Public Charity

United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc

United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc, of Lake Charles, LA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.1M in revenue, $4.7M in expenses, $16.1M in total assets. 55 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 720456901 Lake Charles, LA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.1M
Total Expenses$4.7M
Total Assets$16.1M
Grant Records55
Funding Total$8.8M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

To unite our community by funding programs in the areas of education, income and health. Our goal is to create long-lasting change that prevents problems from happening in the first place. Our community is the 5 parish area of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jeff Davis.

Where $100 goes at United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc

How United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$11 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $80 for programs

$37
Allocation to United Way Agency Partners
46% of program spending
$23
We track certain costs of managing, supporting, researching and funding all of these community programs
29% of program spending
$20
Support of Community Initiatives, Disaster Management, Case Management and Other Programs - United Way of Southwest Louisiana is looking at the big picture - embracing the entire circle…
25% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Barry Brown
Director Billy Vincent
Chair Curtis Brescher
Director Debra Lastrapes
PresidentChief Executive Officer Denise Durel
Director Jaine Fruge

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$8,265,198 28 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$392,641 8 grants
Health & Medicine
$78,918 4 grants
Human & Social Services
$40,000 1 grant
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.1M $4.7M $16.1M
2024 $6.3M $5.5M $15.8M
2023 $6.4M $6.5M $15.2M
2021 $12.4M $5.4M $14.4M
2020 $5.4M $5.1M $7.7M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $5.4M to $5.1M (-7%), with total assets most recently reported at $16.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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