Private foundation (trust)EIN 721343011Est. 1998-04

SPARKS FOUNDATION

MONROE, LA 71201

Total Assets

$460K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$21K

FY 2023

Grants Made

12

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$2K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$100–$12K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$32K

Total Expenses

$29K

Qualifying Distributions

$21K

Distributable Amount

$21K

Min. Investment Return

$21K

Undistributed Income

$17K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

12 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $500 to maximum $12K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $24K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

30 grants

JOHN CLARKE PERRY FOUNDATION
$15K
3 grants
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$11K
1 grant
CANCER FOUNDATION LEAGUE
$6K
2 grants
JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH
$5K
2 grants
PILOTS FOR PATIENTS
$5K
3 grants
NEVILLE JR HIGH BOOSTER FOUNDATION
$4K
3 grants
CHILDREN'S ORGAN TRANSPLANT ASSOCIA
$4K
1 grant
ST FREDRICK'S
$3K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

30 grants

<$10K
28
grants
$10–50K
2
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

Louisiana
$55K
93% of total
Indiana
$4K
7% of total
California
$100
0% of total

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