Louisiana · Public charity
Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation
The ROTARY CLUB OF BATON ROUGE FOUNDATION's primary purpose is to provide financial support to nonprofit organizations which work to fulfill our vision for children in the east baton rouge area.
- $142k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 16 | $126k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $90k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $104k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $124k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $84k | 92% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $65k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $77k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $29k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Emerge Center Inc | $66,082 | 7 | 2% |
| Louisiana Youth Seminar Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Kids Orchestra Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital Area | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Franciscan Baton Rouge Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Walls Project | $27,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Rotary District 6200 Foundation | $24,075 | 1 | 16% |
| Lockport Volunteer Fire Dept | $23,786 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 43 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation 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: Baton Rouge Area Foundation · The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Capital Area United Way · The Merice Boo Johnston Grigsby Foundation · Irene W & Cb Pennington Private Foundation · The Charles Lamar Family Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Pennington Family Foundation · Baton Rouge Alliance for Students
How this is measured
Compare Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation with peer funders
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About Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation
- How much does Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation give?
- Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $142,210 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Emerge Center Inc ($66k), Louisiana Youth Seminar Inc ($50k), Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc ($40k).
- Does Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baton Rouge Area Foundation, The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation, The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation.
- Where is Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation based?
- Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation is based in LA.
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