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Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Louisiana

Imperigo has identified 165 funders that made 565 grants totaling $68.3M to 50 civil rights & social justice organizations in Louisiana, with a median grant of $40K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Louisiana

Total granted $68.3M
Funders 165
Grants 565
Organizations funded 50

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Louisiana Bar Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $842K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$1.5M
2. Cenla Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $197K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$801K
3. Women's Business Enterprise National Council
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $162K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$641K
4. United Way of St Charles
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$342K
5. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $590K · through 2024
$2.5M
6. Raising the Roof for Charity Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2021 · 16.1% of their giving
$45K
7. Jewish Endowment Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $163K · through 2022 · 1.6% of their giving
$420K
8. Open Philanthropy Action Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $800K · through 2019
$800K
9. The Greater New Orleans Foundation
36 grants to 14 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024
$974K
10. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $320K · through 2024
$800K
11. Capital Area United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$331K
12. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.9M
13. Telescope Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023
$580K
14. Living Well Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$100K
15. California Nurses Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$90K
16. New Orleans Community Support Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$100K
17. The Heising-Simons Action Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023
$250K
18. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $500K · through 2023
$1.2M
19. Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024
$102K
20. United Way of Southeast Louisiana
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023
$153K
21. North Delta Regional Planning & Development District Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2019 · 4.1% of their giving
$17K
22. Grove Action Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2023
$125K
23. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$100K
24. Tides Foundation
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $170K · through 2024
$1.3M
25. Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity Group Return
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$51K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice work in Louisiana, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 9 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering civil rights & social justice work, with an address in Louisiana. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable civil rights & social justice funding in Louisiana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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