Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Baton Rouge, LA EIN: 84-3840139

Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation is a private foundation, based in Baton Rouge, LA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3K in total assets. In 2025, it made $3K in qualifying distributions.

Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$2,518
+189.1% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$4,439
+22.8% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$2,597
-28.0% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$2,792
-36.9% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Baton Rouge

How Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation gives

  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2K$4K$6K$8K3 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $300 (2024) to $8K (2020). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $300.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$300
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsDistributable Amount
2025$2,518$4,439$2,792——$2,597$25
2024$871$3,616$4,427$3001$3,607$25
2023$1,682$288$7,498——$5,945—
2022$8,892$9,175$17,807——$16,876—
2021$17,524$9,644$6,198————
2020$23,366$23,365$9,287$7,8513——

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation reported a distributable amount of $25 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation is led by Rosalynn Thyssen, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Rosalynn Thyssen

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2020

    30 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Theodore Thyssen Jr.

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tonya Folse

    Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trinitee Thyssen

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (3)
  • Former: Kimberly Clark (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: LaDonna Evans Sutton (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Brandi Chapman (2020–2021) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation

How large is Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation?

Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation reported $3K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $3K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $25 (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

Where does Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation operate?

Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation has awarded grants in Louisiana.

What is Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation's EIN?

Traeh Thyssen Have a Heart Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-3840139. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 26, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 16, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 12, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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