The Alta and John Franks Foundation

Private foundation, Louisiana

United States

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Given in 2024 $8.6m

Typical grant $50k Middle half $25k to $148k

New grantees in 2024 38% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

$1.5m 2022 42

$2.3m 2023 43

$8.6m 2024 65

38% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Louisiana 102 grants · typical $30k

Virginia 18 grants · typical $20k

District of Columbia 16 grants · typical $38k

Illinois 6 grants · typical $25k

New York 5 grants · typical $100k

Texas 2 grants · typical $50k

Georgia 1 grant · typical $5,000

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

National Trust for Historic Preservation Grant to National Trust for Historic Preservation $10k 31 Dec 2024

North Louisiana Economic Partnership Grant to North Louisiana Economic Partnership $500k 31 Dec 2024

Downtown Shreveport Devel Corp Grant to Downtown Shreveport Devel Corp $72k 31 Dec 2024

The Strand Theater Grant to The Strand Theater $18k 31 Dec 2024

National Right to Work Legal Defense FDN Grant to National Right to Work Legal Defense Fdn $15k 31 Dec 2024

Red River Revel Grant to Red River Revel $25k 31 Dec 2024

Holy Angels Residential Facility Grant to Holy Angels Residential Facility $10k 31 Dec 2024

Real Clear Foundation Grant to Real Clear Foundation $100k 31 Dec 2024

Cato Institute Grant to Cato Institute $100k 31 Dec 2024

National Center for Energy Analytics Grant to National Center for Energy Analytics $50k 31 Dec 2024

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)