Louisiana · Public charity
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.
- $101k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $116,471
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Invest in Louisiana funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $238k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $258k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $238k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $175k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network | $180,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Women With A Vision | $115,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for Lousiana Progress Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund | $45,825 | 1 | 1% |
| Peoples Institute For Survival and Beyond | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Orleans Workers Ctr For Racial Justice | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Foundation for Louisiana · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · The Ford Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Invest in Louisiana
- How much does Invest in Louisiana give?
- Invest in Louisiana reported 4 grants totaling $100,794 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Invest in Louisiana fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (45%), Civil Rights (38%), Public Benefit (7%).
- Who are Invest in Louisiana's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network ($180k), Women With A Vision ($115k), Power Coalition for Equity and Justice ($100k).
- Does Invest in Louisiana fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Invest in Louisiana?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for Louisiana, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Invest in Louisiana based?
- Invest in Louisiana is based in LA.
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