Louisiana · Public charity
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
The mission of the chamber is to provide leadership for the advancement of economic vitality and quality of life for its members and the total community.
- $56k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
76% of Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Realty Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2024
- $41k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $31,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $31,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Baton Rouge Area Chamber funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Porter | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee for a Secure Louisiana | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Greater New Orleans Inc | $6,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Region Industry for Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
About Baton Rouge Area Chamber
- How much does Baton Rouge Area Chamber give?
- Baton Rouge Area Chamber reported 2 itemized grants totaling $41,000, out of $56,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Baton Rouge Area Chamber fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Crime & Legal (31%), Philanthropy (21%).
- Who are Baton Rouge Area Chamber's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Taylor Porter ($50k), Committee for a Secure Louisiana ($10k), Greater New Orleans Inc ($7k).
- Does Baton Rouge Area Chamber fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Baton Rouge Area Chamber based?
- Baton Rouge Area Chamber is based in LA.
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