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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.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.1MCommunity Improvement$567kPhilanthropy$518kHousing & Shelter$160kPublic Benefit$95kArts & Culture$85kRecreation & Sports$60kEnvironment$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $265,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $280,171 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,171 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$323M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT$150,000
BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER$50,000
FORE KIDS FOUNDATION$50,000
BEAT THE STREETS$10,000
GONZALES AREA FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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: $50k → 15%MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $25k → 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%CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $10k → 19%BIG BUDDY PROGRAM: $10k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $14k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $12k → 19%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $10k → 19%BEAT THE STREETS: $10k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $10k → 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 HEALTH DISTRICT: $150k → 19%BATON ROUGE GREEN ASSOCIATION: $38k → 19%BATON ROUGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 19%PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $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 AREA CHAMBER: $50k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $50k → 19%BATON ROUGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $50k → 19%BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER: $50k → 19%ARTS COUNCIL OF GRTR BATON ROUGE: $25k → 19%ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE: $25k → 19%ARTS COUNCIL OF GRTR BATON ROUGE: $19k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $35k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $35k → 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%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 11 repeat orgs$133k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$2.3M
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +19% · 26% of their budget
  • BR
    BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $467k · 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
  • BR
    Baton Rouge Symphony League Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +21%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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
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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7
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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8
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
9
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits

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

Philanthropy
10
Bayou La Batre Area Health Development Board Inc

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

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
Employee Assistance Foundation

To efficiently and compassionately provide a full suite of disaster relief and emergency assistance programs to organizations for the benefit of their present and future employees and eligible dependents. in doing so, employers allow…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baton Rouge Health District; 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.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $1,065,000 · 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: $512,500 · PhilanthropyBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDAT…FOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS: $110,000 · PhilanthropyFOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER: $466,500 · OtherBATON ROUGE AREA CHAM…BATON ROUGE GREEN ASSOCIATION INC: $38,000 · OtherBATON ROUGE GREEN ASS…+7 more: $52,100 · Other+7 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$1,237,085Philanthropy$632,500Other$556,600Community Improvement$162,500Housing & Shelter$160,000Arts & Culture$85,000Public Benefit$80,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT: $1,065,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION: $512,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER: $466,500 over 8y, 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 budgetFOREKIDS FOUNDATIONS INC DBA ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS: $110,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRONT YARD BIKES: $80,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetArts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 1.0% 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 budgetBaton Rouge Symphony League Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetLHA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIG BUDDY PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEAN: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMANNERS OF THE HEART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe JL Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: 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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization General Health System funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from General Health System. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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