Funding search · EIN 721083596 · New Orleans, LA

Downman Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

151
grants reported
$391,260
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Raintree Services3 grants · $27,790
  • Md Anderson3 grants · $25,000
  • Make a Wish Foundation3 grants · $24,500
  • Mi Esperanza3 grants · $19,500
  • Louise S McGehee School3 grants · $16,000
  • Semper Fi and America'S Fund3 grants · $13,570
  • University of Virginia3 grants · $12,200
  • Metropolitan Crime Commission3 grants · $10,500
  • New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation3 grants · $10,500
  • Share Our Strength1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$138,100
2022
$129,440
2023
$123,720
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 151 grants.

  • $13,000

    Make a Wish Foundation · Metairie, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $12,360

    Raintree Services · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $10,430

    Raintree Services · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $10,000

    Md Anderson · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $10,000

    Md Anderson · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $10,000

    Share Our Strength · Wasington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $8,000

    Make a Wish Foundation · Metairie, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $7,875

    Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $6,570

    Semper Fi and America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $6,500

    Mi Esperanza · Mandeville, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $6,500

    Mi Esperanza · Mandeville, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $6,500

    Mi Esperanza · Mandeville, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $5,500

    Louise S McGehee School · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $5,500

    Louise S McGehee School · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $5,000

    Louise S McGehee School · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $5,000

    Md Anderson · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $5,000

    Ozanam Inn · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $5,000

    Raintree Services · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $4,200

    University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $4,000

    University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $4,000

    University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,600

    Take Paws Rescue · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    Semper Fi and America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    K-9 Warriors · Pointe Vedra, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    Make a Wish Foundation · Metairie, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,500

    Semper Fi and America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,200

    St Francis Animal Sanctuary · Mandeville, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,200

    St Francis Animal Sanctuary · Mandeville, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,200

    St Francis Animal Sanctuary · Mandeville, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,175

    Northshore Humane Society · Covington, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,175

    Northshore Humane Society · Covington, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,175

    Northshore Humane Society · Covington, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,100

    Take Paws Rescue · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,100

    Take Paws Rescue · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,100

    Northshore Food Bank · Covington, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    K-9 Warriors · Pointe Vedra, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Ochsner Clinic Foundation · Jefferson, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Woodbury Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    K-9 Warriors · Pointe Vedra, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Louisiana Spca · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Ochsner Clinic Foundation · Jefferson, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    St Georges Episcopal School · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    1500unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Edible School Yard · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Louisiana Spca · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Ochsner Clinic Foundation · Jefferson, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    St Georges Episcopal School · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    1500unrestricted donation

  • $3,000

    Trinity School · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,875

    Kentucky Horse Park · Lexington, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,800

    New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,785

    Edible School Yard · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,785

    Edible School Yard · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,700

    Archibishop Community Appeal · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,600

    Northshore Food Bank · Covington, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,600

    Northshore Food Bank · Covington, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    St Georges Episcopal School · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    Holy Name of Jesus Church · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    Holy Name of Jesus Church · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    Rhode Island Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,500

    Woodhall School · Bethlehem, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,300

    Louisiana Spca · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Holy Name of Jesus Church · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    The Woodhall School · Bethlehem, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Trinity Pawling School · Pawling, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Usea Foundation Roger Haller Fund · Leesburg, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Duck'S Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Trinity Pawling School · Pawling, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Usea Foundation Roger Haller Fund · Leesburg, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Woodbury Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Woodhall School · Bethlehem, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Bluegrass Land Conservation · Lexington, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Duck'S Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Finishing the Work Inc (Project Contagious Joy4him) · Abita Springs, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Friends of City Park · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Trinity Pawling School · Pawling, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Usea Foundation Roger Haller Fund · Leesburg, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $2,000

    Woodbury Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,800

    Bureau of Governmental Research · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,600

    Friends of City Park · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Bureau of Governmental Research · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Finishing the Work Inc (Project Contagious Joy4him) · Abita Springs, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Hogs for a Cause · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Pro Bono Publico Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Archibishop Hannan Community Appeal · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Bureau of Governmental Research · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Country Day Fund · Metairie, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Finishing the Work Inc (Project Contagious Joy4him) · Abita Springs, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    The Pro Bono Publico Foundation Co School of Design · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Trinity School · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    American Cancer Association · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    Archibishop Hannan Community Appeal · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,500

    The Pro Bono Publico Foundation Co School of Design · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Unrestricted donation

  • $1,300

    Canine Companion for Independence · Orlando, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted donation

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.