Public Charity

CENTRAL LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE

CENTRAL LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE is a Public Charity headquartered in ALEXANDRIA, LA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $2.9M revenue, $2.7M expenses, $1.4M total assets. 20 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 651267691 ALEXANDRIA, LA Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C. NTEE: M99 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.9M
Total Expenses$2.7M
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records20
Funding Total$8.1M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF CLEDA IS TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMICS AND TO DEVELOP ECONOMIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, DEVELOPMENT AND ACCELARATION OF BOTH THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance

How Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$73 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $73 for programs

$44
Regional innovation:the regional innovation program consists of two subsects: fresh central and the business acceleration system.Fresh central is part of the central louisiana local food initiative, a community…
60% of program spending
$20
Major employers initiative
28% of program spending
$9
Knowledge platform:knowledge platform's mission is to foster the creation of a culture of learning by helping to build educational platforms that catalyze and enable the acquisition and application…
12% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
2025-2026 BUSINESS ACCELERATION SYSTEM
$760,000
2024
TO CREATE OR EXPAND A SNAP OR FMNP NUTRITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
$46,500
2023
TO CREATE OR EXPAND A SNAP OR FMNP NUTRITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
$35,000

Showing up to 5 of 20 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE BO 10 Executive Board Members
BOARD MEMBER 31 Board Members
BOARD CHAIR Blake Chatelain
BOARD VICE C Doug Goddard
TREASURER Jackie Daenen
PRESIDENT/CE Jim Clinton

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Economic Development
$3,300,100 5 grants
General Support
$1,766,000 3 grants
Health & Medicine
$600,000 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$508,500 3 grants
Research & Policy
$150,807 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.9M $2.7M $1.4M
2023 $2.1M $2.2M $1.5M
2022 $2.2M $2.0M $1.5M
2021 $1.7M $1.7M $1.1M
2020 $1.6M $1.6M $1.1M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $2.9M (+80%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.

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

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