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Foundation for Louisiana

New Orleans, LA · EIN 20-3399944. Reported 280 grants totalling $10.7M to 200 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

200organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$10.7Mgranted, 2020-2023
29%of grantees funded again the next year
38%of dollars to its largest recipient

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:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Foundation for Louisiana, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for public safety & disaster relief (NTEE M12).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 200 distinct organizations, with 38% 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.
  3. How much its list changes. 29% 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 $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $4,039,413. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Under $5,000
5 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
29 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
134 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
86 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
22 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
3 grants
$250,000 Or More
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Assets Under MovementWashington, DC$4,039,413112020
Lede New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$225,000112022
Kids Rethink New Orleans SchoolsNew Orleans, LA$224,584332022
Power Coalition for Equity and JusticeNew Orleans, LA$175,000112023
Operation RestorationNew Orleans, LA$153,667432023
Justice and Accountability CenterNew Orleans, LA$111,000442023
Women With a VisionNew Orleans, LA$108,750332023
Promise of Justice InitiativeNew Orleans, LA$108,500332023
Dancing GroundsNew Orleans, LA$107,500332023
Neo Philanthropy IncNew York, NY$100,000222023
Orleans Parish Prision Reform CoalitionNew Orleans, LA$92,667322021
Our Voice Nuestra VozNew Orleans, LA$87,500332023
Louisiana Center for Childrens RightsNew Orleans, LA$86,000332023
The Coalition to Restore Coastal LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA$85,000112020
Public Allies IncMilwaukee, WI$81,000332022
Voice of the Experienced VoteNew Orleans, LA$80,000112020
Free AlasNew Orleans, LA$75,000222023
Institute for Enhanced EquityNew Orleans, LA$75,000112023
Nonprofit Knowledge Works IncNew Orleans, LA$75,000222023
Step Up Louisiana Organizing FundNew Orleans, LA$75,000222023
Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans Nonprofit CorporationNew Orleans, LA$72,914432023
Center for Planning Excellence IncBaton Rouge, LA$71,250332022
Families and Friends of Louisianasincarcerated ChildrenNew Orleans, LA$71,000442023
Assisi HouseBaton Rouge, LA$70,000222022
Daughters Beyond IncarcerationNew Orleans, LA$70,000332023
Orleans Public Defenders of LaNew Orleans, LA$66,500222021
Builders of the Highway FoundationMiami, FL$65,000332023
Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$62,914222023
Center for Employment Opportunities IncNew York, NY$62,000222023
United Houma Nation IncHouma, LA$59,095442023
Louisiana Bucket BrigadeNew Orleans, LA$57,189332022
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$55,914222023
University of New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LA$55,000332022
Efforts of Grace IncNew Orleans, LA$54,000222022
MetromorphosisBaton Rouge, LA$50,393222023
Disability Rights LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$50,000222022
HousingnolaNew Orleans, LA$50,000222022
Louisiana Center for Health EquityBaton Rouge, LA$50,000112021
Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation IncNew Orleans, LA$50,000112021
National Network of Abortion FundsNew Orleans, LA$50,000222023
Neighborhood Funders GroupBerkeley, CA$50,000222023
New Orleans Youth AllianceNew Orleans, LA$50,000112022
Social Entrepreneurs of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$50,000112022
Southern University Law CenterBaton Rouge, LA$50,000112021
The Kathleen Blanco Public Policy Center at UllLafayette, LA$50,000112021
Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic TrainingNew Orleans, LA$50,000112023
Water Institute of the GulfBaton Rouge, LA$50,000112021
Zion Travelers Cooperative Center IncBraithwaite, LA$50,000112023
House of TulipNew Orleans, LA$48,000222021
Grow Dat Youth FarmNew Orleans, LA$45,000112020
Vera Institute of Justice IncBrooklyn, NY$45,000222023
Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & GenocideAtlanta, GA$43,689332022
American Civil Liberties UnionNew Orleans, LA$42,500112020
Next Generation InternationalNew Orleans, LA$41,000112020
Total Community Action IncNew Orleans, LA$41,000112020
Mississippi VotesJackson, MS$40,914112022
Asset Funders NetworkChicago, IL$40,000332023
Capital Area Alliance for the HomelessBaton Rouge, LA$40,000222022
Finding Our RootsHouma, LA$40,000222022
Micah Six Eight MissionSulphur, LA$40,000112023
Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic ParticipationJackson, MS$37,914112022
Habitat for Humanity International IncSlidell, LA$36,000222022
Mid City Redevelopment Alliance IncBaton Rouge, LA$36,000222022
Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge IncBaton Rouge, LA$36,000222022
St Charles Center for Faith Plus ActionNew Orleans, LA$35,000222022
Innocence Project New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$34,500222023
Silence Is ViolenceNew Orleans, LA$32,666222021
Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA$31,095222023
Agile Learning Center of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$30,000112020
Living School IncRichmond, VA$30,000112020
National Performance Network IncNew Orleans, LA$30,000222023
New Orleans Junior Journalism ProgramNew Orleans, LA$30,000112020
Shakti RisingSan Diego, CA$30,000112020
The Lighthouse Black Girl ProjectJackson, MS$30,000212022
Urban League of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$30,000112023
For Providers By Providers LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$28,000112023
504HEALTHNETMetairie, LA$27,000112023
New Orleans Workers Center for Racial JusticeNew Orleans, LA$27,000222021
A Galvanized Innovative Approach to Leading Excellence Planning SolutBaton Rouge, LA$25,000112023
Bellanola Lifestyle Management LLCN Broad Ave, LA$25,000222022
Clifton-Choctaw Reservation IncClifton, LA$25,000112023
Communities Healing and Nurturing Growth Through EdificationBaton Rouge, LA$25,000112023
Deep South TodayJackson, MS$25,000112023
Dialogue on Race LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA$25,000112023
Eternal Seeds IncNew Orleans, LA$25,000112023
F&l Organizational Support Services IncNew Orleans, LA$25,000112022
Her InstituteLuling, LA$25,000112023
Humanities AmpedBaton Rouge, LA$25,000112023
In Our Backyards IncBrooklyn, NY$25,000112023
Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in DetentionShreveport, LA$25,000112023
Louisiana Band of Choctaw Indians IncSlaughter, LA$25,000112023
Louisiana Public Health InstituteNew Orleans, LA$25,000112023
Louisiana Trans AdvocatesBaton Rouge, LA$25,000112022
Marshall Project IncNew York, NY$25,000112023
Natchitoches Tribe of LouisianaPioneer, LA$25,000112023
New Orleans Video Access Center IncNew Orleans, LA$25,000112023
Sauls Light FoundationNew Orleans, LA$25,000112023
States NewsroomWashington, DC$25,000112023
The Descendants ProjectVacherie, LA$25,000112023
Visionary FuturesOakland, CA$25,000112020
First 72New Orleans, LA$24,000112022
Project Butterfly New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$24,000112020
Free-Dem Foundations IncNew Orleans, LA$23,500222023
American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation IncJackson, MS$23,000112022
LSU Health Foundation New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$23,000112022
Teen Health MississippiJackson, MS$23,000112022
Urban Restoration Enhancement CorporationBaton Rouge, LA$22,500112021
Sankofa Community Development CorporationRandallstown, MD$21,095222022
100 Blackmen of St Mary IncPatterson, LA$21,000222022
Emerging Pracitioners in PhilanthropyAlexandria, VA$20,000112023
Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana IncShreveport, LA$20,000112023
Greater New Orleans Funders NetworkNew Orleans, LA$20,000112020
Gulf Organized Fisheries in Solidarity and Hope IncBarataria, LA$20,000112023
HIV-AIDS Alliance for Region TwoBaton Rouge, LA$20,000112020
IslahSanta Cruz, CA$20,000112020
Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center IncNew Orleans, LA$20,000112021
Loyola UniversityNew Orleans, LA$20,000112023
One VoiceJackson, MS$20,000112022
Orleans Public Education NetworkNew Orleans, LA$20,000112020
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services CorporationHammond, LA$20,000112020
Southern Institute for Public LifeMonroe, LA$20,000112021
Split Second Foundation IncNew Orleans, LA$20,000112021
St Mary Community Action Committee Assn IncFranklin, LA$20,000222022
Ubuntu Village NolaNew Orleans, LA$20,000112022
YWCA of Greater Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA$20,000112020
Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, LA$15,000112020
Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA$15,000112020
Friends of Lafitte Corridor IncNew Orleans, LA$15,000112021
Goat in the Road ProductionsNew Orleans, LA$15,000112020
Invest in LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA$15,000112022
Make Music NolaNew Orleans, LA$15,000112020
Savannah College of Art and Design IncSavannah, GA$15,000112020
The Greater New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LA$15,000112021
Gracefully Mindful Wellness InstituteNew Orleans, LA$14,750112023
Court Watch NolaNew Orleans, LA$14,000112021
Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy IncNew Orleans, LA$13,595222022
Coastal Communities Consulting IncGretna, LA$12,189112022
Deep South Center for Environmental JusticeNew Orleans, LA$12,189112022
Ascension Art LLCMarrero, LA$10,250112021
The Breath Is Life Spa LLCNew Orleans, LA$10,250112021
A Sani HeartbeatNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Alliance for Affordable EnergyNew Orleans, LA$10,000112021
Alliance for Global JusticeTucson, AZ$10,000112021
Artspot Productions IncNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Benjamin FoundationNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Black-Spade Creative LLCNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Bon Temps Studios of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
By GraceNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Canneci Tinne Apache TribeCarencro, LA$10,000112023
Cats Claw CorpNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Cultural Crossroads IncBaton Rouge, LA$10,000112023
Do It for MeNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Don't Stop DreamingNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Elap Ufe ProductionsBreaux Bridge, LA$10,000112023
Eschelon ProductionsNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Friends of South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery FoundationHouma, LA$10,000112020
Grounds for Justice LLCNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Guardians InstituteNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Guardians of the FlameNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Jubilee Justice IncAlexandria, LA$10,000112023
Keyon Fitness & Performing ArtsNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and ImmigrantsBaton Rouge, LA$10,000112020
Mondo Bizarro ProductionsNew Orleans, LA$10,000112021
Mqvn Community Development CorporationNew Orleans, LA$10,000112021
Noble Great MindsNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
NolakeysNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Original Big SevenNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
People for Public ArtNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Project PossibleNapoleonville, LA$10,000112023
Reconcile New Orleans IncNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Reentry Mediation Institute of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$10,000112021
Scotland SaturdaysBaton Rouge, LA$10,000112023
Southern Vision AllianceDurham, NC$10,000112021
Spectrum Arts NolaNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
STEM HeadsNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Tekrema Center for Art and CultureNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Woven Roots Community GardensNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Youth InitiativeNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Yeah YogaNew Orleans, LA$9,810112023
Art Transit AuthorityNew Orleans, LA$9,725112023
Blazing Sun IncHouma, LA$9,700112023
Captain David Chauvin LLCChauvin, LA$9,700112023
Hanh Lai IncMetairie, LA$9,700112023
Ngo Family FoundationsLafayette, LA$9,700112023
Black Boys Read IncorporatedNew Orleans, LA$9,488112023
Transform Network IncCharlotte, NC$8,700112023
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge IncBaton Rouge, LA$7,500112020
Prominent Youth FoundationBraithwaite, LA$7,500112023
Swla Center for Health ServicesLake Charles, LA$7,000112020
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief IncTampa, FL$6,500112020
Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and DevelopNew Orleans, LA$6,098112022
Bunny Friend Neighborhoodassociation IncNew Orleans, LA$6,095112022
Greater Treme Consortium IncNew Orleans, LA$6,095112022
Groundwork New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$6,095112022
New Orleans Chamber FoundationNew Orleans, LA$6,095112022
Peoples Institute for Survival & Be YondNew Orleans, LA$6,095112022
Sprout NolaNew Orleans, LA$6,095112022
Taking and Bringing Back Our Youth of Nola IncNew Orleans, LA$5,875112023
Sula Spirit LLCNew Orleans, LA$5,000112020
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA$1,000112020

54 of 200 (27%) 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.

It also reported 10 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 156 of 200 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.

Arts & Culture
25 orgs
Human Services
20 orgs
Education
15 orgs
Community Improvement
13 orgs
Civil Rights
12 orgs
Crime & Legal
11 orgs
Environment
10 orgs
Youth Development
8 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202061$5,742,390$20,000
202156$1,252,000$20,000
202264$1,521,374$20,000
202399$2,143,148$20,000

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

53% 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.

Louisiana
$5.6M
District of Columbia
$4.1M
New York
$257K
Mississippi
$200K
California
$157K
Wisconsin
$81K
Florida
$72K
Georgia
$59K

Down to the city

New Orleans, LA
$4.1M
Washington, DC
$4.1M
Baton Rouge, LA
$779K
Jackson, MS
$200K
New York, NY
$187K
Houma, LA
$119K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

The Greater New Orleans Foundation86 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund68 shared recipientsAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc56 shared recipientsWk Kellogg Foundation46 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc41 shared recipientsSilicon Valley Community Foundation40 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
  4. 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 Foundation for Louisiana's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 120 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 8 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: 2022 St Bernard Ave 122B, New Orleans, LA, 70116.

EIN 20-3399944 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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