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Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana

The COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA unites human and financial resources to effect permanent, positive, culture change.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
72
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$640k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 44% of COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 72 grants below total $2,921,369 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,198,098 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $276,729 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $138k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $777k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $640k
$15,250
Median grant
15
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OAK CROSSING FOUNDATION$640,079
CITY OF WESTLAKE$235,171
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH$170,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC$155,202
MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$118,693
APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN HARVESTCALL$100,000
PROVIDENT RESOURCES GROUP INC$100,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS FOUNDATION$96,000
TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION$80,000
LIVING WATER LAKE CHARLES GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH$77,166
CORPORATION OF ST MARGARET'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$75,958
CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD$54,250
CAMERON EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS INC$53,725
CHEMICAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC$46,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $844k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $105k → 19%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 24%EVERGREEN PRESBYTERIAN MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%GIVING HOPE INC: $10k → 23%ERIK HITE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 15%LOVE ACADIANA INC: $50k → 17%LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION COMMITTEE INC: $20k → 23%JESSE N STONE JR FOUNDATION: $15k → 22%LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION COMMITTEE INC: $11k → 23%BEAUREGARD COUNCIL ON AGING: $20k → 15%JEFF DAVIS COMMUNITIES AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $8k → 19%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS - SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA CHAPTER: $250k → 23%BEAUREGARD ARC: $13k → 15%CARC INC: $13k → 17%AUTISM SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INC: $151k → 17%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $35k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE: $21k → 17%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $14k → 17%AUTISM SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INC: $13k → 17%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $11k → 17%FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INC: $10k → 17%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 17%FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INC: $7k → 17%WHISTLE STOP: $6k → 17%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $6k → 17%WHISTLE STOP: $6k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 78 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

78 repeat relationships — 40 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
94

Total granted

$14M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+12%

Still filing today

68%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MS
    MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +70%
  • PR
    Provident Resources Group Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +91%
  • SL
    SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $855k · revenue +22% · 25% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • RD
    RECREATION DISTRICT 1 OF WARD 4 - CALCASIEU PARISH
    one grant, 2019 · $166k
  • SC
    Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texasgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $105k · revenue +33%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Foundation for Historic Louisiana dba Preserve Louisiana

The Foundation is committed to preserving the cultural and architectural heritage of Louisiana through advocacy, stewardship, and education and encourages community participation through a number of preservation programs.

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2
Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce is: to promote economic growth for central Louisiana and its citizens; to serve as a business advocate for our members; and to foster a business climate that supports business and…

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3
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
4
Invest in Louisiana

To provide sound analysis of state fiscal issues to promote economic prosperity, a rising standard of living, and the opportunity for all citizens to reach their highest potential.

Public Benefit
5
Louisiana Community Technical College System Foundation

To Promote Charitable, Educational, Scientic and Cultural Studies for Louisiana Community and Technical College System: to solicit and accept gifts, grants, appropriations, bequests and funds, including property, in order to provide…

Education
6
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits

To strengthen, promote, and build the capacity of louisiana's nonprofit sector through education, advocacy, and member services.

Philanthropy
7
Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center Foundation

To improve health status through access to information, education, & health services.

Health
8
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana

To support the work of the amercian civil liberties union of louisiana through litigation, public education and limited lobbying in support of civil liberties.

Civil Rights
9
Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana

To enhance the catholic churches, parishes, schools and services in the communities of south louisiana.

Philanthropy
10
Together Louisiana

Together Louisiana is a network of faith and community institutions that works to strengthen local leadership and support practical solutions to everyday challenges. Its mission focuses on helping communities work together across race…

Public Benefit
11
Aia Louisiana

To promote architecture.

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12
Lsu Alumni Association

The mission is to protect, promote, and foster the welfare of louisiana state university and to create and nurture mutually beneficial relationships between the university and its alumni and friends. the association, using the talents and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana and the most unlike its peers is Zigler Museum Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing Construc…Independent K-12 SchoolsPregnancy Support ServicesAffordable Housing Developm…Senior Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…School Parent OrganizationsMilitary Veterans SupportFaith-Based Social ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Health Access Advocacy and …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Domestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersYouth Mentoring ProgramsFood Banks and PantriesAnimal Rescue and ShelterUnited Way AffiliatesLocal History MuseumsCommunity College Foundatio…Environmental Conservation …Community FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%3%<5yr14%14%5–10yr18%18%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr12%19%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr14%10%5–10yr18%11%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr12%18%35–55yr16%36%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1.0%2/206
the rest of the field
17%
3,575/20,803

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

143 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 143 of the 207 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

21
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
135/143
Grantees still filing
85/143
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MENNONITE DISASTER SERVICE — $550,000 · OtherMENNONITE DISASTER SERVICELOUISIANA BAPTIST CONVENTION EXECUTIVE BOARD — $548,000 · OtherLOUISIANA BAPTIST CONVENTION EXECUTIVE BOARDCITY OF WESTLAKE — $455,171 · OtherSOWELA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $442,755 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $430,900 · OtherCAREY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION — $418,250 · OtherChemical Educational Foundation — $350,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE DIOCESE OF LAKE CHAR — $311,675 · Other+119 more — $5,765,261 · Other+119 moreMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,195,087 · EducationMCNEESE STATE UNIVE…SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM — $639,999 · EducationSOUTHERN UNIVERTY S…BISHOP NOLAND EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL — $251,275 · EducationBISHOP NOLAND EPISC…TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION — $250,000 · EducationTIGER ATHLETIC FOUN…SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $155,202 · Education+14 more — $655,434 · Education+14 moreProvident Resources Group Inc — $1,100,001 · HealthProvident Re…Family and Youth Counseling Agency Inc — $415,580 · HealthFamily and Y…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $142,000 · HealthAMERICAN CAN…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $104,450 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…+8 more — $190,002 · Health+8 moreSOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $854,820 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWEST …OAK CROSSING FOUNDATION — $640,079 · Community ImprovementOAK CROSSI…SULPHUR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY COALITION — $71,250 · Community ImprovementIBERIA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $60,000 · Community Improvement+5 more — $103,500 · Community Improvement+5 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $375,000 · Human ServicesLOUISIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $253,000 · Human ServicesAUTISM SERVICES OF SWLA — $163,000 · Human ServicesSamaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas — $105,000 · Human ServicesST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $79,950 · Human ServicesLOVE ACADIANA INC — $50,000 · Human Services+16 more — $242,725 · Human ServicesFULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC — $505,000 · Housing & ShelterPROJECT BUILD A FUTURE INC — $59,750 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA — $226,459 · PhilanthropyFamily Foundation of Southwest Louisiana — $90,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA — $50,000 · PhilanthropyFLOODGATES WORLDWIDE — $25,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY — $15,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $42,500 · Philanthropy
Other$9,272,012Education$3,146,997Health$1,952,033Community Improvement$1,729,649Human Services$1,268,675Housing & Shelter$564,750Philanthropy$448,959

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,195,087 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetProvident Resources Group Inc — $1,100,001 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $854,820 over 8y, 25% of budgetOAK CROSSING FOUNDATION — $640,079 over 1y, 83% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM — $639,999 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetFULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC — $505,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetSOWELA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $442,755 over 5y, 15% of budgetFamily and Youth Counseling Agency Inc — $415,580 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $375,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChemical Educational Foundation — $350,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetLOUISIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $253,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBISHOP NOLAND EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL — $251,275 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA — $226,459 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCoastal Plain Conservancy — $213,800 over 3y, 90% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CALCASIEU AREA COUNCIL 209 — $201,379 over 8y, 14% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $188,437 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $175,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAUTISM SERVICES OF SWLA — $163,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $155,202 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS — $144,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCARE HELP OF SULPHUR INC — $143,306 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $142,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA — $139,846 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOUISIANA BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME AND FAMILY MINISTRIES — $137,400 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INC — $128,250 over 3y, 20% of budgetA House Unbuilt % Victoria Bradford Styrbicki — $114,046 over 6y, 35% of budgetIMPERIAL CALCASIEU MUSEUM INC — $112,265 over 5y, 28% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas — $105,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetJennings American Legion Hospital Foundation Inc — $105,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $104,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNELSON MANDELA CHILDREN'S FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of SWLA Inc — $97,250 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AT EUNICE FOUNDATION — $90,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetFamily Foundation of Southwest Louisiana — $90,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation — $82,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY — $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $79,950 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetLouisiana Construction Education Foundation Inc — $77,679 over 4y, 34% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION — $76,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetREINS OF HOPE AT LE BOCAGE INC — $72,800 over 2y, 29% of budgetUnited Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc — $72,372 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSULPHUR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY COALITION — $71,250 over 2y, 14% of budgetChristian Aid Ministries — $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWLA CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES — $64,875 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDEWANNAS COMMUNITY CLOSET A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $63,370 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Provident Resources Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OAK CROSSING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOWELA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Family and Youth Counseling Agency Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Chemical Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP NOLAND EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds Coastal Plain Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CALCASIEU AREA COUNCIL 209 ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SERVICES OF SWLA ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS ↗
  • Who funds CARE HELP OF SULPHUR INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME AND FAMILY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds A House Unbuilt % Victoria Bradford Styrbicki ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Southwe…Shearman FoundationBlue Cross & Blue Shi…Second Harvest Food B…Cheniere FoundationCommunity Foundation …Baton Rouge Area Foun…CSE Community Foundat…Community Foundation …Centerpoint Energy Fo…The Scott FoundationEntergy Charitable Fo…
United Way of Southwest Louisiana IncLA48.9× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc · Shearman Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · Cheniere Foundation · Community Foundation of North Louisiana · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · CSE Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Acadiana · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · The Scott Foundation · Entergy Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Air Institute Corporation — 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 207 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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