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Ella West Freeman Foundation

New Orleans, LA

The Ella West Freeman Foundation supports Greater New Orleans nonprofits in education, the arts, community improvement and governmental oversight, and human services, with particular interest in capital projects for established organizations. Recent reported grants were highly variable, from $26 to $1.27 million, so the available data do not indicate a typical award level. It uses an application process, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Bollinger Family Foundation

New Orleans, LA

Holley Pavy Deblois and John M Deblois

Metairie, LA

Support of various charitable organizations.

John Burton Harter Foundation

Louisville, KY

RML Foundation

Metairie, LA

Methodist Health System Foundation Inc

Slidell, LA

The foundation funds health-related programs and services, including healthcare access, prevention, mental and emotional health, and factors affecting health, with strategic grants focused on metropolitan New Orleans—especially New Orleans East, Gentilly, and St. Bernard. Its 2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $125,000, with a median of $50,000; it does not accept unsolicited strategic grant requests, while small community donations are available to eligible nonprofits in Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, and Jefferson parishes.

The Nathan & Priscilla Gordon Foundation

Wilmington, DE

Louis and Virginia Clemente

Greenwich, CT

The foundation funds organizations in the arts, education, health research, religious life, and community services, with 2025 grants going to recipients in Connecticut, New York, Oregon, New Jersey, Louisiana, and other states. Its 34 grants ranged from $1,000 to $40,000, with a median of $6,000. It contributes only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Duke Energy Foundation

Charlotte, NC

The Duke Energy Foundation funds workforce development, local economic development and recovery, disaster resilience, conservation, and economic opportunity in communities across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. It reports more than $30 million in annual charitable grants; awards vary widely, with a 2024 median of $25,000, and applications of $20,000 or less are accepted on a rolling basis. Applicants should contact their local Foundation representative before applying.

Arlene & Joseph Meraux Charitable

Violet, LA

The foundation funds education, environmental stewardship, community resilience, arts and culture, economic development, and land strategies, with a focus on improving quality of life in St. Bernard Parish; most 2024 grant dollars went to Louisiana recipients. In 2024, grants ranged from $300 to $2 million, with a median of $6,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; grants are by invitation only.

The Azby Fund

New Orleans, LA

The Azby Fund supports educational, environmental, historical-preservation, civic, and sailing purposes, with all reported 2024 grants going to Louisiana recipients. Its 45 grants ranged from $1,000 to $261,000, with a median of $9,000. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of

Baton Rouge, LA

The foundation funds programs that improve Louisianians’ health and well-being, including community-wide health, education and well-being efforts, innovative pilots, and crisis or disaster response. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $360,000, with a median of $33,333; 98% of grant dollars went to Louisiana recipients. It accepts quarterly Letters of Intent for Collective Impact Grants, and crisis-response requests are accepted on an ongoing basis while funds and need remain.