Capital Area United Way
Baton Rouge, LA · EIN 72-0447100. Reported 241 grants totalling $14.5M to 120 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Capital Area United Way, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 120 distinct organizations, with 6% 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. 53% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $45,000. Half of what it reported fell between $18,750 and $75,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $585,750. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $872,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emerge Center Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $730,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hope Ministries of Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $639,962 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St James Council on Aging | Convent, LA | $604,125 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Big Buddy Program | Baton Rouge, LA | $528,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana Inc | New Orleans, LA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $422,400 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $385,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Obrien House Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $337,198 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $314,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kids Orchestra Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $295,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Front Yard Bikes | Baton Rouge, LA | $292,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | Hammond, LA | $288,680 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $287,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $264,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Capital Area Family Violence Battered Womens Pro | Baton Rouge, LA | $255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opening Doors a Louisiana Non-Profit Corporation | Baton Rouge, LA | $245,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Walls Project | Baton Rouge, LA | $222,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Child Advocacy Services Inc | Hammond, LA | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humanities Amped | Baton Rouge, LA | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $209,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baton Rouge Child Advocacy Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $203,070 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul Baton Rouge Council | Baton Rouge, LA | $195,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Royal Buying Group | Lisle, IL | $181,412 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unstuck Ministries | Baton Rouge, LA | $180,517 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mcmains Children's Developmental Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $162,225 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Adult Literacy Advocates of Gbr | Baton Rouge, LA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Career Compass of Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $148,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $142,440 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Oasis | Baton Rouge, LA | $138,420 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Three Oclock Project | Baton Rouge, LA | $131,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation | Baton Rouge, LA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Mental Health Association | Baton Rouge, LA | $127,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $120,175 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Baton Rouge Children's Advocacy Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pointe Coupee Early Childhood Coalition Inc | New Roads, LA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regina Coeli Child Development Center | Robert, LA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Feliciana Public Schools | Clinton, LA | $92,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| West Feliciana Public Schools | St Francisville, LA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Gardere Initiative Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $89,825 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Christian Outreach Center of Baton Rouge Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $87,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arc of Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Arc Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Outreach Christian Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $83,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amikids Inc | Tampa, FL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Benevolent Rural Alliance for Cultural and Environment | Hammond, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center of Hope for Tangipahoa Inc | Hammond, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Safety Place | Baton Rouge, LA | $73,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Particular Council of St Vincent De Paul of Baton Rouge Lousiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $71,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Top Box Foods | Chicago, IL | $71,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mid City Redevelopment Alliance Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $71,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mission Heart Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $70,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Ascension | Gonzales, LA | $66,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Line 4 Line Oneil Barber and Beauty Salon | Baton Rouge, LA | $60,360 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $57,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Information Center of La | Baton Rouge, LA | $55,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Helena Parish School District | Greensburg, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John United Way | Reserve, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way for South Louisiana | Houma, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of St Charles | Luling, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St James Parish School Board | Lutcher, LA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens Help Center Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $44,981 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Cajun Navy | Baton Rouge, LA | $44,046 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 100 Black Men | Saint Louis, MO | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts Louisiana East Inc | Gonzales, LA | $42,750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Launch | Denham Spgs, LA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Lady of the Lake Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $33,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beloved Community | New Orleans, LA | $32,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 100 Black Men of Metropolitian Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Capital Area Family Justice Center Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East Baton Rouge Truancy Assessment Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ascension Parish School Board | Donaldsonville, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Fellowship Church | Archibald, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Propel America | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St James Hospital Wellness Foundation Inc | Lutcher, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Young Mens Christian Association of the Capital Area | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Volunteers of America | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cancer Services Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $22,404 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grief Recovery Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $21,742 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Metairie, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,352 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Capital Area Corporate Recycling Counsel | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for the Arts | New Roads, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Douglas Manship SR Theater Complexholding Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Baptist Church of Vacherie | Vacherie, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gardere Community Christian School | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| LSU Health Foundation New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Touch Ministry Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern University System Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Louisiana Inc | Covington, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westside Sponsoring Committee | Port Allen, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $14,410 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brighter Vision | Denham Spgs, LA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Volunteers in Public Schools Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $13,450 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Empower 225 | Baton Rouge, LA | $12,985 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eternal Crisis Outreach Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls on the Run South Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $12,080 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University | Baton Rouge, LA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Epilepsy Alliance Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Bay Vocational Institute | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alpine Community Development Corp | Baton Rouge, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Knock Knock Childrens Museum Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $7,725 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perfectly Suited | Jonesboro, GA | $7,075 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center | Portland, OR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Assumption Association for Retarded Citizens | Napoleonville, LA | $5,658 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Area Agency on Aging District 11 | Port Allen, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
62 of 120 (52%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 81 of 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | $3,562,032 | $46,000 |
| 2021 | 66 | $4,878,501 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 73 | $3,333,398 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $2,771,036 | $50,000 |
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
92% 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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Funders that support the same organizations
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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 $45,000 -- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Capital Area United Way'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.
Address of record on the latest return: 700 Laurel St, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802.
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