Funding search · EIN 237001629 · New Orleans, LA

Mary E Peters & Robert W Polchow Foundation

Name: Mary E Peters & Robert W Polchow Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

93
grants reported: $306,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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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.

New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Foundation4 grants · $102,000
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti4 grants · $20,000
Eden House4 grants · $20,000
New Orleans Women'S & Children'S Shelter4 grants · $20,000
Kidsmart4 grants · $20,000
Conserving Carolina4 grants · $14,000
Metairie Park Country Day School4 grants · $12,000
Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights4 grants · $12,000
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation4 grants · $10,000
Kanuga Conference Center4 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$75,000

2022

$75,000

2023

$75,000

2024

$81,000

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$27,000
New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$25,000
New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$25,000
New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$25,000
New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$5,000
Eden House · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$5,000
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General Fund
$5,000
Kidsmart · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$5,000
New Orleans Women'S & Children'S Shelter · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$5,000
Eden House · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$5,000
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General Fund
$5,000
Kidsmart · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$5,000
New Orleans Women'S & Children'S Shelter · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$5,000
Eden House · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Kidsmart · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
New Orleans Women'S & Children'S Shelter · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Eden House · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$5,000
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Fund
$5,000
Kidsmart · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$5,000
New Orleans Women'S & Children'S Shelter · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$3,500
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
General Fund
$3,500
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
General Fund
$3,500
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
General Fund
$3,500
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
General Fund
$3,000
Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$3,000
Metairie Park Country Day School · Metairie, LA · 2025
General Fund
$3,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
General Fund
$3,000
Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$3,000
Metairie Park Country Day School · Metairie, LA · 2024
General Fund
$3,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General Fund
$3,000
Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$3,000
Metairie Park Country Day School · Metairie, LA · 2023
General Fund
$3,000
Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$3,000
Metairie Park Country Day School · Metairie, LA · 2022
General Fund
$2,500
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$2,500
Kanuga Conference Center · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
General Fund
$2,500
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$2,500
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$2,500
Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$2,500
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$2,500
Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$2,000
Wwno · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$2,000
Wyes Tv · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$2,000
Kanuga Conference Center · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
General Fund
$2,000
Kanuga Conference Center · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
General Fund
$2,000
Kanuga Conference Center · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
General Fund
$1,500
Bridge House · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,500
Christ Episcopal School · Covington, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,500
Converse University · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Fund
$1,500
Grace House · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,500
Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,500
Moldova World Children'S Fund · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
General Fund
$1,500
Bridge House · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,500
Christ Episcopal School · Covington, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,500
Grace House · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,500
Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,500
Moldova World Children'S Fund · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
General Fund
$1,500
Bridge House · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,500
Christ Episcopal School · Covington, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,500
Grace House · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,500
Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,500
Moldova World Children'S Fund · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
General Fund
$1,500
Bridge House · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$1,500
Christ Episcopal School · Covington, LA · 2022
General Fund
$1,500
Grace House · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$1,500
Metropolitan Crime Commission · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$1,500
Moldova World Children'S Fund · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
General Fund
$1,000
Clover · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,000
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,000
St Tammany Hospital Foundation · Covington, LA · 2025
General Fund
$1,000
Clover · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,000
Converse University · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Fund
$1,000
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,000
St Tammany Hospital Foundation · Covington, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,000
Wyes Tv · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Fund
$1,000
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,000
Kingsley House · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$1,000
Tulane University Medical Center - Scholarship · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,000
Wyes Tv · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$1,000
Covenant House · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$1,000
Kingsley House · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$1,000
Tulane University Medical Center - Scholarship · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$1,000
Wyes Tv · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$500
Camplify · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
General Fund
$500
Camplify · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
General Fund
$500
Camplify · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
General Fund
$500
New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$500
St Tammany Hospital Foundation · Covington, LA · 2023
General Fund
$500
Tulane University Medical Center - Unrestricted · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Fund
$500
Camplify · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
General Fund
$500
New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund
$500
St Tammany Hospital Foundation · Covington, LA · 2022
General Fund
$500
Tulane University Medical Center - Unrestricted · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Fund

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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.