Louisiana · Public charity
Nola Business Alliance
Charged by the city of new orleans with leading the economic recovery and development of orleans parish. The organization's focus is to grow the job base and secure private investment for orleans parish by attracting corporations for relocation, retaining existing business supporting expansion of existing businesses and develop retail…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $4.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Nola Business Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $353k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.1M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.4M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $344k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive New Orleans | $555,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Youthforce Nola | $350,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Newcorp Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 10% |
| United Way of Southeast Louisiana | $215,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans | $200,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Trufund Financial Services Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Urban League of Louisiana | $103,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kaleidoscope Pathways | $72,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Empowerment Project | $70,279 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive New Orleans | $555,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Youthforce Nola | $350,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Newcorp Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 10% |
| United Way of Southeast Louisiana | $215,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans | $200,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Trufund Financial Services Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Urban League of Louisiana | $103,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kaleidoscope Pathways | $72,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Empowerment Project | $70,279 | 1 | 1% |
| Collegiate Academies | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buxton | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shared Strategy Group | $54,275 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Work Network | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Renew - Reinventing Education | $47,829 | 1 | 0% |
| Algiers Charter School Association | $47,296 | 1 | 0% |
| Educators for Quality Alternatives Inc | $47,157 | 1 | 2% |
| Capitol Education Foundation | $42,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Metro Source LLC | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Friends of King School | $34,868 | 1 | 0% |
| Firstline Schools Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mathes Brierre Architects Apc | $29,139 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater New Orleans Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nolavate Black | $21,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Bmm Communication | $19,200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nola Business Alliance supplied at peak.
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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 · Baptist Community Ministries · WK Kellogg Foundation · New Schools for New Orleans Inc · Pro Bono Publico Foundation · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · The Kresge Foundation · The Stephen and Sandy Rosenthal Family Foundation · Youthforce Nola · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Entergy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Nola Business Alliance
- How much does Nola Business Alliance give?
- Nola Business Alliance reported 11 itemized grants totaling $1,118,000, out of $1,147,158 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Nola Business Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (56%), Youth Development (15%), Education (14%).
- Who are Nola Business Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Thrive New Orleans ($555k), Youthforce Nola ($350k), Newcorp Inc ($220k).
- Does Nola Business Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nola Business Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, WK Kellogg Foundation.
- Where is Nola Business Alliance based?
- Nola Business Alliance is based in LA.
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