FundersTennessee

Louisiana-Pacific Foundation

Nashville, TN · EIN 23-7268660. Reported 93 grants totalling $1,225,658 to 81 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,225,658granted, 2021-2024
81organizations funded
$22,336assets, 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. Louisiana-Pacific Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $480,292. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
21 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
20 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

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
See ScheduleNashville, TN$480,292112021
Gary Sinise FoundationMerrifield, VA$100,000112024
American Red CrossNashville, TN$60,000112024
Habitat for Humanity of Greater NashvilleNashville, TN$44,500322024
Hard Bargain AssociationFranklin, TN$30,000112024
County of WilkesWilkesboro, NC$25,000112024
United Way of North CarolinaCary, NC$25,000112024
Boys and Girls Club of Southwest AlabamaThomasville, AL$23,500222024
Pencil FoundationNashville, TN$21,500112024
Hayward Community School DistrictHayward, WI$20,000112024
Urban Green LabNashville, TN$16,000212024
Carthage Fire DepartmentCarthage, TX$15,000112024
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee IncNashville, TN$15,000112024
Jasper County Tricommunity VfdMagnolia Springs, TX$15,000112024
Nath Frederick PlaceTomahawk, WI$15,000112024
Rsu 29 Office of SuperintendentNew Limerick, ME$15,000112024
Lp Cares FundNashville, TN$14,270312024
Rebuilding Together NashvilleNashville, TN$11,000112024
Bath Haverling Central School DistrictBath, NY$10,000112024
Centennial Park ConservancyNashville, TN$10,000112024
Cheekwood Estate and GardensNashville, TN$10,000112024
Conexion AmericasNashville, TN$10,000112024
Fulton Fire and RescueSouth Fulton, GA$10,000112024
Nashville Tree FoundationNashville, TN$10,000112024
National Association of Black Accountants NashvilleNashville, TN$10,000112024
New London Spicer Education FoundationNew London, MN$10,000112024
Newberry Fire DepartmentNewberry, MI$10,000112024
Serving SoulsAntioch, TN$10,000112024
Tennessee Environmental CouncilNashville, TN$10,000112024
Tennessee Wildlife FederationNashville, TN$10,000112024
Western Lake Superior Habitat for HumanityDuluth, MN$10,000112022
Harpeth ConservancyBrentwood, TN$8,000312024
Cullman County Board of EducationCullman, AL$7,500112024
Dickinson Trail NetworkSagola, MI$7,500112024
Greater Green Bay Habitat for HumanityGreen Bay, WI$7,500112024
Habitat for Humanity Stanislaus CountyModesto, CA$7,500112022
Hope Horses IncCullman, AL$7,500112024
Learning Quest Stanislaus Literacy CentersModesto, CA$7,500112022
Veterans 1ST of Northeast WisconsinGreen Bay, WI$7,500112024
West End PlayersSagola, MI$7,500112024
Ceffo Volunteer Fire DepartmentRoxboro, NC$6,000112024
Ch Friend SchoolSouth Boston, VA$5,000112024
Community Partners Two HarborsTwo Harbors, MN$5,000112024
Dickinson Iron Intermediate School DistrictKingsford, MI$5,000112022
East Wilkes High SchoolRonda, NC$5,000112024
Lake County Veterans Memorial AssociationTwo Harbors, MN$5,000112024
North Wilkes High SchoolHays, NC$5,000112024
Oak Lane Elementary SchoolHurdle Mills, NC$5,000112024
Prairie Woods Environmental Learning CenterSpicer, MN$5,000112022
Tahquamenon Area SchoolsNewberry, MI$5,000112024
Western Lake Superior Habitat for HumanitySuperior, WI$5,000112024
United Way of Cullman CountyHanceville, AL$4,491112024
Clarke County Kingdom BuildersJackson, AL$4,000112024
Monroe HardingNashville, TN$2,000212024
American Heart AssociationArlington, VA$1,000112024
Caribou Little LeagueCaribou, ME$1,000112024
Give One FoundationMadison, TN$1,000112024
Habitat for Humanity Bowling GreenBowling Green, KY$1,000112024
Mission StartpointRichmond Hill, GA$1,000112024
Northern Maine Community College FoundationHoulton, ME$1,000112022
Ricowi Foundation IncNew Franklin, OH$1,000112024
Texas Forestry Association Educational Fund IncLufkin, TX$1,000112024
Wisconsin Builders FoundationMadison, WI$1,000112024
Boy Scouts of AmericaScottsdale, AZ$800112024
Grand Canyon Council Boy Scouts of AmericaScotsdale, AZ$800112022
Patriots Home Run Club IncFranklin, TN$750112024
CASANashville, TN$500112024
The Ability ExperienceCharlotte, NC$500112024
The Next Door RecoveryNashville, TN$500112024
Julia Green Elementary PTONashville, TN$450112024
Hunters Bend ElementaryFranklin, TN$300112024
Eagleville Warriors Baseball ClubEagleville, TN$250112024
Jordan ElementaryBrentwood, TN$250112024
YWCA Nashville and Middle TnNashville, TN$206212024
Tunnel to TowersStaten Island, NY$187112024
Pan Florida ChallengeNaples, FL$150112024
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$137312024
Gary Sinise FoundationNashville, TN$103112024
Red CrossBoone, IA$100112024
Ryans Case for SmilesWayne, PA$72112024
Larchmont Charter SchoolLos Angeles, CA$50112024

2 of 81 (2%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Plus 185 grants to individuals totalling $1,217,531 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Environment
7 grants
Education
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20211$480,292$480,292
20229$60,800$7,500
202483$684,566$5,000

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. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in Tennessee. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Tennessee
$787K
Virginia
$106K
North Carolina
$72K
Wisconsin
$56K
Alabama
$47K
Minnesota
$35K
Michigan
$35K
Texas
$31K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation of Middle14 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 Tennessee.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Louisiana-Pacific Foundation'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: 1610 West End Ave Suite 200, Nashville, TN, 37203. 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 23-7268660 · 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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