Funding search · EIN 421536915 · New Orleans, LA

The Emeril Lagasse Foundation

Name: The Emeril Lagasse Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

88
grants reported: $6.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $43,926
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education nutrition culinary development life skills children feeding

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Glow Nc1 grant · $540,000
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School1 grant · $500,000
Baltimore Montessori1 grant · $500,000
New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute4 grants · $420,596
Cafe Hope2 grants · $275,000
Sinfonia Gulf Coast3 grants · $271,233
Son of a Saint3 grants · $253,000
Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation1 grant · $230,000
Second Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $225,000
Arc Broward4 grants · $204,750

Giving over time

$453,699

2021

$2.8M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

$540,000
Glow Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$500,000
Baltimore Montessori · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Children's education
$500,000
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Children's education
$230,000
Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Culinary and nutrition education
$225,000
Cafe Hope · Marrero, LA · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$213,490
New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Culinary and nutrition education
$146,106
New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$131,902
Alaqua Animal Refuge · Freeport, FL · 2022
Life skills development
$118,103
Sinfonia Gulf Coast · Destin, FL · 2022
Children's education
$100,000
Son of a Saint · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Life skills development
$100,000
Son of a Saint · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Life skills development
$95,000
Life Lab Science Program · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Nutrition education
$94,874
Alaqua Animal Refuge · Freeport, FL · 2023
Life skills development
$90,000
Arc Broward · Sunrise, FL · 2022
Life skills development
$89,661
Institute of Culinary Education · New York, NY · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$84,620
Emerald Coast Children'S Advocacy · Niceville, FL · 2022
Children's education
$84,500
Samueli Academy · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Children's education
$82,054
Sinfonia Gulf Coast · Miramar Beach, FL · 2023
Children's education
$75,000
Cafe Reconcile · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$75,000
Cafe Reconcile · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$75,000
Dan Marino Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Life skills development
$75,000
Liberty'S Kitchen · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Life skills development
$75,000
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Foundation (Nocca) · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$75,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Feeding/hunger programs
$71,076
Sinfonia Gulf Coast · Miramar Beach, FL · 2024
Children's education
$69,096
Ingram Lee Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Life skills development
$68,124
Emerald Coast Children'S Advocacy Center · Niceville, FL · 2023
Children's education
$63,250
Adopt the Arts Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Children's music education
$62,827
Ingram Lee Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Life skills development
$59,910
Food for Thought · Santa Rosa Beach, FL · 2022
Feeding/hunger programs
$59,200
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education
$57,500
Arc Broward · Sunrise, FL · 2023
Life skills development
$57,500
Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability · Austin, TX · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$55,000
Do It for the Love · Oakland, CA · 2022
Music healing
$53,000
Son of a Saint · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Life skills development
$52,180
Austin Ed Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$50,000
Cafe Hope · Marrero, LA · 2024
Culinary and nutrition education
$50,000
Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability · Austin, TX · 2024
Children's education
$50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Feeding/hunger programs
$50,000
Belle Chasse Academy · Belle Chase, LA · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Feeding/hunger programs
$50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Feeding/hunger programs
$50,000
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education
$45,351
Food for Thought · Santa Rosa Beach, FL · 2023
Feeding/hunger programs
$42,500
Dan Marino Foundation · Dania Beach, FL · 2023
Life skills development
$42,250
Arc Broward · Sunrise, FL · 2024
Life skills development
$40,000
Youth Empowerment Project · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Life skills development
$40,000
Louisiana Restaurant Association · Metairie, LA · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$40,000
Youth Empowerment Project · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Life skills development
$40,000
Youth Empowerment Project · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Life skills development
$39,819
Alaqua Animal Refuge · Freeport, FL · 2024
Life skills development
$36,500
The Ecology Center · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$36,000
New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$33,333
Emerald Coast Children'S Advocacy · Niceville, FL · 2021
Children's education
$33,333
Food for Thought · Santa Rosa Beach, FL · 2021
Feeding/hunger programs
$33,333
Matrix Community Outreach Center · Defniak Springs, FL · 2021
Religious education
$32,500
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Culinary and nutrition education
$32,000
Orange County School of the Arts Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Cultural and arts enrichment
$30,458
Food for Thought · Santa Rosa Beach, FL · 2024
Feeding/hunger programs
$30,000
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation · Destin, FL · 2024
Children's education
$30,000
Education Foundation of the Louisiana Restaurant Association · Metairie, LA · 2022
Culinary and nutrition education
$27,250
Dan Marino Foundation · Dania Beach, FL · 2024
Life skills development
$25,000
The Troy Andrews Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Life skills development
$25,000
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$25,000
New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education
$21,250
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Foundation (Nocca) · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education
$20,000
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2024
Life skills development
$20,000
Youth Empowerment Project · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Life skills development
$16,875
Belle Chasse Academy · Belle Chase, LA · 2024
Culinary and nutrition education
$16,500
Orange County School of the Arts Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Children's education
$15,000
Arc Broward · Sunrise, FL · 2021
Life skills development
$15,000
Dan Marino Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Life skills development
$11,875
Friends of Discovery Health Sciences Foundation · Metairie, LA · 2024
Children's education
$11,000
Watering Hole Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Cultural and arts enrichment
$10,000
Edible Education Experience · Orlando, FL · 2024
Culinary and nutrition education
$10,000
Watering Hole Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Cultural and arts enrichment
$10,000
Watering Hole Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Cultural and arts enrichment
$10,000
Ingram Lee Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Life skills development
$10,000
Pajaro Valley Unified School District · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Children's education
$9,999
Hooptee Charities · Matthews, NC · 2023
Culinary and nutrition education
$8,965
Emerald Coast Children'S Advocacy Center · Niceville, FL · 2024
Children's education
$8,500
St Michael Special School · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Children's education
$7,500
Nocca · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Children's education
$7,500
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Basic childhood needs
$5,250
Watering Hole Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Cultural and arts enrichment
$5,000
Edible Education Experience · Orlando, FL · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education
$5,000
Edible Schoolyard · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education
$5,000
Epicurean Charitable Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2021
Culinary and nutrition education

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.