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General Health System

GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM's (ghs) primary exempt purpose is to provide efficient health care services by providing centralized management, governance and administrative services to related tax-exempt healthcare provider organizations.

$303k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$1.1MCommunity Improvement$567kPhilanthropy$518kHousing & Shelter$160kPublic Benefit$95kArts & Culture$85kRecreation & Sports$60kEnvironment$38kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 6 grants below total $275,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $303,325 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $28,325 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 $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $263k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$269M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT$150,000
BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER$62,500
FORE KIDS FOUNDATION$50,000
PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH$5,000
GONZALES AREA FOUNDATION$5,000
BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION: $500k → 19%TOWN OF LIVINGSTON: $15k → 13%FORE KIDS FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%FRONT YARD BIKES: $69k → 19%FORE KIDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 19%CANCER ASSOC OF NEW ORLEANS: $10k → 15%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 19%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 19%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 19%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 19%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 19%BIG BUDDY PROGRAM: $10k → 19%CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $10k → 19%FRONT YARD BIKES: $6k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $14k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $12k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $10k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $10k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $9k → 19%BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $165k → 19%BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $150k → 19%BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $150k → 19%BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $150k → 19%BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $150k → 19%BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $150k → 19%BATON ROUGE GREEN ASSOCIATION: $38k → 19%PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $10k → 19%BATON ROUGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 19%PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $10k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $100k → 19%BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER: $63k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $54k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $51k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $50k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $50k → 19%BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER: $50k → 19%ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE: $25k → 19%ARTS COUNCIL OF GRTR BATON ROUGE: $25k → 19%ARTS COUNCIL OF GRTR BATON ROUGE: $19k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $35k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $35k → 19%LA CARE FUND: $10k → 19%HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $50k → 19%HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $50k → 19%HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $38k → 19%HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $13k → 19%HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $10k → 19%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.

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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 11 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

11 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$2.0M
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • BR
    BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT
    6× · 2017–2024 · $915k · revenue +19% · 26% of their budget
  • BR
    BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $417k · revenue +34%
  • HM
    HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE
    5× · 2018–2023 · $160k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • BR
    BATON ROUGE GREEN ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $38k · revenue +55%
  • TO
    TOWN OF LIVINGSTON
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -2%

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
Baton Rouge Primary Care Collaborative Inc

To provide high quality comprehensive health care services for the under-served population of east baton rouge parish and the surrounding areas regardless of ability to pay.

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2
Louisiana Cancer Research Center of Lsuhsc-NOTulane Hsc

To develop a coordinated cancer research and educational program that will optimize discovery and development of innovative cancer therapies; lead to innovative clinial treatment programs offering new opportunities for early detection,…

Health
3
Louisiana Cancer Foundation for Research and Education Inc

To improve opportunities for cancer research in Louisiana and enhance educational efforts regarding prevention and control over cancer.

Health
4
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
5
Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance Inc

Drive solutions to common issues with an emphasis on workforce development and safety performance.

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6
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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7
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

Our mission is to feed the hungry in baton rouge and the surrounding parishes by providing food and educational outreach through faith-based and other community partners.

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8
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits

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

Philanthropy
9
Bayou La Batre Area Health Development Board Inc

Rendering health care services in rural areas, mainly to indigent care patients

Health
10
Baton Rouge General Medical Center

To provide high quality healthcare to the baton rouge area, regardless of patient race, creed, sex, national origin, age, or ability to pay and to promote the overall health of the community via wellness programs and medical education…

Health
11
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans

The mission of the foundation is to inspire donors to invest in the lsu health sciences center - new orleans ("hsc-no") and its future, to properly steward those contributions, and to help meet the ever evolving needs of the lsuhsc-no by…

Health
12
Beauregard Health System Foundation Inc

To assist in improving healthcare in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baton Rouge Health District and the most unlike its peers is Front Yard Bikes. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%5%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr11%24%35–55yr14%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%1%5–10yr18%38%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr11%6%35–55yr14%41%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
19%
830/4,391

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

23 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. 23 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
12/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT — $915,000 · HealthBATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICTAmerican Heart Association Inc — $80,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $44,085 · Health+4 more — $48,000 · HealthBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION — $507,500 · PhilanthropyBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDAT…FOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS — $60,000 · PhilanthropyFOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC…+1 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropyBATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER — $416,500 · OtherBATON ROUGE AREA CHAM…BATON ROUGE GREEN ASSOCIATION INC — $38,000 · OtherBATON ROUGE GREEN ASS…+6 more — $42,100 · Other+6 moreMID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE — $150,000 · Community ImprovementCapital Region Industry for Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions — $12,500 · Community ImprovementHOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE — $160,000 · Housing & ShelterArts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc — $75,000 · Arts & CultureBaton Rouge Symphony League Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRONT YARD BIKES — $80,000 · Public Benefit
Health$1,087,085Philanthropy$577,500Other$496,600Community Improvement$162,500Housing & Shelter$160,000Arts & Culture$85,000Public Benefit$80,000

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 budgetBATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT — $915,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION — $507,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER — $416,500 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetHOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE — $160,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetMID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE — $150,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetFRONT YARD BIKES — $80,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc — $75,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS — $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $44,085 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBATON ROUGE GREEN ASSOCIATION INC — $38,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCapital Region Industry for Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions — $12,500 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BUDDY PROGRAM — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLHA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBaton Rouge Symphony League Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCANCER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEAN — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe JL Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMANNERS OF THE HEART INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMAYOR'S HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ORLEANS LYMPHO-MANIACS CANCER FUND INC — $2,600 over 1y, 3.0% 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.

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.

The Credit Bureau of …Blue Cross & Blue Shi…The Huey & Angelina W…Albemarle FoundationBaton Rouge Area Foun…Rotary Club of Baton …The Merice Boo Johnst…Irene W & Cb Penningt…Capital Area United W…Shell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Enterprise Holdings F…
The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge FoundationLA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation · The Merice Boo Johnston Grigsby Foundation · Irene W & Cb Pennington Private Foundation · Capital Area United Way · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings 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 General Health System 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 · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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 24 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.

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