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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Louisiana

Imperigo has identified 229 funders that made 964 grants totaling $67.8M to 152 community improvement organizations in Louisiana, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Louisiana

Total granted $67.8M
Funders 229
Grants 964
Organizations funded 152

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Greater New Orleans Foundation
116 grants to 39 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$7.3M
2. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 995
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 99.4% of their giving
$1.6M
3. Community Foundation of North Louisiana
33 grants to 9 organizations · largest $452K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$3.7M
4. LABI Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $700K · through 2023 · 96.2% of their giving
$1.3M
5. Louisiana International Trade Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$572K
6. Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $640K · through 2024 · 9.4% of their giving
$1.2M
7. Baton Rouge Area Foundation
35 grants to 16 organizations · largest $370K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$2.9M
8. The Frank B Stewart Jr Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2021 · 19.4% of their giving
$350K
9. Desoto Parish Chamber of Commerce
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $192K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$192K
10. Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 57.9% of their giving
$160K
11. New Orleans Community Support Foundation
13 grants to 10 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$458K
12. The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$375K
13. The Wireless Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$150K
14. Capital Area United Way
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$556K
15. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $470K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$1.0M
16. Piping Industry Promotion and Education Fund of New Orleans
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
17. Home for the Holidays Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023 · 17.5% of their giving
$55K
18. Louisiana Business Incubation Associatio
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 10.7% of their giving
$89K
19. Stay Local
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $41K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$41K
20. Vela Education Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $445K · through 2020 · 1.6% of their giving
$445K
21. Union General Hospital
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 85.1% of their giving
$36K
22. Community Foundation of Acadiana
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $161K · through 2024
$539K
23. Global Philanthropy Partnership
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $149K · through 2019 · 2.6% of their giving
$149K
24. Harding Rock Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 6.8% of their giving
$50K
25. Restore America's Estuaries
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $151K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$237K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Louisiana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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