Bayou Community Foundation
Houma, LA · EIN 83-2205950. Reported 132 grants totalling $6,238,251 to 99 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Bayou Community Foundation, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in community improvement (NTEE S01).
- How spread out its giving is. 99 distinct organizations, with 22% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 44% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $16,000; the smallest was $5,636 and the largest $1,381,864. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mennonite Disaster Service | $1,381,864 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | Lititz, PA | $929,316 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Our Lady of the Isle Catholic Church | Grand Isle, LA | $876,840 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation | Larose, LA | $362,758 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terrebonne Churches United Foodbank Inc | Houma, LA | $79,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Grand Isle | $67,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Catholic Charities Houma-Thibodaux | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | New Orleans, LA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifed By Love | $53,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| First Baptist Church Golden Meadow | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Friends of Grand Isle | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Grand Isle School | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Our Lady of the Isle | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Positive Restoration | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Fletcher Technical Community College Foundation Inc | Schriever, LA | $47,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Houma Thibodaux | Schriever, LA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Garden Club Federation | $44,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Plymouth Rock Baptist Church | $43,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Cut Off Youth Center | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Bayou Civic Club | Larose, LA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southeast La Legal Services | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| New Life Counseling Center Inc | Larose, LA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope Extreme Inc | Bourg, LA | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center | Thibodaux, LA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Louisiana 32ND Judicial District Court | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Terrebonne Churches United Food Bank | $24,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Macdonell Children's Services | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Hope Extreme | $22,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Les Reflections Du Bayou | Cut Off, LA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| A Place of Restoration Inc | Gray, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bayou Youth Equity Foundation | Houma, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bunk House Shelter Inc | Bourg, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bunkhouse Shelter Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| CASA of Terrebonne | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Lafourche Education Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Lifted By Love | Houma, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nicholls State University Foundation | Thibodaux, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Tri-Parish Pharmacy | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| St Vincent De Paul Triparish Community Pharmacy | Houma, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terrebonne Arc | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| The Haven | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| First Baptist Church of Houma La | Houma, LA | $19,665 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith Ministries International | Gray, LA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Dulac Community Center | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| CASA of Terrebonne Inc | Houma, LA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Place of Restoration | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Bayou Civic Club | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Helio Foundation | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| New Life Counseling Center | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Start Corporation | Houma, LA | $16,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Francis Vegetable Garden Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seneca Family of Agencies | Oakland, CA | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haven Inc | Houma, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lafourche Education Foundation Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nicholls State University Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Women's Restoration of Houma | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Womens Restoration Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $11,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beacon Light Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Bless Your Heart | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Candid | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caritas Food Pantry | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Fletcher Tech Comm College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Foundation for Terrebonne General Medical Center | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Grand Isle Inc | Grand Isle, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Lafourche Parish Council on Aging Inc | Raceland, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Larose Home Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Live Oak Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Roman Foundation Inc | Larose, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South La Wetlands Discovery Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| South Louisiana Veteran Outreach | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Francis Vegetable Garden | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Terrebonne Arc | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terrebonne Council on Aging | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence in Public Education | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Houma Nation | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Upside Downs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Blessed Assurance Outreach Ministries | Sumter, SC | $8,672 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Day at a Time Group | Galliano, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faith Ministries International | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Hap Helping All People | Houma, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House of Prayer Thibodaux | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Wallace Community Center | Raceland, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bags of Hope | Houma, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beacon Light Baptist Church of Houma | Gray, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Community Center | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Live Oak Baptist Church | Montegut, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Southeast Louisiana | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| We Can All Ring Inc | Cut Off, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hi-5 Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $5,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,636 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
33 of 99 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Mennonite Disaster Service
BUILDING SUPPLIES FOR HURRICANE IDA HOUSING RECOVERY CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM - Our Lady of the Isle Catholic Church
Rebuild Grand Isle Project from Hurricane Ida - Holy Family Catholic Church
BUILDING SUPPLIES FOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WITH VOLUNTEER LABOR - Rebuilding Together-Bayou
Home repair program in Terrebonne & Lafourche from Hurricane Ida - Bless Your Heart
Campers for Lafourche Parish Residents who lost their homes during Hurrican Ida; repairs to Cut Off Youth Center and Golden Meadow Park - Town of Grand Isle
REPLACE THREE POLICE CARS LOST IN HURRICANE IDA
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 of 99 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $200,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $2,721,314 | $10,500 |
| 2023 | 34 | $2,850,187 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $466,750 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
60% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bayou Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 29 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 582, Houma, LA, 70361.
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