Louisiana · Public charity
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc
To unite our community by funding programs in the areas of education, income and health. Our goal is to create long-lasting change that prevents problems from happening in the first place. Our community is the 5 parish area of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jeff Davis.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $136,324
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 30 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $916k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.4M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.3M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $1.6M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $2.0M | 3% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $1.9M | 3% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham's Tent Association | $1,224,131 | 9 | 45% |
| Family and Youth Counseling Agency Inc | $1,034,125 | 9 | 13% |
| St Nicholas Center for Children | $883,216 | 8 | 3% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of SWLA Inc | $861,012 | 9 | 16% |
| Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lake Char | $812,292 | 8 | n/a |
| Oasis - a Safe Haven for Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Violence | $766,832 | 8 | 19% |
| Calcasieu Parish Voluntary Council on the Aging Inc | $716,248 | 9 | n/a |
| The Literacy Council of Southwest LA | $541,590 | 9 | 14% |
| Beauregard Community Concerns Inc | $523,294 | 9 | 22% |
| The Salvation Army | $477,401 | 9 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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: Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana · Cheniere Foundation · Louisiana Bar Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · Sempra Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · CSE Community Foundation · The Scott Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc
- How much does United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc give?
- United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc reported 30 itemized grants totaling $1,121,988, out of $1,875,464 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Health (19%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Abraham's Tent Association ($1.2M), Family and Youth Counseling Agency Inc ($1.0M), St Nicholas Center for Children ($883k).
- Does United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana, Cheniere Foundation, Louisiana Bar Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc based?
- United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc is based in LA.
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