Open Foundations · Louisiana

Mary & Al Danos Family Foundation

Gray, Louisiana · EIN 721495656. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.5M across 15 grants in 2024, a median of $65K each.

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$1.5M
paid in 2024
15
grants paid
$65K
median grant
19%
to first-time recipients
$29.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
RENE DANOS DAVID
Address
2545 WEST PARK AVE, GRAY, LA, 70359
Phone
9858738555
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE MARY & AL DANOS FAMILY FOUNDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND MAINTAIN PROPERTY EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC, TESTING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, LITERARY OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATION THAT QUALIFY AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS THEY NOW EXIST OR AS THEY MAY HEREAFTER BE AMENDED. ANY PARTY INTERESTED IN SOLICITING FUNDS FROM THE FOUNDATION SHOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE SOLICITING ORGANIZATION, ITS NOT-FOR-PROFIT FUNCTION, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HOW SUCH FUNDS WOULD BE UTILIZED TO FURTHER SUCH FUNCTION. THE FOUNDATION ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROCESSING SUCH APPLICATIONS NOR GUARANTEES THAT FUNDS WILL BE AWARDED TO ANY APPLICANT.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503189349103140. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

educational

Biggest grants in 2024

All 15 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Nicholls State UniversityLA$520,000EDUCATIONAL
2Ed White Catholic High SchoolLA$300,000EDUCATIONAL
3Second Harvest Food BankLA$125,000CHARITABLE
4Catholic Foundation of South LouisianaLA$106,400CHARITABLE
5Terrebonne Churches United FoodbankLA$100,000CHARITABLE
6St Joseph CatholicLA$98,500EDUCATIONAL
7A Place of RestorationLA$75,000CHARITABLE
8Bayou Community FoundationLA$65,000CHARITABLE
9Hope ExtremeLA$55,000CHARITABLE
10Westside Montessori SchoolTX$32,662CHARITABLE
11Friends of Beyond the BellLA$25,000CHARITABLE
12Casa LafourcheLA$13,500CHARITABLE
13Firm Foundation of HoumaLA$10,200CHARITABLE
14Fletcher Technical Community CollegeLA$10,000EDUCATIONAL
15One Day at a Time ClubLA$5,000CHARITABLE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20204$527K
20215$1.6M
202210$1.8M
202310$1.6M
202415$1.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Louisiana93%
Texas7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Alyce DanosSECRETARY · 2024
Andre DanosVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Marcel DanosTREASURER · 2024
Rene D DavidPRESIDENT · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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