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B a and E W Steinhagen Benevolent Trust

New Orleans, LA · EIN 74-6039544. Reported 72 grants totalling $1,507,307 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$1,507,307granted, 2021-2024
47organizations funded
53%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,296,765assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. B a and E W Steinhagen Benevolent Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,518 and the largest $125,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
3 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
15 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
27 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
22 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
United Way of Beaumont and North Jefferson CountyBeaumont, TX$165,000332023
The H O W CenterBeaumont, TX$155,000222024
Boy's Haven of America IncBeaumont, TX$120,000442024
Southeast Texas NonprofitBeaumont, TX$110,000442024
Beaumont Community PlayersBeaumont, TX$95,000442024
Beaumont Heritage SocietyBeaumont, TX$79,978332024
Southeast Texas Arts CouncilBeaumont, TX$75,000332023
Catholic Charities of Southeast TexasBeaumont, TX$66,340222024
Buckner Retirement Services IncBeaumont, TX$60,000112024
Nutrition & Services for SBeaumont, TX$56,691222022
Green Dot Public Schools Southeast TexasBeaumont, TX$39,000112021
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas FoundationBeaumont, TX$35,000112021
Crime Stoppers of Southeast TexasBeaumont, TX$30,000112024
Port Arthur Historical SocietyPort Arthur, TX$30,000222024
The Magnolia CemeteryBeaumont, TX$30,000112021
Rape and Suicide Crisis Cntr of SetxNew Orleans, LA$27,250332024
Beaumont Council of Garden ClubsBeaumont, TX$22,000112022
United Board of MissionsGroves, TX$21,500222024
American National Red Cross C/O Texas Gulf Coast RegionHouston, TX$20,000222022
Bolivar Point Lighthouse Foundation IncPort Bolivar, TX$20,000112024
Downtown Beaumont Cultural Arts DistrictBeaumont, TX$18,000332024
Beaumont Children's MuseumBeaumont, TX$17,830112022
Iea-Inspire Encourage AchieveBeaumont, TX$17,400112022
Land Manor IncBeaumont, TX$15,000112022
Legacy Community HealthHouston, TX$15,000112022
St Marks Episcopal ChurchBeaumont, TX$15,000112024
Art Museum of Southeast TexasNew Orleans, LA$13,275112021
American National Red CrossOrange, TX$10,000112024
Beaumont Family ShelterBeaumont, TX$10,000112024
Caroline Gilbert Hinchee House Restoration Maintenance & ManagBeaumont, TX$10,000112024
Hughen Center IncPort Arthur, TX$10,000112023
Samaritan Counseling Center of Se TxNew Orleans, LA$10,000112024
Southeast Texas Food BankBeaumont, TX$10,000112022
Symphony of Southeast Texas Attndouglas J FairBeaumont, TX$10,000112023
Harvest House MinistryBeaumont, TX$9,975112023
Nederland Masonic Lodge # 1368Nederland, TX$7,300112023
Mental Health America of Southeast TexasBeaumont, TX$7,100112024
Jefferson County Bar AssociationNew Orleans, LA$6,000112021
Stable - SpiritRose City, TX$5,150112023
Beaumont Interfaith Choral SocietyBeaumont, TX$5,000112022
Janiyah's LoveBeaumont, TX$5,000112024
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (madd)New Orleans, LA$5,000112022
Orange Community Action AssociationOrange, TX$5,000112024
Port Arthur International Seamen's CenterPort Arthur, TX$5,000112024
Hope Center for Crisis PregnancyBeaumont, TX$3,500112022
Beaumont Civic BalletBeaumont, TX$2,500112021
Neches River FestivalBeaumont, TX$1,518112022

14 of 47 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
15 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Housing & Shelter
1 grant
Religion
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202115$342,716$25,000
202220$327,126$15,000
202315$401,525$20,000
202422$435,940$13,250

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$1.4M
Louisiana
$62K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Mamie Mcfaddin Ward Heritage Foundation10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsFoundation for Southeast Texas Inc7 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsGreater Houston Community Foundation6 shared recipientsYoung Mens Business League of Beaumont5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Related guides

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from B a and E W Steinhagen Benevolent Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 701 Poydras Street Ste 3100, New Orleans, LA, 70139. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 74-6039544 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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