Forekids Foundations Inc
Avondale, LA · EIN 58-1940111. Reported 182 grants totalling $4,898,500 to 68 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Forekids Foundations Inc, the IRS classifies it as a private independent foundation (NTEE T22Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 68 distinct organizations, with 25% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 90% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $655,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Hospital Inc | New Orleans, LA | $1,205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $728,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Educare New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Our Lady of the Lake Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc | New Orleans, LA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Emerge Center Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heartgift Foundation | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| General Health System Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Lillian Academy | Baton Rouge, LA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Plaquemines Community Care Centers Foundation Inc | Belle Chasse, LA | $55,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Kelly Gibson Foundation | Covington, LA | $54,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bayou Community Foundation | Houma, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Junior Golf Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Start the Adventure in Reading Inc | New Orleans, LA | $49,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Golden Meadow Lions Club | Golden Meadow, LA | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hope Ignites New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Raintree Services Inc | New Orleans, LA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Tammany | Covington, LA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Son of a Saint | New Orleans, LA | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 50 Legs in 50 Days Inc | Lithia, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Education Foundation of the Louisiana Restaurant Assoc Inc | Metairie, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends Helping Kids Inc | Mandeville, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Pulmonary Disease Campinc | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Speech & Hearing Center | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Chartwell Center | New Orleans, LA | $38,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center Hope House | Covington, LA | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | New Orleans, LA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Raphael Academy | New Orleans, LA | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brave Heart - Children in Need | Baton Rouge, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bright School Pre-School for the Hearing Impaired | Metairie, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Bureau of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Museum of St Tammany Inc | Mandeville, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Directed Initiatives for Youth Inc | Slidell, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make Music Nola | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Roots of Music Inc | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sunshine Kids Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America Inc | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Empowerment Project | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baton Rouge Area Kids Fore Golf Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Womans | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Michaels Special School Endowment Fund Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Therese Catholic Academy | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| As & Aces | New Orleans, LA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Covenant House New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Louisiana-Mississippi Inc | Metairie, LA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Isidore Newman School | New Orleans, LA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| James Samaritan | Covington, LA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Childrens Regional Service | Metairie, LA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 18TH Ward | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Reach Alliance | Mandeville, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grow Dat Youth Farm | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope House Inc | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kenner Boxing Club | Kenner, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reconcile New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Louisiana Inc | Covington, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of New Orleans Metropolitan | Metairie, LA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prescription Joy | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Louisiana Open Inc | Lafayette, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caps for Kids | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Live Oak Wilderness Camp | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Playbuild | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
58 of 68 (85%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 16 | $115,000 | $8,750 |
| 2021 | 49 | $1,517,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 57 | $1,557,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 60 | $1,709,500 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
95% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Forekids Foundations Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 11005 Lapalco Blvd, Avondale, LA, 70094.
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