Public Charity

DESCENDANTS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FOUNDATION

DESCENDANTS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in BATON ROUGE, LA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.0M revenue, $2.0M expenses, $4.1M total assets. 2 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 852195817 BATON ROUGE, LA Minority Rights NTEE: R22 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.0M
Total Expenses$2.0M
Total Assets$4.1M
Grant Records2
Funding Total$2.4M
Filing Years2022–2025

Mission

FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF CERTIFIED DESCENDANTS OF JESUIT SLAVEHOLDING, THE DESCENDANTS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FOUNDATION HAS FORGED TWO SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT ITS CORE PILLARS. FIRST, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND (TMCF) PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESCENDANTS ENROLLED IN ACCREDITED POST-SECONDARY U.S. INSTITUTIONS. SECOND, A COLLABORATION WITH ROSARIUM HEALTH DELIVERS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE HOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR ELDERLY AND INFIRM DESCENDANTS. THE FOUNDATION'S THIRD PILLAR FOCUSES ON INVESTING IN TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING, AND RECONCILIATION IN COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT AMERICA.

Where $100 goes at Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation

How Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$68 Programs the work itself
$32 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 $68 for programs

$68
Focused on the needs of certified descendants of jesuit slaveholding, the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation has forged two significant partnerships to support its core pillars
All 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

TRUSTEE Archbishop Shelton J Fabre
TRUSTEE Cheryl Campbell
SECRETARY Cheryl E Hall Esq
TRUSTEE Father Karl Kiser
TRUSTEE Father Scott Santarosa
TRUSTEE Father Timothy P Kesicki

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,393,045 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.0M $2.0M $4.1M
2024 $971K $1.1M $3.9M
2023 $2.9M $500K $2.8M
2022 $582K $220K $362K

Between 2022 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $582K to $2.0M (+250%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.1M.

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

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