Louisiana · Public charity
Louisiana Hospitality Foundation
To strengthen louisianas hospitality industry through support of individuals within the community. We do this by supporting hospitality workforce development programs, providing access to culinary and hospitality education, ensuring a positive perception of the hospitality indus
- $212k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $75k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,136
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Louisiana Hospitality Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $143k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $62k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Foundation of the Lra Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Louisiana Restaurant Association Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Lci Foundation | $21,626 | 3 | 31% |
| Brother Martin High School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging Assn Hospitality Education Foundation | $17,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Cafe Hope Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cops 8 Inc | $13,365 | 1 | 3% |
| Warren Easton High School Foundation Inc Dba Warren Easton Charter School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of New Orleans Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Foundation of the Lra Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Louisiana Restaurant Association Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Lci Foundation | $21,626 | 3 | 31% |
| Brother Martin High School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging Assn Hospitality Education Foundation | $17,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Cafe Hope Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cops 8 Inc | $13,365 | 1 | 3% |
| Warren Easton High School Foundation Inc Dba Warren Easton Charter School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of New Orleans Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Raphael Village | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Discovery Health Sciences Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Childrens Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cancer Crusaders Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Angels' Place Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Joey's Hope - Fuel the Future Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($148k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Louisiana Hospitality Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Louisiana Hospitality Foundation
- How much does Louisiana Hospitality Foundation give?
- Louisiana Hospitality Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $75,136, out of $211,917 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Louisiana Hospitality Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (32%), Arts & Culture (18%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Louisiana Hospitality Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Education Foundation of the Lra Inc ($70k), Louisiana Restaurant Association Inc ($41k), Lci Foundation ($22k).
- Does Louisiana Hospitality Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Louisiana Hospitality Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust, Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation.
- Where is Louisiana Hospitality Foundation based?
- Louisiana Hospitality Foundation is based in LA.
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