Funding search · EIN 721285110 · Metairie, LA

Tesson Foundation

Name: Tesson Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

80
grants reported: $561,535
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

The STEM Library2 grants · $145,000
University of Southern Mississippi4 grants · $57,675
St Mary'S Academy3 grants · $40,000
The Angelus2 grants · $34,000
Archbishop Hannan High School4 grants · $33,860
Good Sheperd School1 grant · $25,000
St Paul'S Catholic School4 grants · $25,000
The 18th Ward2 grants · $25,000
Second Harvest4 grants · $22,500
Special Olympics4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$103,600

2021

$104,650

2022

$165,500

2023

$187,785

2024

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

$95,000
The STEM Library · Metairie, LA · 2024
General
$50,000
The STEM Library · Metairie, LA · 2023
General
$25,275
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiseburg, MS · 2024
General
$25,000
Good Sheperd School · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$24,000
The Angelus · Hudson, FL · 2023
General
$20,000
St Mary'S Academy · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$15,000
The 18th Ward · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$11,500
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiseburg, MS · 2022
General
$10,900
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiseburg, MS · 2023
General
$10,260
Archbishop Hannan High School · Covington, LA · 2024
General
$10,000
The 18th Ward · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$10,000
Second Harvest · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$10,000
St Mary'S Academy · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$10,000
STEM Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$10,000
The Angelus · Hudson, FL · 2022
General
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General
$10,000
Chapell High School · Metairie, LA · 2021
General
$10,000
Educare · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General
$10,000
Perkins School for the Deaf · Watertown, MA · 2021
General
$10,000
St Mary'S Academy · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General
$10,000
St Paul'S Catholic School · Covington, LA · 2021
General
$10,000
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiseburg, MS · 2021
General
$9,100
Archbishop Hannan High School · Covington, LA · 2023
General
$9,000
University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2022
General
$8,650
Archbishop Hannan High School · Covington, LA · 2022
General
$5,850
Archbishop Hannan High School · Covington, LA · 2021
General
$5,500
Second Harvest · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$5,200
Covenant House New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$5,000
St Paul'S Catholic School · Covington, LA · 2024
General
$5,000
Tulane Research · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$5,000
New Heights Therapeutic Center · Folsom, LA · 2023
General
$5,000
Second Harvest · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$5,000
Special Olympics · Hammond, LA · 2023
General
$5,000
St Paul'S Catholic School · Covington, LA · 2023
General
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General
$5,000
Bridge House · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$5,000
Covenant House New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$5,000
Perkins School for the Deaf · Watertown, MA · 2022
General
$5,000
Special Olympics · Hammond, LA · 2022
General
$5,000
St Paul'S Catholic School · Covington, LA · 2022
General
$5,000
Start the Adventure in Reading-Stai · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$5,000
Good Shepard School · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General
$5,000
Special Olympics · Hammond, LA · 2021
General
$5,000
Starc of Louisiana · Slidell, LA · 2021
General
$4,000
New Orleans Medical Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$3,000
St John Seminary College · Camarillo, CA · 2021
General
$2,500
Harry Thompson Center · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$2,500
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$2,500
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Ascension Depaul Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General
$2,500
Louisiana State University · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
General
$2,000
Second Harvest · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General
$1,500
Lsu Bursar · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
General
$1,000
Mercy Homes for Boys Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Special Olympics · Hammond, LA · 2024
General
$600
Friends of St Alphonsus · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General
$500
Bridge House · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$500
Salvation Army · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$500
New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General
$500
Magnolia Comm Services · Jefferson, LA · 2021
General
$300
St Jude'S · Memphis, TN · 2024
General
$250
Habitat for Humanity · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$250
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
General
$250
United Service Organizations · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$200
Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General
$200
Make a Wish · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General
$200
New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General
$200
Operation Smile · Virgina Beach, VA · 2024
General
$200
Paralyzed Verterans · Topeka, KS · 2024
General
$200
Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2024
General
$200
Shriners Childrens Hospital · Tampa, FL · 2024
General
$200
Toys for Tots · Triangle, VA · 2024
General
$200
Veterans of Foreign War · Milford, NH · 2024
General
$150
Priests of the Sacred Heart · Franklin, WI · 2024
General
$150
St Labre Indian School · Ashland, MT · 2024
General
$150
St Bonaventures Indian Mission · Thoreau, NM · 2021
General
$100
Mercy Corps · Portland, OR · 2024
General
$100
St Bonaventures Indian Mission · Thoreau, NM · 2024
General
$100
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2024
General
$100
Wounded Warriors · Topeka, KS · 2024
General

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Our Lady of the Lake Hospital111 grants · $101.1M
Agenda for Children522 grants · $109.4M

Similar grant size

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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.