M2025
21Louisiana Children's Medical Center$5.9M2024
22Zemurray Foundation$5.4M2024
23Daughters of Charity Services of$5.3M2020
24Patrick F Taylor Foundation$5.1M2024
25Audubon Nature Institute Foundation$4.0M2024
261770 Tchoupitoulas Inc$4.0M2020
27Audubon Nature Institute Inc$3.9M2024
28Dillard University$3.7M2018
29Edward G Schlieder Educational$3.6M2024
30Catholic Charities Archdiocese$3.4M2020
31Tulane Murphy Foundation Inc$3.1M2020
32Broadway Services Inc$3.1M2024
33Ochsner Clinic Foundation$3.0M2024
34Fitlot Inc$3.0M2022
35Igivecatholic$2.9M2024
36Pontchartrain Housing Corp I$2.9M2018
37Children's Hospital Inc$2.9M2024
38Vela Education Fund$2.7M2024
39The Helis Foundation$2.7M2024
40The Booth-bricker Fund$2.6M2023

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What New Orleans funders support

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Beyond New Orleans

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a New Orleans, LA address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund New Orleans nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.