Louisiana · Public charity
The Rapides Foundation
The mission of THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION (trf) is to improve the health status of central louisiana.
- $6.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $120,336
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,343,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $363M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations The Rapides Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 | 25 | $17M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $12M | 41% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $19M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $4.9M | 31% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $13M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $7.8M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $7.0M | 7% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $14M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Orchard Foundation | $22,051,107 | 7 | 86% |
| Rapides Parish School Board | $11,980,999 | 8 | n/a |
| Cmap Express | $10,463,260 | 7 | 94% |
| Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance | $7,057,850 | 5 | 77% |
| Natchitoches Parish School Board | $5,193,803 | 8 | n/a |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community College | $5,066,080 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwestern State University | $3,764,525 | 2 | n/a |
| Vernon Parish School Board | $2,160,551 | 8 | n/a |
| Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center | $2,110,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Louisiana State University | $1,625,622 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 59 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Orchard Foundation | $22,051,107 | 7 | 86% |
| Rapides Parish School Board | $11,980,999 | 8 | n/a |
| Cmap Express | $10,463,260 | 7 | 94% |
| Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance | $7,057,850 | 5 | 77% |
| Natchitoches Parish School Board | $5,193,803 | 8 | n/a |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community College | $5,066,080 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwestern State University | $3,764,525 | 2 | n/a |
| Vernon Parish School Board | $2,160,551 | 8 | n/a |
| Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center | $2,110,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Louisiana State University | $1,625,622 | 2 | n/a |
| Career Compass of Louisiana | $1,450,730 | 1 | 42% |
| Catahoula Parish School Board | $1,430,648 | 7 | n/a |
| Allen Parish School Board | $1,333,099 | 8 | n/a |
| Lasalle Community Action Association Inc | $1,300,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Winn Community Health Center Inc | $1,270,730 | 4 | 7% |
| Grant Parish School Board | $1,175,405 | 8 | n/a |
| Avoyelles Parish School Board | $1,164,935 | 8 | n/a |
| Central Louisiana Ahec | $1,120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana Christian University | $1,117,099 | 5 | 2% |
| Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport | $995,573 | 6 | n/a |
| The Food Bank of Central Louisiana | $918,190 | 3 | 3% |
| Winn Parish School Board | $738,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Lasalle Parish School Board | $733,552 | 7 | n/a |
| Catahoula Parish Hospital District No 2 | $677,537 | 3 | n/a |
| Lasalle Economic Development District (Ledd) | $660,288 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ben Johnson Educational Center | $525,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grant Parish School Board | $464,963 | 2 | n/a |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $402,316 | 2 | n/a |
| Outpatient Medical Center Inc | $384,772 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Bunkie | $371,046 | 2 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University at Eunice Foundation | $348,998 | 1 | 30% |
| Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc | $320,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $317,543 | 2 | n/a |
| Access Health Louisiana | $310,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rapides Parish Police Jury | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cotton Port Mayor Commission for Women | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Louisiana Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Louisiana Mental Health Association | $198,110 | 1 | 17% |
| Campti Community Development Center | $198,000 | 1 | 93% |
| Central Louisiana AIDS Support Service | $180,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Young Women's Christian Association | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Winnfield | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Natchitoches | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA of Alexandria-Pineville | $148,530 | 1 | 23% |
| Swla Center for Health Services | $131,394 | 1 | 1% |
| Reinvesting in Simmesport Expansion | $125,000 | 2 | 68% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $120,336 | 1 | 0% |
| On Point Broadcasting Community Outreach | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fox Outreach Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Hope Outreach | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Pineville | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grant Parish School Board | $48,626 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Cheneyville | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pilot Club International | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alexandria Zoological Park | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Tullos | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rapides Parish Library | $11,058 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Rapides Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Marketing Education Retail Alliance Inc · Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundationinc · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · International Paper Company Foundation · Louisiana Public Health Institute · Delta Dental Community Care Foundation · United Way of Central Louisiana Inc · Direct Relief · Save The Children Federation Inc · Share Our Strength · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Rapides Foundation
- How much does The Rapides Foundation give?
- The Rapides Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $6,534,393 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rapides Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Health (23%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are The Rapides Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Orchard Foundation ($22M), Rapides Parish School Board ($12M), Cmap Express ($10M).
- Does The Rapides Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rapides Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marketing Education Retail Alliance Inc, Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundationinc, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation.
- Where is The Rapides Foundation based?
- The Rapides Foundation is based in LA.
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