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· Public charity

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 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.

Community Improvement$2.9MScience & Tech$955kEducation$609kEnvironment$359kPhilanthropy$305kEmployment$79kCrime & Legal$74kRecreation & Sports$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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 its 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
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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%
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
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
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
6
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
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
New Orleans Startup Fund Inc

The new orleans startup fund is a seed capital fund established by the greater new orleans businesses and financial leaders to accelerate the growth of early-stage, innovative businesses into venture-ready companies. the startup funds'…

Community Improvement
12
Central Louisiana Urban Businesses-Cares

To train and coach existing and inspirin

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nola Business Alliance; 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.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 31 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
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 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

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 Greater New Orleans Development Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater New Orleans Development Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    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
    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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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