Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Louisiana

These 72 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Louisiana that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

72grantmaking charities
$1.5Bgranted between them
7,755funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Greater New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans$21,207997$131.5M
Baton Rouge Area FoundationBaton Rouge$23,117638$113.9M
Community Foundation of AcadianaLafayette$16,621521$55.4M
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater NewNew Orleans$42,388367$298.3M
United Way of Southeast LouisianaNew Orleans$30,000264$22.5M
Community Foundation of North LouisianaShreveport$19,000259$38.4M
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundNew Orleans$14,676257$62.3M
Ochsner Clinic FoundationNew Orleans$20,000224$39.7M
New Orleans Community Support FoundationNew Orleans$20,000208$8.3M
Foundation for LouisianaNew Orleans$20,000200$10.7M
Jewish Endowment FoundationMetairie$15,000190$20.2M
4POINT0 SchoolsNew Orleans$10,000188$2.3M
Community Foundation of SouthwestLake Charles$15,000180$13.0M
Agenda for ChildrenNew Orleans$25,875164$57.6M
Northshore Community FoundationCovington$13,925159$11.1M
Keep Louisiana Beautiful IncMandeville$7,894153$1.5M
National Network of Public HealthNew Orleans$60,000140$40.7M
Louisiana Endowment for the HumanitiesNew Orleans$10,000122$2.2M
Capital Area United WayBaton Rouge$45,000120$14.5M
National Performance Network IncNew Orleans$10,030117$3.1M
The Food Bank of Central LouisianaAlexandria$40,911103$27.1M
Lha FoundationBaton Rouge$16,603100$3.7M
Bayou Community FoundationHouma$10,00099$6.2M
Louisiana Rural Health CollectiveCottonport$10,00087$1.7M
The Credit Bureau ofBaton Rouge$20,00085$5.6M
The St Bernard Project IncNew Orleans$60,00082$12.6M
Catholic Foundation of South LouisianaSchriever$10,80572$4.9M
Pro Bono Publico FoundationNew Orleans$15,00072$3.1M
IgivecatholicNew Orleans$50,07870$21.3M
Forekids Foundations IncAvondale$10,00068$4.9M
William C Schumacher Family FoundationLafayette$25,00056$9.6M
Willis-Knighton Medical CenterShreveport$25,00055$11.5M
Argent FoundationRuston$12,00055$2.7M
Louisiana Bar FoundationNew Orleans$45,26254$33.2M
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital IncBaton Rouge$11,42253$97.1M
The Rapides FoundationAlexandria$100,00051$52.8M
Childrens Coalition for Northeast LouisianaMonroe$9,11751$1.4M
New Schools for New Orleans IncNew Orleans$57,08447$27.5M
The Ej and Marjory B Ourso FamilyDonaldsonville$10,00045$1.2M
Arts Council of New OrleansNew Orleans$11,53643$520K
Living Well FoundationWest Monroe$15,00042$2.1M
The Emeril Lagasse FoundationNew Orleans$50,00041$4.8M
New Schools for Baton RougeBaton Rouge$33,40040$25.6M
United Way of Acadiana IncLafayette$17,70040$2.1M
United Way of Southwest Louisiana IncLake Charles$25,82839$4.9M
Methodist Health System Foundation IncSlidell$60,00039$6.3M
Marketing Education Retail Alliance IncGreenwell Springs$9,07538$1.2M
New Orleans Theatre Association IncNew Orleans$15,00035$1.2M
United Way of St CharlesBoutte$28,38034$6.7M
Junior League of New Orleans IncNew Orleans$8,63534$547K
Unity of Greater New Orleans IncNew Orleans$326,76833$74.5M
Louisiana Public Health InstituteNew Orleans$10,00033$700K
Mayor's Healthy City InitiativeBaton Rouge$37,50030$3.0M
Children's Hospital IncNew Orleans$36,56130$72.8M
Power Coalition for Equity and JusticeNew Orleans$21,87530$1.3M
United Way of Northeast Louisiana IncMonroe$41,16728$4.5M
Mystic Krewe for the Preservation of Lagniappe in LouisianaBaton Rouge$4,00028$296K
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalNew Orleans$31,00026$3.4M
Rotary Club of Baton Rouge FoundationBaton Rouge$10,00026$342K
Greater New Orleans DevelopmentNew Orleans$52,67526$4.9M
Video Veracity IncNew Orleans$30,36026$2.4M
United Way for South LouisianaHouma$24,58525$2.2M
Healthy GulfNew Orleans$20,00025$734K
Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans$36,00023$4.9M
United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana IncBaton Rouge$10,50023$2.8M
St John United WayReserve$18,00022$2.0M
Lamar Dixon Expo FoundationPrairieville$7,00021$215K
Baton Rouge Alliance for StudentsBaton Rouge$12,00021$532K
Taproot EarthSlidell$83,33321$6.8M
YWCA of Greater Baton RougeBaton Rouge$10,00020$372K
Woman's Hospital FoundationBaton Rouge$12,50020$5.5M
Jrf OutreachMonroe$15,00020$394K
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.

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