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Private foundation (trust)EIN 720539603Est. 1952-07

Zemurray Foundation

New Orleans, LA 70115

Total Assets

$135.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$7.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

33

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$212K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$1.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.4M

Total Expenses

$8.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$7.2M

Distributable Amount

$6.7M

Min. Investment Return

$6.7M

Undistributed Income

$5.0M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

33 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $50K to maximum $1.5M, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $7.6M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

144 grants

Tulane University
$5.8M
5 grants
New Orleans Museum of Art
$5.8M
5 grants
Samuel Z Stone CIPR Trust
$4.5M
2 grants
Audubon Nature Institute
$2.3M
4 grants
Greater New Orleans Foundation
$1.4M
5 grants
City Park Conservancy
$1.2M
2 grants
Bureau of Governmental Research
$1.2M
5 grants
Childrens Hospital
$1M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

144 grants

<$10K
42
grants
$10–50K
40
grants
$50–250K
36
grants
$250K–1M
16
grants
$1–5M
10
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

Louisiana
$27.7M
85% of total
District of Columbia
$2.0M
6% of total
Florida
$1.2M
4% of total
Illinois
$700K
2% of total
Tennessee
$500K
2% of total
Mississippi
$300K
1% of total
California
$35K
0% of total
Idaho
$5K
0% of total
New York
$3K
0% of total

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