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Greater New Orleans Development Foundation

To foster regional economic development and create quality jobs within the metropolitan new orleans area.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$771k
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: 49% of GREATER NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’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 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $64k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
$133,724
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPPORTUNITY HUB$771,257
BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER$400,877
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE$209,388
GREEN LIGHT NEW ORLEANS$185,138
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS$184,054
ONE ACADIANA INC$183,188
LOUISIANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC$172,380
NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY$133,724
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE$129,814
SOUTH LOUISIANA ECONOMIC COUNCIL INC$111,695
ENTERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$100,000
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$94,151
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS$52,675
SOUTHWEST LA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE$39,065
LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS$25,000
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 (FY21–22, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%PROPELLER A FORCE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION: $13k → 23%PROPELLER A FORCE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION: $13k → 23%URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $10k → 23%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.8M · 17 repeat orgs$579k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
10

Total granted

$4.8M
$320k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+65%

Still filing today

71%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $259k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther

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

  • OF
    OHUB FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +359% · 100% of their budget
  • BR
    BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $623k · revenue +4%
  • OA
    ONE ACADIANA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $209k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • OE
    OXBOW EDUCATION PBC
    one grant, 2020 · $104k
  • CO
    CITY OF NEW ORLEANS - NOPD
    one grant, 2023 · $69k
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS RECREATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue -83%

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
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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2
North Louisiana Economic Partnership Inc

Economic development activities for north louisiana. the north louisiana economic partnership works to ensure that companies identify north louisiana as a desirable business location and encourages capital investment and job creation by…

Community Improvement
3
Leaders for a Better Louisiana Inc

To develop and connect leaders and citizens to drive transformative change for a better louisiana. through its work, the organization seeks to transform louisiana into a dynamic, future-ready economy that offers every citizen and business…

Community Improvement
4
Southwest Louisiana Alliance Foundation Inc

Attract new business to southwest louisiana.

Community Improvement
5
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
6
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
7
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits

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

Philanthropy
8
Capital Region Industry for Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions

Infrastructure Solutions

Community Improvement
9
Lede New Orleans Inc

Lede New Orleans is a community media hub that trains emerging Black and Brown storytellers,produces community-centered journalism, and creates trusted spaces for civic dialogue.Founded in 2020, Lede works to advance information equity in…

Education
10
Greater New Orleans Development Foundation

To foster regional economic development and create quality jobs within the metropolitan new orleans area.

Community Improvement
11
Central Louisiana Urban Businesses-Cares

To train and coach existing and inspirin

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12
Orleans Chamber of Commerce Inc

To build, promote and support the orleans business community

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nola Business Alliance and the most unlike its peers is Entergy Charitable Foundation. 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 19 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%5%<5yr15%20%5–10yr19%30%10–20yr18%5%20–35yr10%5%35–55yr13%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr15%53%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr18%3%20–35yr10%5%35–55yr13%29%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% 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%0/31
the rest of the field
19%
1,133/6,108

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

18 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. 18 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER — $622,717 · OtherBATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBERUniversity of New Orleans — $384,097 · OtherUniversity of New OrleansUNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE — $318,103 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTESOUTHERN UNIVERSITY-BATON ROUGE — $273,848 · OtherSOUTHERN UNIVERSITY-BATON ROUGEONE ACADIANA INC — $209,011 · OtherONE ACADIANA INCLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY — $188,819 · OtherLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYSOUTH LOUISIANA ECONOMIC COUNCIL — $183,186 · OtherSOUTH LOUISIANA ECONOMIC COUNCILNicholls State University — $133,724 · OtherOXBOW EDUCATION PBC — $104,200 · Other+11 more — $282,710 · Other+11 moreOHUB FOUNDATION INC — $1,536,257 · EducationOHUB FOUNDATION INCNEW ORLEANS REGIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC — $311,013 · EducationNEW ORLEANS REGIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTIT…+1 more — $10,000 · EducationLOUISIANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC — $182,380 · PhilanthropyLOUISIANA…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA — $120,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…Entergy Charitable Foundation — $100,000 · PhilanthropyEntergy C…THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION — $75,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREAT…GREEN LIGHT NEW ORLEANS — $195,665 · EnvironmentLOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT INC — $73,600 · Crime & LegalNEW ORLEANS RECREATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $60,000 · Recreation & SportsNOLA BUSINESS ALLIANCE — $58,083 · Community Improvement
Other$2,700,415Education$1,857,270Philanthropy$477,380Environment$195,665Crime & Legal$73,600Recreation & Sports$60,000Community Improvement$58,083

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOHUB FOUNDATION INC — $1,536,257 over 3y, 100% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER — $622,717 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetNEW ORLEANS REGIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC — $311,013 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetONE ACADIANA INC — $209,011 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetGREEN LIGHT NEW ORLEANS — $195,665 over 2y, 50% of budgetSOUTH LOUISIANA ECONOMIC COUNCIL — $183,186 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetLOUISIANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC — $182,380 over 2y, 10% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA — $120,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEntergy Charitable Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT INC — $73,600 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHAMBER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA — $62,610 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetNEW ORLEANS RECREATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetNOLA BUSINESS ALLIANCE — $58,083 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF NEW ORLEANS — $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCORPORATE INTERNSHIP LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development — $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% 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 Greater New Orlea…Foundation for Louisi…The Administrators of…United Way of Southea…Keep Louisiana Beauti…New Orleans Community…Ochsner Clinic Founda…National Collegiate A…The Kresge FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA29× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Foundation for Louisiana · The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundationinc · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Ochsner Clinic Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Kresge Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Greater New Orleans Development Foundation 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.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    6report 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 31 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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