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Crawford Foundation

Baton Rouge, LA · EIN 72-6027718. Reported 79 grants totalling $46,020 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$100median grant
$46,020granted, 2021-2024
50recipients, as named on its returns
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$215,994assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Crawford Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $100. Half of everything it gave fell between $50 and $100; the smallest was $25 and the largest $5,080. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
67 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
11 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Family of FaithBaton Rouge, LA$16,520442024
Trinity Baptist ChurchTurkey Creek, LA$14,555442024
First Baptist ChurchBaton Rouge, LA$9,715442024
The Heritage FoundationWashington, DC$325222022
Billy Graham Evangelistic AssociationCharlotte, NC$300222024
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$300222022
Lakeshore Lions ClubBaton Rouge, LA$280332023
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenTampa, FL$250332024
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$250222024
American Cornerstone InstWashington, DC$200222024
My Faith VotesParker, CO$200332023
American Heart AssociationChicago, IL$150332024
American Red CrossBaton Rouge, LA$150222024
Cystic Fibrosis FoundationWashington, DC$150222024
Haggai InternationalAtlanta, GA$150222023
Alzheimers AssociationAlexandria, LA$100222024
American Diabetes AssociationMerrifield, VA$100222023
American Foundation for SuicideNew York, NY$100112022
ASPCAWashington, DC$100112024
Baking Memories 4 KidsValley Cottage, NY$100112021
Care Gift CenterMerrifield, VA$100112022
Citizens United FoundaitonWashington, DC$100112022
Enon Baptist ChurchJayess, MS$100112024
Fostering Hope LouisianaPrarieville, LA$100112021
John Haggai InstituteAtlanta, GA$100112021
Judicial WatchWashington, DC$100222024
Miracle at Manchester FdnDel Mar, CA$100112023
National Ovarian Cancer CenterDallas, TX$100112024
Parkview Baptist ChurchBaton Rouge, LA$100112023
University United MethodistBaton Rouge, LA$100112023
US Deputy Sheriff AssociationWichita, KS$100222024
Arthritis FoundationWashington, DC$50112021
Capital Area Animal WelfareBaton Rouge, LA$50112022
Capital Research CenterWashington, DC$50112022
Greater Baton Rouge Food BankBaton Rouge, LA$50112022
Habitat for HumanityAmericas, GA$50112022
Hospice Ministries IncRidgeland, MS$50112022
Macular Degeneration ResearchClarksburg, MD$50112023
MaddTopeka, KS$50112021
MD Anderson CenterHouston, TX$50112021
National Diabetes FundMerrifield, VA$50112023
National Police AssociationBaton Rouge, LA$50112023
Peace for the PersecutedMilford, NH$50112023
Rediscovering God in AmericaAltamonte Springs, FL$50112022
St Jude Research HospitalMemphis, TN$50112022
Susan G Komen for the CureWashington, DC$50112023
Turning Point USAPhoenix, AZ$50112021
World Assembly a FamilyOakland, CA$50112022
Wounded Warrior's ProjectTopeka, KS$50112021
International Fellowship of Christians and JewsWashington, DC$25112022

19 of 50 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 39%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 19 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$12,160$100
202224$11,480$75
202321$11,220$50
202416$11,160$100

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

91% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Louisiana
$42K
District of Columbia
$1K
North Carolina
$600
New York
$450
Georgia
$300
Florida
$300
Virginia
$250
Colorado
$200

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsRaymond James Charitable Endowment Fund6 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc6 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust6 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $100. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Louisiana.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Crawford Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 3639 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 72-6027718 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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